Bhagavad Gita
Vishva-rupa-darshana-yoga (The Yoga of Beholding the Universal Form)11.41-42
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Bhagavad Gita · 11.41-42
Devanāgarī

सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं
हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति ।
अजानता महिमानं तवेदं
मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि
विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु ।
एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं
तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ
he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti |
ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ
mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi ||
yac cāvahāsārtham asatkṛto 'si
vihāra-śayyāsana-bhojaneṣu |
eko 'thavāpy acyuta tat-samakṣaṁ
tat kṣāmaye tvām aham aprameyam ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सखा इतिsakhā iti‘(You are) a friend’—thus.
मत्वाmatvāthinking, considering.
प्रसभम्prasabhambrazenly, presumptuously.
यत् उक्तम्yat uktamwhatever was said (by me).
हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेhe kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakhe‘O Kṛṣṇa! O Yādava! O friend!’.
इतिitithus.
अजानताajānatāby me who did not know.
महिमानम्mahimānamthe greatness.
तव इदम्tava idamthis of Yours.
मयाmayāby me.
प्रमादात्pramādātout of carelessness, out of negligence.
प्रणयेनpraṇayenaout of affection, in a friendly way.
वा अपिvā apior else.
यत् चyat caand whatever, by which.
अवहासार्थम्avahāsa-arthamfor the sake of jest, in jest.
असत्कृतः असिasatkṛtaḥ asi(You) were dishonored, You were treated without due respect.
विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषुvihāra-śayyā-āsana-bhojaneṣuwhile at play, lying down, sitting, or dining.
एकःekaḥalone, in private.
अथवा अपिathavā apior else.
अच्युतacyutaO infallible one (Acyuta)!
तत्-समक्षम्tat-samakṣamin company, in the presence of others.
तत्tatfor this.
क्षामयेkṣāmayeI beg forgiveness.
त्वाम् अहम्tvām ahamYou, I.
अप्रमेयम्aprameyamthe immeasurable, the boundless one.
Translation

“Not knowing this greatness of Yours, and thinking of You as merely a friend, I brazenly addressed You: ‘O Kṛṣṇa! O Yādava! O friend!’—out of carelessness or out of affection. And however I may have treated You without due respect—in jest, at play, while resting, lying down, sitting, or dining, whether alone or in the presence of others—for all this, O Acyuta, O immeasurable one, I beg Your forgiveness.”

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