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Bhagavad-gītā 1.29
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ।
- गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ॥२९॥
- vepathuś ca śarīre me
- roma-harṣaś ca jāyate
- gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt
- tvak caiva paridahyate
vepathuḥtrembling of the body — trembling of the body; caalso — also; śarīreon the body — on the body; memy — my; romastanding of hair on end-harṣaḥstanding of hair on end — standing of hair on end; caalso — also; jāyateis taking place — is taking place; gāṇḍīvamthe bow of Arjuna — the bow of Arjuna; sraṁsateis slipping — is slipping; hastātfrom the hand — from the hand; tvakskin — skin; caalso — also; evacertainly — certainly; paridahyateis burning — is burning.
My whole body is trembling, my hair is standing on end, my bow Gāṇḍīva is slipping from my hand, and my skin is burning.
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.