Bhagavad Gita · 1.30
॥
Devanāgarī
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ।
न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate |
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
गाण्डीवम्gāṇḍīvamthe [bow] Gāṇḍīva.
स्रंसतेsraṁsateslips.
हस्तात्hastātfrom the hand.
त्वक्tvakthe skin.
चcaand.
एवevaalso, indeed.
परिदह्यतेparidahyateburns, is aflame.
नnanot.
चcaand.
शक्नोमिśaknomiI am able, I have the strength.
अवस्थातुम्avasthātumto stand [upright], to remain standing.
भ्रमतिbhramatireels, wanders, falls into confusion.
इवivaas if, as though.
चcaand.
मेmemy.
मनःmanaḥthe mind, the intellect.
Translation
“[My bow] Gāṇḍīva slips from my hand, and my skin is all aflame. I can no longer stand, and my mind seems to reel in confusion.”
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