api -- whether; smaratha -- you remember; nah -- Us; sakhyah -- girlfriends; svanam -- of dear ones; artha -- the purposes; cikirshaya -- with the desire of executing; gatan -- gone away; cirayitan -- having remained long; satru -- of Our enemies; paksha -- the party; kshapana -- to destroy; cetasah -- whose intent.

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