Bhagavad Gita 1.30 Meaning: Gandivam sransate

Bhagavad Gita 1.30

गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ।न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥

Gandivam sransate hastattvakchaiva paridahyateNa cha shaknomyavasthatum bhramativa cha me manah

gāṇḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāttvakcaiva paridahyate |na ca śaknomyavasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ ||

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Our explanation His bow, Gandiva, slips from his hand, and his skin burns. He cannot stand steady, and his mind seems to spin.

हिंदी अर्थ उनका गाण्डीव धनुष हाथ से फिसल रहा है और त्वचा जल रही है। वे स्थिर खड़े नहीं रह पा रहे, और उनका मन जैसे चक्कर खा रहा है।

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गाण्डीवम् gāṇḍīvam · Gandiva (Arjuna's bow) (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: gāṇḍīva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 353, col. 2 “Arjuna's bow”
स्रंसते sraṃsate · slips (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. sraṃs, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1273, col. 3 “to fall, drop, fall down, slip off”
हस्तात् hastāt · from the hand (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: hasta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1294, col. 3 “the hand”
त्वक् tvak · skin (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tvac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 3 “skin (of men, serpents &c.), hide (of goats, cows &c.)”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
परिदह्यते paridahyate · burns all over (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: pari-dah, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 595, col. 3 “to burn round or through or entirely”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
शक्नोमि śaknomi · "I am able" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: śak, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for”
अवस्थातुम् avasthātum · to stand (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: ava-sthā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 105, col. 3 “to take one's stand, remain standing”
भ्रमति bhramati · whirls (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: bhram, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 769, col. 2 “to move to and fro or unsteadily, flicker”
इव iva · as if (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3 “like, in the same manner as”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
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.)”
मनः manaḥ · mind (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”

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