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अर्जुन उवाच कपर्दिन् सर्वभूतेश भगनेत्रनिपातन व्यतिक्रमम् मे भगवन् क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि शंकरarjuna uvāca kapardin sarvabhūteśa bhaganetranipātana vyatikramam me bhagavan kṣantum arhasi śaṃkaraArjuna said: "O Kapardin, lord of all beings, destroyer of Bhaga's eye, Blessed Shankara, you must forgive my transgression.
भवगद्दर्शनाकाङ्क्षी प्राप्तः अस्मि इमम् महागिरिम् दयितम् तव देवेश तापसालयम् उत्तमम्bhavagaddarśanākāṅkṣī prāptaḥ asmi imam mahāgirim dayitam tava deveśa tāpasālayam uttamamLonging to behold Bhava, I have come to this great mountain, dear to you, O lord of gods, this supreme abode of ascetics.
प्रसादये त्वाम् भगवन् सर्वभूतनमस्कृत न मे स्यात् अपराधः अयम् महादेव अतिसाहसात्prasādaye tvām bhagavan sarvabhūtanamaskṛta na me syāt aparādhaḥ ayam mahādeva atisāhasātI entreat your grace, O Blessed One, revered by all beings; let this not be counted against me as a fault, O Mahadeva, born as it was of excessive rashness.
कृतः मया यत् अज्ञानात् विमर्दः अयम् त्वया सह शरणम् संप्रपन्नाय तत् क्षमस्व अद्य शंकरkṛtaḥ mayā yat ajñānāt vimardaḥ ayam tvayā saha śaraṇam saṃprapannāya tat kṣamasva adya śaṃkaraForgive today, O Shankara, this clash with you which I brought about through ignorance — forgive me, who have come seeking refuge."
व्यतिक्रमंvyatikramaṃoriginal form "vyatikramaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्राप्तोprāptooriginal form "prāpto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽस्मीमं'smīmaṃoriginal form "'smīmaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दयितंdayitaṃoriginal form "dayitaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वांtvāṃoriginal form "tvāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्याद्syādoriginal form "syād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अपराधोaparādhooriginal form "aparādho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयं'yaṃoriginal form "'yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महादेवातिसाहसात्mahādevātisāhasātoriginal form "mahādevātisāhasāt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतोkṛtooriginal form "kṛto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form "yad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अज्ञानाद्ajñānādoriginal form "ajñānād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विमर्दोvimardooriginal form "vimardo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयं'yaṃoriginal form "'yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शरणंśaraṇaṃoriginal form "śaraṇaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षमस्वाद्यkṣamasvādyaoriginal form "kṣamasvādya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Arjuna's victory ends not in triumph but in a penitent turning to the Lord. The true hero recognizes the Lord, bows down, and asks forgiveness for his ignorance.