Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 84: The Sages' Teachings at Kurukṣetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.62

asmāsv apratikalpeyaḿ

yat kṛtājñeṣu sattamaiḥ

maitry arpitāphalā cāpi

na nivarteta karhicit

SYNONYMS

asmāsuto us; apratikalpā — incomparable; iyam — this; yatsince; kṛta-ajñeṣu — who are oblivious of the mercy that has been shown them; sat-tamaiḥ — by those who are most saintly; maitrī — friendship; arpitā — offered; aphalā — unreciprocated; ca api — even though; na nivartetait does not cease; karhicit — ever.

TRANSLATION

Indeed, the Supreme Lord must have created the bonds of affection, for such exalted saints as you have never stopped showing matchless friendship toward us ingrates, although it has never been properly reciprocated.

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