Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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
asmāsu — to us; apratikalpā — incomparable; iyam — this; yat — since; 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 nivarteta — it 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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