Bhagavad Gita 1.29
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति। वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati। vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate।।1.29।।
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- सीदन्ति
- are sinking/trembling (with weakness)
- मम
- my
- गात्राणि
- limbs
- मुखम्
- mouth/face
- च
- and
- परिशुष्यति
- is drying up
- वेपथुः
- trembling
- च
- and
- शरीरे
- in the body
- मे
- my
- रोमहर्षः
- horripilation (hair standing on end)
- च
- and
- जायते
- arises/occurs
Commentary
Seeing these kinsmen, O Krishna! standing (here) desirous to engage in battle, my limbs droop down; my mouth is quite dried up; a tremor comes on my body; and my hairs stand on end;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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सीदन्ति
मम
गात्राणि
मुखम्
च
परिशुष्यति
वेपथुः
च
शरीरे
मे
रोमहर्षः
च
जायते
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