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Bhagavad-gītā 11.41-42
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 41-42
- सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं
- हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति ।
- अजानता महिमानं तवेदं
- मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥४१॥
- यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि
- विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु ।
- एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं
- तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥४२॥
- sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ
- he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti
- ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ
- mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi
- yac cāvahāsārtham asat-kṛto 'si
- vihāra-śayyāsana-bhojaneṣu
- eko 'tha vāpy acyuta tat-samakṣaṁ
- tat kṣāmaye tvām aham aprameyam
sakhāfriend — friend; itithus — thus; matvāthinking — thinking; prasabhampresumptuously — presumptuously; yatwhatever — whatever; uktamsaid — said; heO Kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa; heO Yādava yādavaO Yādava — O Yādava; heO my dear friend sakheO my dear friend — O my dear friend; itithus — thus; ajānatāwithout knowing — without knowing; mahimānamglories — glories; tavaYour — Your; idamthis — this; mayāby me — by me; pramādātout of foolishness — out of foolishness; praṇayenaout of love — out of love; vāeither apieither — either; yatwhatever — whatever; caalso — also; avahāsafor joking-arthamfor joking — for joking; asatdishonored-kṛtaḥdishonored — dishonored; asiYou have been — You have been; vihārain relaxation — in relaxation; śayyāin lying down — in lying down; āsanain sitting — in sitting; bhojaneṣuor while eating together — or while eating together; ekaḥalone — alone; athaor vāor — or; apialso — also; acyutaO infallible one — O infallible one; tatamong companions-samakṣamamong companions — among companions; tatall those — all those; kṣāmayeask forgiveness — ask forgiveness; tvāmfrom You — from You; ahamI — I; aprameyamimmeasurable — immeasurable.
Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You "O Kṛṣṇa," "O Yādava," "O my friend," not knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times, jesting as we relaxed, lay on the same bed, or sat or ate together, sometimes alone and sometimes in front of many friends. O infallible one, please excuse me for all those offenses.
Although Kṛṣṇa is manifested before Arjuna in His universal form, Arjuna remembers his friendly relationship with Kṛṣṇa and is therefore asking pardon and requesting Kṛṣṇa to excuse him for the many informal gestures which arise out of friendship. He is admitting that formerly he did not know that Kṛṣṇa could assume such a universal form, although Kṛṣṇa explained it as his intimate friend. Arjuna did not know how many times he may have dishonored Kṛṣṇa by addressing Him "O my friend," "O Kṛṣṇa," "O Yādava," etc., without acknowledging His opulence. But Kṛṣṇa is so kind and merciful that in spite of such opulence He played with Arjuna as a friend. Such is the transcendental loving reciprocation between the devotee and the Lord. The relationship between the living entity and Kṛṣṇa is fixed eternally; it cannot be forgotten, as we can see from the behavior of Arjuna. Although Arjuna has seen the opulence in the universal form, he cannot forget his friendly relationship with Kṛṣṇa.