Bhagavad Gita 1.29
Chapter 1, verse 29
Meaning
Arjuna says: “My limbs are giving way and my mouth has gone dry. A trembling runs through my body, and the hair on my skin stands on end.”
The Sanskrit
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ।
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ॥ २९ ॥
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati
vepathuś ca śarīre me romaharṣaś ca jāyate
Say it
see-dun-ti muh-muh gaa-traa-ni moo-khum chuh puh-ri-shoosh-yuh-ti
vay-puh-thoosh-chuh shuh-ree-ray may ro-muh-hur-shush-chuh jaa-yuh-tay
Word by word
- sīdanti
- give way, grow weak, sink
- mama gātrāṇi
- my limbs
- mukham ca
- and my mouth
- pariśuṣyati
- is drying up completely
- vepathuḥ ca
- and a trembling
- śarīre me
- in my body
- roma-harṣaḥ ca
- and the hair standing on end
- jāyate
- arises, comes over me
Read it in context: verses 1.29–32His body says no firstWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: The body speaks before the reasons
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.29 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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