SB 1.15.17
मां श्रान्तवाहमरयो रथिनो भुविष्ठं न प्राहरन्यदनुभावनिरस्तचित्ताः ॥ १७ ॥
yat-pāda-padmam abhavāya bhajanti bhavyāḥ
māṁ śrānta-vāham arayo rathino bhuvi-ṣṭhaṁ
na prāharan yad-anubhāva-nirasta-cittāḥ
Synonyms
[Remembering his prior offense, Arjuna now expresses remorse (svāparādham anusmaran santāpyamāna āha).101]; [this same Śrī Kṛṣṇa (saḥ)]; īśvaraḥ — the Supreme Regulator of all beings [sarva-niyantā102]; ātma-daḥ — [and] the Animator of all life [who awards even His own Self to His devotees (bhaktebhyaḥ svātmānam api dadātīti tathā saḥ)103]; yat — whose; pāda-padmam — lotus feet; bhavyāḥ — the most highly evolved individuals [śreṣṭhāḥ]; bhajanti — worship; abhavāya — for the purpose of liberation [mokṣāya]; vṛtaḥ — was engaged; kumatinā me — by a fool like me; sautye — in the ordinary task of being my charioteer [sārathye]; yat — [it is] due to His [Bhagavān’s]; anu-bhāva — unlimited power [(prabhāveṇa);104 or transcendental functional capacity (alaukika-sāmarthyena)105]; arayaḥ — [that] the enemy; rathinaḥ — chariot warriors; nirasta-cittāḥ — [had their] minds bewildered [vimohitaṁ cittaṁ yeṣāṁ te106]; na prāharan — [and] could not strike; mām — me; bhuvi-ṣṭham [api107] — [even though] I stood on the ground; śrānta-vāham — [with] exhausted horses [śrāntā vāhā aśvā yasya taṁ mām].
Translation
This same Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Regulator of all beings and the Animator of all life, whose lotus feet are worshiped by the most highly evolved individuals for the purpose of liberation, was engaged by a fool like me in the ordinary task of being my charioteer. It is due to His unlimited power that the enemy chariot warriors had their minds bewildered and could not strike me, even though I stood on the ground with exhausted horses.