BG 1.13

TEXT 13

tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca
paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ
sahasaivābhyahanyanta
sa śabdas tumulo 'bhavat

SYNONYMS

tataḥ—thereafter; śaṅkhāḥ—conchshells; ca—also; bheryaḥ—large drums; ca—and; paṇava-ānaka—small drums and kettledrums; go—mukhāḥ—horns; sahasā—all of a sudden; eva—certainly; abhyahanyanta—were simultaneously sounded; saḥ—that; śabdaḥ—combined sound; tumulaḥ—tumultuous; abhavat—became.

TRANSLATION

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