BG 1.12

तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥
tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān

Word-for-word meanings

kuru-vṛddhaḥ — the senior leader of the Kuru dynasty;  pratāpavān — the powerful or valiant;  pitāmahaḥ — grandfather Bhīṣma;  sañjanayan — arousing;  tasya — his [Duryodhana’s];  harṣam — cheerfulness;  vinadya — [and] roaring;  uccaiḥ — loudly;  siṁha-nādam — like the sound of a lion;  dadhmau — blew;  śaṅkham — [his] conchshell.

Translation

[Sañjaya said:] The senior leader of the Kuru dynasty, the valiant grandfather Bhīṣma, cheering him [Duryodhana] on, roared loudly like a lion and blew his conch.

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