Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 624

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 11 Revelation of The Omnipresent पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्। न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिक: कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव॥43॥ [ “Since no one in the three worlds can even equal you, who are father of the animate and inanimate worlds, the greatest of all teachers, most venerable, and of immense magnificence, how can anyone else be superior to you?” ] तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामह्रमीशमीड्यम्। पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्यु: प्रिय: प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥44॥ [ “So throwing myself at your feet and bowing to you in the humblest homage, I beseech you, O the most adorable God, to forgive my errors as a father forgives his son, a friend his friend and a loving husband his beloved wife.” ] Arjun is convinced that Krishna alone is large-hearted enough to be indulgent to his faults. But what after all is his error? By what other name than “Krishn” could he address his dark-skinned friend? Should we call a black man white? Is it sin to call a spade a spade? Calling Krishn a “Yadav,” too, could not be wrong, because Krishn had a Yadav family ancestry. Neither was it an offence to call him a “friend,” because Krishn also regards Arjun as an intimate friend. Obviously, however, Arjun is abjectly apologetic because he believes that his addressing Krishn as “Krishn” is an offence.