Bhagavad Gita 1.29सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ॥

sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ cha pariśhuṣhyati

vepathuśh cha śharīre me roma-harṣhaśh cha jāyate

Sanskrit recitation

1.28 1.30

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When the body freezes · 1.28–1.47 · Teaching

Translation

My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my body quivers, and my hair stands on end.

Hindi translation

।।1.28 -- 1.30।। अर्जुन बोले - हे कृष्ण! युद्ध की इच्छावाले इस कुटुम्ब-समुदाय को अपने सामने उपस्थित देखकर मेरे अङ्ग शिथिल हो रहे हैं और मुख सूख रहा है तथा मेरे शरीर में कँपकँपी आ रही है एवं रोंगटे खड़े हो रहे हैं। हाथ से गाण्डीव धनुष गिर रहा है और त्वचा भी जल रही है। मेरा मन भ्रमित-सा हो रहा है और मैं खड़े रहने में भी असमर्थ हो रहा हूँ।

Meaning

There are two kinds of trembling of the body, and two kinds of standings of the hair on end. Such phenomena occur either in great spiritual ecstasy or out of great fear under material conditions. There is no fear in transcendental realization. Arjuna’s symptoms in this situation are out of material fear – namely, loss of life. This is evident from other symptoms also; he became so impatient that his famous bow Gāṇḍīva was slipping from his hands, and, because his heart was burning within him, he was feeling a burning sensation of the skin. All these are due to a material conception of life.

After A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

When the body freezes· 1.28–1.47→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→

me: my
cha: also
mama: my
mukham: mouth
jāyate: is happening
sīdanti: quivering
śharīre: on the body
gātrāṇi: limbs
pariśhuṣhyati: is drying up vepathuḥ—shuddering
roma-harṣhaḥ: standing of bodily hair on end

Bhagavad Gita 1.29सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ॥

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