Bhagavad Gita 1.30
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते। न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
gāṇḍīvaṃ srasate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate. na ca śaknomy avasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ.।1.30।।
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- गाण्डीवम्
- the Gandiva (Arjuna's bow)
- स्रंसते
- is slipping/falling
- हस्तात्
- from (my) hand
- त्वक्
- skin
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed
- परिदह्यते
- is burning all over
- न
- not
- च
- and
- शक्नोमि
- I am able
- अवस्थातुम्
- to stand/remain steady
- भ्रमति
- is reeling/whirling
- इव
- as if
- च
- and
- मे
- my
- मनः
- mind
Commentary
the Gandiva (bow) slips from my hand; my skin burns intensely. I am unable, too, to stand up; my mind whirls round, as it were; O Kesava!
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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गाण्डीवम्
स्रंसते
हस्तात्
त्वक्
च
एव
परिदह्यते
न
च
शक्नोमि
अवस्थातुम्
भ्रमति
इव
च
मे
मनः
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