Bhagavad Gita 11.42 meaningThe vision of everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“…if I was ever careless with you, please forgive me.”
What it means
— and if I ever disrespected you in jest, while walking, resting, sitting or eating, alone or in company, I ask your forgiveness, immeasurable one.”
The original Sanskrit
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु । एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥
yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto.asi vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu eko.athavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam
Translations
Literal translation
And that You have been discourteously treated out of fun-while walking, while on a bed, while on a seat, while eating, in privacy, or, O Acyuta, even in public, for that I beg pardon of You, the incomprehensible One.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
और, हे अच्युत! जो आप मेरे द्वारा हँसी के ल िये बिहार, शय्या, आसन और भोजन के समय अकेले में अथवा अन्यों के समक्ष भी अपमानित किये गये हैं, उन सब के लिए अप्रमेय स्वरूप आप से मैं क्षमायाचना करता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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