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Bhagavad Gita 11.41

सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति। अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।

sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ he kṛiṣhṇa he yādava he sakheti ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sakhāsakhāfriend
itiitias
matvāmatvāthinking
prasabhamprasabhampresumptuously
yatyatwhatever
uktamuktamaddressed
he kṛiṣhṇahe kṛiṣhṇaO Shree Krishna
he yādavahe yādavaO Shree Krishna, who was born in the Yadu clan
he sakhehe sakheO my dear mate
itiitithus
ajānatāajānatāin ignorance
mahimānammahimānammajesty
tavatavayour
idamidamthis
mayāmayāby me
pramādātpramādātout of negligence
praṇayenapraṇayenaout of affection
vā apivā apior else

Whatever I have presumptuously said from carelessness or love, addressing You as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend! regarding You merely as a friend, unknowing of Your greatness.

हे भगवन्! आपको सखा मानकर आपकी इस महिमा को न जानते हुए मेरे द्वारा प्रमाद से अथवा प्रेम से भी "हे कृष्ण हे! यादव हे सखे!" इस प्रकार जो कुछ बलात् कहा गया है।।