Bhagavad Gita 1.30
Chapter 1, verse 30
Meaning
“My bow Gāṇḍīva is slipping out of my hand, and my skin feels as if it is on fire. I can no longer stand steady, and my mind seems to be spinning.”
The Sanskrit
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ।
न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥ ३० ॥
gāṇḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ
Say it
gaan-dee-vum srun-suh-tay huh-staat tvuk-chai-vuh puh-ri-duh-hyuh-tay
nuh chuh shuk-nom-yuh-vuh-staa-toom bhruh-muh-tee-vuh chuh may muh-nuh-huh
Word by word
- gāṇḍīvam
- Gāṇḍīva, Arjuna's great bow
- sraṃsate hastāt
- is slipping from my hand
- tvak ca eva
- and my skin too
- paridahyate
- is burning all over
- na ca śaknomi
- and I am not able
- avasthātum
- to stand steady, to stay in place
- bhramati iva
- is whirling, as it were
- ca me manaḥ
- and my mind
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 1.30 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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