August 24,2012. Day. 18. Bhagavad Gita-As It Is. Chapter 1 (Continued) Text: 13

BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada

Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra (Continued) 

TEXT 13

  tatah sankhas ca bheryas ca 
panavanaka-gomukhah 
sahasaivabhyahanyanta 
sa sabdas tumulo 'bhavat

SYNONYMS

    tatah--thereafter; sankhah--conchshells; ca--also; bheryah--bugles;ca--and; panava-anaka--trumpets and drums; go-mukhah--horns;sahasa--all of a sudden; eva--certainly; abhyahanyanta--being simultaneously sounded; sah--that; sabdah--combined sound; tumulah--tumultuous; abhavat--became.

TRANSLATION

After that, the conchshells, bugles, trumpets, drums and horns were all suddenly sounded, and the combined sound was tumultuous.

 When Bhisma blew his conch, at that time, in his army suddenly instruments and conches began to sound. Abhyahanyanta is a reflexive passive. Panava, anaka, and gomukha are types of instruments. The sound was very great as they sounded all at once.