Read a Lecture by Srila Prabhupada on this Verse
vePaQauê Xarqre Mae raeMahzRê
JaaYaTae )
Gaa<@qv& ó&SaTae hSTaatvKcEv PairdùTae )) 29 ))
vepathuç ca çarére me
roma-harñaç ca jäyate
gäëòévaà sraàsate hastät
tvak caiva paridahyate
SYNONYMS
vepathuù—trembling of the body; ca—also; çarére—on the body; me—my; roma-harñaù—standing of hair on end; ca—also; jäyate—is taking place; gäëòévam—the bow of Arjuna; sraàsate—is slipping; hastät—from the hand; tvak—skin; ca—also; eva—certainly; paridahyate—is burning.
TRANSLATION
My whole body is trembling, my hair is standing on end, my bow Gäëòéva is slipping from my hand, and my skin is burning.
PURPORT
There are two kinds of trembling of the body, and two kinds of standings of the hair on end. Such phenomena occur either in great spiritual ecstasy or out of great fear under material conditions. There is no fear in transcendental realization. Arjuna’s symptoms in this situation are out of material fear—namely, loss of life. This is evident from other symptoms also; he became so impatient that his famous bow Gäëòéva was slipping from his hands, and, because his heart was burning within him, he was feeling a burning sensation of the skin. All these are due to a material conception of life.
