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FIRST DISCOURSE.
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अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः ।
भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥ ॥ ११ ॥
Therefore in the rank and file let all, standing firmly in their respective divisions, guard Bhîshma, even all ye generals. (11)
तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥ १२ ॥
To enhearten him, the Ancient of the Kurus, the Grandsire,[1] the glorious, blew his conch, sounding on high a lion's roar. (12)
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥ १३ ॥
Then conches and kettledrums, tabors and drums and cowhorns, suddenly blared forth, and the sound was tumultuous. (13)
- ↑ Bhishma.
