Chapter 11 · Verse 42 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.42
Sanskrit
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु। एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्।।11.42।।
Transliteration
yach chāvahāsārtham asat-kṛito ’si vihāra-śhayyāsana-bhojaneṣhu eko ’tha vāpy achyuta tat-samakṣhaṁ tat kṣhāmaye tvām aham aprameyam
In plain words
You have been casual with someone you love—a careless word, a moment of disrespect, a taking-for-granted that now haunts you. The lesson for you: the Divine presence lives in every moment with you, even the ordinary ones, and that awareness itself is how you heal and return to reverence. What you thought was small was never small; recognizing this now is how you begin again.
Word by Word
Arjuna stands before the cosmic form of Krishna, suddenly aware of every casual disrespect—every jest, every thoughtless moment of familiarity. In this verse, he dissolves the illusion that intimacy permits carelessness; true devotion means honoring the infinite even in the ordinary.
The infallible One dwells equally in play and in the sacred assembly, and our consciousness must recognize this without exception. When we cease taking the Divine presence for granted—in work, in rest, in conversation—we transform ordinary moments into acts of genuine reverence.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.42 — BG 11.42
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