Shloka 12
तस्य संजनयन् हर्ष कुरुवृद्ध: पितामह: । सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चै: शड्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्,(तब) कौरवोंमें वृद्ध बड़े प्रतापी पितामह भीष्मने उस दुर्योधनके हृदयमें हर्ष उत्पन्न करते हुए उच्च स्वरसे सिंहकी दहाड़के समान गरजकर शंख बजाया
tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ | siṁhanādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān ||
Sañjaya said: To kindle joy in Duryodhana’s heart, the grandsire Bhīṣma—eldest of the Kurus and mighty in prowess—roared aloud like a lion and blew his conch with a resounding blast.
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Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how leaders use symbolic acts and sound-signals to steady and uplift their side at moments of crisis. Ethically, it also frames the war as a solemn, duty-laden conflict: even revered elders participate, intensifying the moral gravity of the coming battle.
Sañjaya describes Bhīṣma, the Kuru grandsire, loudly roaring like a lion and blowing his conch to encourage Duryodhana and to signal the Kaurava forces to begin the battle preparations.