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Bhagavad-pājā  As It is
[Ch. 1]
पारंपरिक परिचय
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 Gāṇḍīva 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.
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न च शक्रोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः । निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ॥३०॥
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava
na —nor;  ca —also;  śaknomi —am I able;  avasthātum —to stay;  bhramati —forgetting;  iva —as;  ca —and;  me —my;  manaḥ —mind;  nimittāni —causes;  ca —also;  paśyāmi —I foresee;  viparītāni —just the opposite;  keśava —O killer of the demon Keśī (Kṛṣṇa).
TRANSLATION
I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I foresee only evil, O killer of the Kesī demon.
PURPORT
Due to his impatience, Arjuna was unable to stay on the battlefield, and he was forgetting himself on account of the weakness of his mind. Excessive attachment for material things puts a man in a bewildering condition of existence.  Bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ : such fearfulness and loss of mental equilibrium take place in persons who are too affected by