दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् | सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ||२८||
dṛṣṭvemaṁ svajanaṁ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ ca pariśuṣyati
「おお、クリシュナよ、戦いを望んでここに集まったこの私の親族たちを見て、私の四肢は萎え、口は乾ききっています。」
O Krishna, seeing my own kinsmen arrayed here, eager to fight, my limbs fail me and my mouth is parching.
アルジュナは、戦いを前にして身体的な動揺を経験しています。これは、精神的な苦悩が肉体的な症状として現れる典型的な例であり、彼の内面の葛藤の深さを示しています。
Arjuna's breakdown begins physically — his body rebels before his mind does. "Sīdanti mama gātrāṇi" (my limbs are failing) and "mukhaṁ ca pariśuṣyati" (my mouth is drying up) are classic symptoms of extreme anxiety. The Gita acknowledges that spiritual crises manifest in the body first.