यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु ।एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥
yac cāvahāsārtham asatkṛto 'si vihāra-śayyāsana-bhojaneṣu |eko 'thavāpy acyuta tat samakṣaṃ tat kṣāmaye tvām aham aprameyam ||
- अवहासार्थम् · avahāsārtham
- for jest, in jest
- असत्कृतः · asatkṛtaḥ
- dishonored, treated lightly
- विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु · vihāra-śayyāsana-bhojaneṣu
- in play, rest, sitting, and meals
- एकः · ekaḥ
- alone
- अच्युत · acyuta
- O infallible one
- समक्षम् · samakṣam
- before others, in company
- क्षामये · kṣāmaye
- I beg forgiveness
- अप्रमेयम् · aprameyam
- immeasurable one
“And however lightly I treated you in jest — in play, in rest, at meals, sitting together — whether alone or before others, O infallible one — for all that I beg your forgiveness, O immeasurable one.”
— Original plain-language translation
The apology is touchingly concrete: jokes at meals, casual hours of camp life. The Gita treasures this — divine intimacy is not denied but forgiven and kept. Greatness does not cancel friendship; it deepens its courtesy.
— Reader's notes (original)