Chapter 11, Verse 42
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु। एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्।।11.42।।
yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto'si vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu. eko'thavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam.11.42.
Word by word
- यत्
- whatever
- च
- and
- अवहासार्थम्
- for the sake of joking/jest
- असत्कृतः
- disrespected/treated with disregard
- असि
- you were (2nd person sing.)
- विहार-शय्या-आसन-भोजनेषु
- in sporting, lying down, sitting, and eating
- एकः
- alone
- अथवा
- or
- अपि
- even/also
- अच्युत
- O Infallible One (Krishna)
- तत्-समक्षम्
- in the presence of that (others)
- तत्
- that (offense)
- क्षामये
- I beg forgiveness for
- त्वाम्
- You
- अहम्
- I
- अप्रमेयम्
- immeasurable/incomprehensible
Commentary
41-42. Whatever was rashly said by me from carelessness or love, addressing Thee as <e O Krishna, O Yadava, O friend," looking on Thee merely as a friend, ignorant of this Thy greatness, — in whatever way I may have insulted Thee for fun while at play, on bed, in an assembly, or at meals, when alone, O Achyuta, or in company — that I implore Thee, Immeasurable, to forgive.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 41-42 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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