BG 1.28b-29

अर्जुन उवाच
दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ॥
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ।
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ॥
arjuna uvāca
dṛṣṭvemaṁ sva-janaṁ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ ca pariśuṣyati
vepathuś ca śarīre me roma-harṣaś ca jāyate

Word-for-word meanings

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said;  kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa;  dṛṣṭvā — upon seeing;  imam — these;  sva-janam — kinsmen;  samupasthitam — present here;  yuyutsum — desiring to fight;  mama — my;  gātrāṇi — limbs of the body;  sīdanti — are numb;  ca — and;  mukham — [my] mouth;  pariśuṣyati — is parched;  ca — and;  vepathuḥ — there is trembling;  me — in my;  śarīre — body;  ca — and;  roma-harṣaḥ — standing of the hairs on end;  jāyate — is taking place.

Translation

Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, seeing these kinsmen present here, desiring to fight, my limbs are becoming numb and my mouth is parched. My body is trembling, and the hairs on my body are standing on end.

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