किं नु मे हृदयं त्रस्तं वाक्यं सज्जति केशव ॥
स्पन्दन्ति चाप्य् अनिष्टानि गात्रं सीदति चाच्युत ॥
अनिष्टं चैव मे श्लिष्टं हृदयान् नापसर्पति ॥
भुवि यद् दिक्षु चाप्य् उग्रा उत्पातास् त्रासयन्ति माम् ॥
बहुप्रकारा दृश्यन्ते सर्व एवाघशंसिनः ॥
अपि स्वस्ति भवेद् राज्ञः सामात्यस्य गुरोर् मम ॥
kiṃ nu me hṛdayaṃ trastaṃ vākyaṃ sajjati keśava ||
spandanti cāpy aniṣṭāni gātraṃ sīdati cācyuta ||
aniṣṭaṃ caiva me śliṣṭaṃ hṛdayān nāpasarpati ||
bhuvi yad dikṣu cāpy ugrā utpātās trāsayanti mām ||
bahuprakārā dṛśyante sarva evāghaśaṃsinaḥ ||
api svasti bhaved rājñaḥ sāmātyasya guror mama ||
"Why does my heart tremble so, O Keshava, and my speech falter? My body twitches ominously and sinks, O Achyuta. An ill foreboding, clinging to me, will not leave my heart; and on earth, and in every quarter, dire portents affright me — appearing of every kind, all foretelling calamity. Is all well with the king, my elder, and his counselors?"
f071e69fb09f · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:30:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The body reads the signs before the mind does: "hṛdayaṃ trastam… gātraṃ sīdati… spandanti aniṣṭāni" — the trembling heart, the shudder and faintness of the limbs, the clinging "aniṣṭam" fastened to the soul. The ancient science of omens (utpāta) here is no superstition, but the language by which the world warns the attentive. It is telling that Arjuna's first anxiety is not for himself but for "the king, my elder": love fears first for those held dear. The verse teaches that a pure heart responds to the misfortune of loved ones before any word of it arrives.