1.29 Trembling, hair on end Arjuna speaks
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ cha pariśhuṣhyati
vepathuśh cha śharīre me roma-harṣhaśh cha jāyate
My body trembles, my hair stands on end,
Explanation
Trembling, and the hair standing up.
vepathuḥ and roma-harṣaḥ — two of the classical signs, and both involuntary.
Nothing here is a decision. The chapter is careful to describe a body doing this to him, which matters for how chapter 2 answers: Krishna does not tell him to feel differently.
Word by word
- sīdanti
- quivering
- mama
- my
- gātrāṇi
- limbs
- mukham
- mouth
- cha
- and
- pariśhuṣhyati
- is drying up vepathuḥ—shuddering
- cha
- and
- śharīre
- on the body
- me
- my
- roma-harṣhaḥ
- standing of bodily hair on end
- cha
- also
- jāyate
- is happening
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