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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः |
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ||१-१३||
tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ . sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdastumulo.abhavat ||1-13||
Then (following Bhishma), conches and kettledrums, tabors, drums and cow horns blared forth quite suddenly (from the Kaurava side) and the sound was tremendous.
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The roar from Bhishma's conch sets off a chain reaction. All at once, across the Kaurava army, conch shells, kettledrums, horns, and trumpets blast together — the noise is deafening.
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