api - whether; smaratha - you remember; naḥ - Us; sakhyaḥ - girlfriends; svānām - of dear ones; artha - the purposes; cikīrṣayā - with the desire of executing; gatān - gone away; cirāyitān - having remained long; śatru - of Our enemies; pakṣa - the party; kṣapaṇa - to destroy; cetasaḥ - whose intent.

[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] My dear girlfriends, do you still remember Me? It was for My relatives’ sake that I stayed away so long, intent on destroying My enemies.