Sanskrit
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते । न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥
gāṇḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate na ca śaknomy avasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ
Translation
Gândîva slips from my hand, and my skin burns all over, I am not able to stand, my mind is whirling,
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The physical breakdown from verse 29 escalates to the symbolic: Gândîva, Arjuna’s famous bow — the very tool of his identity as a warrior — slips from his own hand. Losing the capacity to even stand upright completes the picture before Arjuna, in the following verses, starts turning this bodily collapse into an actual argument.