Bhagavad Gita 11.14
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः | प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ||
tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭa-romā dhanañjayaḥ | praṇamya śirasā devaṁ kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata ||
Translation
Then Dhananjaya, struck with wonder, with hair standing on end, bowing his head to the god, with joined hands, spoke.
Reflection
When did your body recently respond to truth before your mind could phrase a reply?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Eleven
The response of the body. Wonder takes hold. Hair stands on end. Hrishta-roma. The standard signs of overwhelming awe in the tradition are listed without exaggeration. Vismayavishtah, possessed by amazement. Dhananjaya bows his head to the god and joins his hands. Pranamya shirasa devam kritanjalir abhashata, with joined hands, he spoke. The verse marks a turn. The seeing has produced a posture. The student is no longer making a request. He is greeting a vision that has answered the request. The hands that wielded the bow are now joined in salutation. The body acts before the words come. The words that follow will be Arjuna's, and they will form the longest unbroken stretch of his speech in the Gita.