sakhā

स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः

sakhā — friend

This same ancient yoga I declare to you today, because you are devoted to me and my friend — and because it is the deepest of secrets.

सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति

sakhā — friend

For whatever I said to you carelessly, thinking you a friend — “Krishna”, “Yadava”, “my friend” — not knowing your greatness,

तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्

sakhā — friend

So I bow down, I prostrate my body, and I ask your grace, lord worthy of worship. As a father bears with a son, a friend with a friend, a lover with the beloved — bear with me.