Verse 1.12

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.12:

तस्य सञ्जनयन् हर्षं कुरु-वृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंह-नादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥ १२ ॥

tasya sañjanayan harṣaṃ kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ |
siṃha-nādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān || 12 ||

tasya–his (Duryodhana); sañjanayan–causing; harṣam–joy (in the heart); kuru-vṛddhaḥ–elder Kuru; pitāmahaḥ–the Grandsire (Bhīṣma); siṃha-nādam–with a sound like a lion’s roar; vinadya–vibrating; uccaiḥ–very loudly; śaṅkham–conch-shell; dadhmau–he blew; pratāpavān–the valiant.

Then Grandsire Bhīṣma, the valiant elder of the Kuru dynasty, loudly blew his conch-shell, making a sound like the roar of a lion, thus delighting the heart of Duryodhana.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Grandsire Bhīṣma became very pleased to hear Duryodhana’s glorification of him in front of Droṇācārya. Producing a sound like the roar of a lion, the elderly Kuru Bhīṣma blew his conch-shell, to remove Duryodhana’s fear and make him cheerful.