sound, lament(ing); in Mv iii.43.3, 6; 45.17 the mss. almost
unanimously read ahṛsvaraṃ (or °rā; once one ms. ahīś-
varā) krandamānā(ḥ), crying piteously, of hell-inhabitants.
I cannot explain the form (it could be an adverb); but
Senart's violent em. bhīṣmasvaram is unconvincing, even
to himself (see his note).