Bhagavad Gita 1.29 Meaning: Sidanti mama gatrani mukham

Bhagavad Gita 1.29

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

Sidanti mama gatrani mukham cha parishushyatiVepathushcha sharire me romaharshashcha jayate

sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati |vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate ||

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Our explanation Arjuna describes what is happening to his body: his limbs give way, his mouth is dry, his body trembles and his hair stands on end. Grief is felt in the body, not only in the mind.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन बताते हैं कि उनके शरीर पर क्या बीत रही है: उनके अंग शिथिल हो रहे हैं, मुँह सूख रहा है, शरीर काँप रहा है और रोंगटे खड़े हो रहे हैं। दुःख केवल मन में नहीं, शरीर में भी महसूस होता है।

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सीदन्ति sīdanti · give way (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. sad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1138, col. 2 “to sink down, sink into despondency or distress, become faint or wearied”
मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
गात्राणि gātrāṇi · limbs (noun (neuter), nominative plural) Dictionary: gātra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 352, col. 1 “a limb or member of the body”
मुखम् mukham · mouth (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
परिशुष्यति pariśuṣyati · dries up (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: pari-śuṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 602, col. 2 “to be thoroughly dried up, to shrivel, wither”
वेपथुः vepathuḥ · trembling (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vepathu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1018, col. 2 “quivering, trembling, tremor”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
शरीरे śarīre · in the body (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: śarīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1057, col. 3 “the body, bodily frame, solid parts of the body”
मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
रोमहर्षः romaharṣaḥ · hair standing on end (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: roma-harṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 889, col. 3 “the bristling of the h° of the body”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
जायते jāyate · arises (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: jan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 1 “to be born or produced, come into existence”

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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ।
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते । The print closes the verse with a single danda (जायते । २९ ॥); shown with the double danda that closes every other verse.

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