Gita Verse 1.29

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 29

Sanskrit Verse

सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।

वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।

Transliteration

sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ cha pariśhuṣhyati

vepathuśh cha śharīre me roma-harṣhaśh cha jāyate

Word meanings

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;

Swami Sivananda's translation

My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my body quivers, and my hair stands on end.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 1