📿 Shloka Collection

Yachchavahasartham Asatkrito

Gita 11.42 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11 — Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु ।
एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥
Yachchavahasarthamasatkritosi viharashayyasanabhojaneshu,
Ekothavapyachyuta tatsamaksham tatkshaamaye tvaamahamaprameyam.
अवहासार्थम्
for the sake of jest
असत्कृतः
disrespected
विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु
while playing, resting, sitting, or eating
एकः अथवा तत्समक्षम्
alone or in front of others
अप्रमेयम्
O immeasurable One
क्षामये
I ask forgiveness

The apology deepens. Arjuna now names the exact moments: playing together, lying down to rest, sitting side by side, sharing a meal. In all these ordinary settings — whether alone with Krishna or surrounded by others — he may have said something disrespectful, cracked a joke at Krishna's expense, or treated Him with the easy irreverence of a close friend.

Picture two soldiers in a long campaign. They share tents, share food, tease each other after a tough day. That was Arjuna and Krishna's daily reality. Every army campfire, every roadside halt, every shared plate of rice — those memories now rush back to Arjuna with a new, overwhelming weight.

He addresses Krishna as Achyuta (the infallible) and Aprameya (the immeasurable). These are not casual names. They mark the distance Arjuna now feels between the friend he thought he knew and the infinite being he has just witnessed. And yet — it is love, not fear, that drives this apology.

This is the companion shloka to 11.41. Together, these two verses form one of the most emotionally raw passages in the Gita. The Trishtubh metre continues here, lending a longer, more expansive rhythm to Arjuna's plea.

In the next shloka (11.43), the tone shifts from apology to reverence. Arjuna will declare Krishna the father of all creation and the greatest of all teachers.

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