BG 1.13

ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥
tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ
sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdas tumulo ’bhavat

Word-for-word meanings

tataḥ — thereafter;  śaṅkhāḥ — conchshells;  ca — and;  bheryaḥ — kettledrums;  paṇava-ānaka — small and big drums;  ca — and;  go-mukhāḥ — trumpets;  sahasā eva — all of a sudden;  abhyahanyanta — were simultaneously sounded;  saḥ — that;  śabdaḥ — sound;  abhavat — was;  tumulaḥ — tumultuous.

Translation

Thereafter, conches, kettledrums, small and big drums, and trumpets suddenly sounded forth. That noise was tumultuous.

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