Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 13

Chapter 1/Verse 13

ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥१-१३॥

tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ ।

sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdastumulo'bhavat ॥1-13॥

Then, indeed, all at once, the conch shells, kettledrums, cymbals, drums, and trumpets were intensely sounded. That was a tumultuous sound.

tatas (adverb) (indeclinable) = then

śaṅkhās (stem form: śaṅkha) (masculine/neuter, nominative, plural) = conch shells

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

bheryas (stem form: bheri) (feminine, nominative, plural) = kettledrums

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

paṇavānakagomukhās (stem form: paṇavānakagomukha) (paṇava + ānaka + gomukhās) (dvandva compound, masculine, nominative, plural) = cymbals, drums, and trumpets

sahasā (adverb) (indeclinable) = all at once

eva (indeclinable) = indeed (emphatic particle, emphasizes preceding word)

abhyahanyanta (verb root: han) (abhi + ahanyanta) (imperfect, passive, 3rd person, plural) = they were intensely sounded

sas (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that

śabdas (stem form: śabda) (masculine, nominative, singular) = sound

tumulas (stem form: tumula) (masculine, nominative, singular) = tumultuous

abhavat (imperfect, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) =  it was