Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Grief

    Verse 30

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 1, Verse 30

    गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते। न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt tvak chaiva paridahyate na cha śhaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva cha me manaḥ

    Translation

    The bow Gandiva slips from my hand and my skin is burning. I can no longer stand. My mind seems to be reeling.
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