Lack of Internal Confidence Leads to Dependency on Many External Factors

तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्ध: पितामह: |
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चै: शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् || 1.12||

tasya sañjanayan harṣhaṁ kuru-vṛiddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyochchaiḥ śhaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān

Shloka Translation

BG – Ch. 1- Ver. 12:

The wonderful patriarch Bheeshma, the grand old man of the Kuru dynasty, then roared like a lion and blew his conch shell extremely loudly, delighting Duryodhana.

Explanation
According to Bheeshma Duryodhana had no hope of victory because the Supreme Lord Shree Krishna was on the opposing side. However, he recognized his grand-nephew’s worry and blew his conch shell loudly to cheer him up. The blowing of the conch shell on the battlefield was used to signal the start of a battle.

Verse & What we can know

When one is not confident inside, he depends on external sources like, a person (relationship), encouraging words, instruments, music etc.. (Like in this case blowing of a conch shell) to move forward.

The next verse brings us more close to the start of war showing the response of the Kaurava army to Bhishmacharya’s blowing of conch shell.

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