41 How Arjuna Addresses Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita

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How Arjuna Addresses Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a in the GÄ«tā

In XI.41 Arjuna begs forgiveness for (among other things) having used familiar language in addressing the Lord: ā€˜Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡aā€™ ā€˜Yādavaā€™ (descendent of the Yadu tribe, equivalent to ā€˜Scottyā€™, etc.) This, and the change after seeing the Universal Form, are illustrated by the terms in the GÄ«tā itself.

I.21
Acyuta = firm one (also lit. not leaking away, not falling, etc.)

22
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a (lit. black)

31
Keśava (lit. hairy)

32
Govinda ā€“ cow-herd
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a

35
Madhu-sÅ«dana ā€“ slayer of demon Madhu

36
Janārdana ā€“ jana (men) ardana (distributer); excitant, stimulator, nuisance, gadfly

37
Mādhava: related to spring, vernal; descendant of Madhu

39
Janārdana

41
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a
Vārį¹£į¹‡iya ā€“ Vį¹›į¹£į¹‡i clansman

II.4
Madhu-sūdana

34
Keśava

III.1
Janārdana

31
Vāį¹›į¹£į¹‡iya

V.1
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a

VI.33
Madhu-sūdana

34
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a

37
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a

39
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a

VIII.1
ā€˜Best of menā€™, Puruį¹£ottama (no Śankara comment: not supreme Spirit here)

X.13
Supreme Brahman, supreme Light, supreme Purifier; eternal divine Puruį¹£a, primal God, unborn Omnipresent

X.14
Keśava
Lord (bhagavān)

15
Puruį¹£ottama (here supreme Spirit), source of beings, Lord of beings, God of gods, ruler of the world

16
all-pervading

17
Yogin
Lord

18
Janārdana

XI.2
Lotus-eyed (kamalapattrākį¹£a)

3
Supreme Lord (parameśvara), supreme Spirit

15
Description of Universal Form

24
O Viį¹£į¹‡u

25
O Lord of Gods, abode of universe

30
O Viį¹£į¹‡u

31
O Lord Supreme

36
Hį¹›į¹£ikeśa (lord of the senses)

37
Mighty Being, primal Cause, infinite Being, Lord of gods, abode of universe, imperishable, Being-not-being, supreme Lord of gods

38
Primal God, ancient Puruį¹£a, supreme abode of all, knower and knowable and supreme abode, all-pervading, of infinite forms

40
Infinite in power, infinite in daring

42
Acyuta

43
Greatest Father of the world, etc.
guru (only time this word used in GÄ«tā for spiritual teacher, though BhÄ«į¹£ma and Droį¹‡a are gurus of strategy, archery, etc.
Here in XI.43 it refers to the Universal Form which terrifies Arjuna and which he asks to be removed.

45
God of gods, abode of universe

46
Thousand-armed, Universal Form

XIV.21
Prabhu (lord)

XVII.1
Kį¹›į¹£į¹‡a (!)

XVIII.1
Great-armed
Hį¹›į¹£ikeśa
Slayer of demon Keśin

73
Acyut

 

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