Chapter 11, Verse 41
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति। अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti. ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi.।।11.41।।
Word by word
- sakhā
- friend
- iti
- thus (thinking)
- matvā
- having considered/thought
- prasabham
- boldly/rashly/impetuously
- yat
- whatever
- uktam
- was said
- he kṛṣṇa
- O Krishna
- he yādava
- O Yadava (descendant of Yadu)
- he sakhā
- O friend
- iti
- thus
- ajānatā
- by (me) not knowing
- mahimānam
- the greatness/glory
- tava
- your
- idam
- this
- mayā
- by me
- pramādāt
- out of carelessness/negligence
- praṇayena
- out of affection/love
- vā api
- or even
Commentary
41-42. Whatever was rashly said by me from carelessness or love, addressing Thee as <e O Krishna, O Yadava, O friend," looking on Thee merely as a friend, ignorant of this Thy greatness, — in whatever way I may have insulted Thee for fun while at play, on bed, in an assembly, or at meals, when alone, O Achyuta, or in company — that I implore Thee, Immeasurable, to forgive.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 41-42 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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