Dear Jaran,

Try the following:

te ta.m sa.nkha.m uttaana.m nipaatesu.m:
they /that / conch / lying down / made to put down
They made him put the conch down.

nipaateti - causative of nipatati (put downs, drops)

vadehi bho sa.nkhaa, vadehi bho sa.nkhaa ti.
speak / sir / conch / speak/ sir / conch / end quote
Sound, you conch! Sound, you conch!

vadehi - imperative of vadati (says, speaks)

sa.nkhaa ti = sa.nkha + iti (by sandhi the a becomes
long)

Metta,
John
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>te ta.m sa.nkha.m uttaana.m nipaatesu.m:
>they / that / conch / lying down / he drops
>
>They asked him to drop lay down the conch.
>
>vadehi bho sa.nkha, vadehi
>bho sa.nkhaa ti.
>by speech (?) / sir / conch (sg), by speech / sir /
>conch (pl) / end quote
>
>What is this supposed to mean?
>
>Thank you,
>jaran

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