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11.42 At play, at rest, at meals Arjuna speaks

यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु
एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्

yach chāvahāsārtham asat-kṛito ’si
vihāra-śhayyāsana-bhojaneṣhu
eko ’tha vāpy achyuta tat-samakṣhaṁ
tat kṣhāmaye tvām aham aprameyam

and for whatever disrespect I showed you in jest, at play or at rest, sitting or eating, alone or in company — for all that I ask your forgiveness, immeasurable one.

Explanation

At play, at rest, at meals.

In jest, sitting or eating, alone or in company — for all that, forgiveness.

The list is a portrait of a friendship, itemised. Nothing in the Gita establishes more economically what these two were to each other before this chapter began.

Word by word

yat
whatever
cha
also
avahāsa-artham
humorously
asat-kṛitaḥ
disrespectfully
asi
you were
vihāra
while at play
śhayyā
while resting
āsana
while sitting
bhojaneṣhu
while eating
ekaḥ
(when) alone
athavā
or
api
even
achyuta
Krishna, the infallible one
tat-samakṣham
before others
tat
all that
kṣhāmaye
beg for forgiveness
tvām
from you
aham
I
aprameyam
immeasurable