BG 11.42
...and whatever disrespect has been shown to you in jest, while playing, resting, sitting, or eating, whether alone or in the presence of others - I implore you for forgiveness.
विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु
एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं
तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्
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yach — whatever
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chāvahāsārtham — also humorously
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cha — also
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avahāsa-artham — humorously
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asat-kṛito — disrespectfully
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asat
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kṛito
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’si — you were
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vihāra-śhayyāsana-bhojaneṣhu — while playing, resting, sitting, or eating
vihāra—while at play; śhayyā—while resting; āsana—while sitting; bhojaneṣhu—while eating;-
vihāra — playing
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śhayyāsana — resting or sitting
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bhojaneṣhu — eating
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eko — alone
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’tha — or
athavā -
vāpy — even
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achyuta — Krishna
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tat-samakṣhaṁ — before others
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tat
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samakṣhaṁ
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tat — all that
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kṣhāmaye — beg for forgiveness
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tvām — from you
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aham — I
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aprameyam — immeasurable
Whatever I have said to you inadvertently, addressing you as "Krishna", "Yadava", or "friend" in thoughtless familiarity, without understanding your true greatness and whatever disrespect has been shown to you in jest, while playing, resting, sitting, or eating, whether alone or in the presence of others - I implore you for forgiveness. For you are the father of all that moves and does not move in this world. You are its teacher and the one most worthy of reverence. In all the worlds, none are your equal - how could there possibly be anyone greater? Therefore, bowing down and prostrating before you, I implore you for mercy and blessings. Forgive my faults like a father bears with a son, like a friend to a friend, and like a lover to their beloved. I rejoice that I have seen what no man has ever seen before, yet I am overwhelmed with fear. Please be merciful and return to the form I know. I wish to see you as you were before, wearing a crown, wielding a mace, holding a discus in your hand, in your four-armed form.
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