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arjuna uvaacha

 

Arjuna said,

 

29.dhrshtvaa imam svajanam  krshna  yuyuthsum

                                                                          samupasThitham

Seeing these , my own people, Krishna, who have come to fight ,

 

30. seedhanthi mamagaathraaNi mukham cha pariSushyathi

      vepaThuScha sareere me romaharshaScha jaayathe

 

my limbs have become weak, mouth is parched , my body trembles and hairs stand at ends.

 

31. gaandeevam sramsathe hasthaath thvak chaiva

                                                                              paridhahyathe

      na cha Saknomi avasThaathum bhramatheeva cha me

                                                                                            manaH

 

My bow Gandeeva slips from my hand,my skin is burning and I cannot stand any longer. My mind is reeling.

 

When  Arjuna  asked  Krishna  to move his chariot between the array of the two armies Krishna deliberately drove to the place where Bhishma and Drona were standing and not  where Duryodhana was   with his brothers, as Arjuna expected. If it were so, Arjuna would have had no hesitation to fight. But facing his elders he  realized that to win the battle he had to fight against his revered guru and beloved grandfather. This upset him. His mental unrest communicated to his body and he explains the various symptoms  such as my limbs have become weak etc.

 

He seemed to have been so  overwhelmed by pity and sorrow to the extent that he said gandeevam sramsathe hasthaath. .His great bow slipped from his hand and he was covered with sweat all over. Such was the condition of the great hero not out of fear but due to misplaced compassion  and anxiety at the crucial moment of his life. The symptoms  exhibited were that of anxiety neurosis that overwhelms a the time of great mental anxiety.

 

Imam Svajanam dhrshtvaa- seeing my own people.

 

Yuyuthsum samupasThitham- who have come with the dsire to fight.

 

Seedhanthi mamagaathraaNi- my limbs have become weak

 

In the forthcoming slokas, not being able to face this unavoidable situation he resorted to escapism saying that he had no heart to kill his own kith and kin. He reeled out arguments seemingly valid to support his decision all of which Krishna totally dismisses later as being irrelevent,   

 

mukham cha pariSushyathi- mouth becomes dry

 

vepaThuH- sweat

 

romaharshaH- hairs stand on edge

 

sramsathe hasthaath- slips from hand.

 

thvak- skin, paridhahyathe- feel as though it is on fire.

 

avasThaathum na Saknomi-  I m not able to stand even, (knees trembling)

 

me manaH bhramathi iva- it seems as though my mind is reeling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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