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Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra

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.

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