Speaker: Sañjaya
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥१३॥
tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca
paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ
sahasaivābhyahanyanta
sa śabdas tumulo ’bhavat
Word for word (synonyms)
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- śaṅkhāḥ
- conchshells
- ca
- also
- bheryaḥ
- bugles
- ca
- and
- paṇava-ānaka
- trumpets and drums
- go-mukhāḥ
- horns
- sahasā
- all of a sudden
- eva
- certainly
- abhyahanyanta
- being simultaneously sounded
- saḥ
- that
- śabdaḥ
- combined sound
- tumulaḥ
- tumultuous
- abhavat
- became
Translation
After that, the conchshells, bugles, trumpets, drums and horns were all suddenly sounded, and the combined sound was tumultuous.
What this verse teaches
The study note for this verse is in editorial review.
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 1.13–14 1973-07-14
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.