Chapter 1 - Verse 12

Both armies ready for battle.

तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥ १२ ॥

tasya sañjanayanharṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ .
siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān .. 12 ..


His mighty grandsire, (Bhîshma), the oldest of the Kauravas, in order to cheer him, sounded on high a lion’s roar and blew his conch.