BG 11.41
Bhagavad Gītā · Viśvarūpa Darśana Yogaसखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति | अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ||११-४१||
sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti . ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ mayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi ||11-41||
Linguistic facts
unnamed meter · 11+11+11+11 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
22 words analyzed
- सखाsakhā← सखिnominal · nominative singular masculine
- ईतिīti← ईतिindeclinable
- मत्वाmatvā← मन्indeclinable
- प्रसभम्prasabham← प्रसभnominal · nominative singular neuter
- यत्yat← यत्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- उक्तम्uktam← वच्nominal · accusative singular masculine
- हेhe← हnominal · locative singular masculine
- कृष्णkṛṣṇa← कृष्णnominal · vocative singular neuter
- हेhe← हnominal · locative singular masculine
- यादवyādava← यादवnominal · vocative singular neuter
- हेhe← हnominal · locative singular masculine
- सखाsakhā← सखिnominal · nominative singular masculine
- ईतिīti← ईतिindeclinable
- अजाajā← अज्nominal · instrumental singular masculine
- अनताanatā← अन्nominal · instrumental singular masculine
- महिमानम्mahimānam← महिमन्nominal · accusative singular masculine
- तवtava← तुnominal · vocative singular masculine
- इदम्idam← इदम्indeclinable
- मयाmayā← माnominal · instrumental singular feminine
- प्रमादात्pramādāt← प्रमद्nominal · Panchami singular masculine
- प्रणयेनpraṇayena← प्रणयnominal · instrumental singular masculine
- वापिvāpi← वप्nominal · nominative singular neuter
Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.
Translations
11.41 Whatever I have presumptuously said from carelessness or love, addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend! regarding Thee merely as a friend, unknowing of this, Thy greatness.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
Therefore, get up and prepare to fight. After conquering your enemies, you will enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasachin, can be but an instrument in the fight.
11.41. Taking You for a [mere] companion, not knowing this greatness of Yours, and out of my carelessness or through even affection, whatever I have importunately called You as O Krsna, O Yadava, O Comrade; and,
11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!' in thoughtless familiarity, no understanding Thy greatness;
11.41 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
11.41 - 11.42 Infinite power, boundless valour, being the Inner Self of everything, being the creator etc., these constitute Your majesty. Being ignorant of this, and considering You only as a friend, and out of conseent love, or negligence born of life-long familiarity, whatever has been said rudely, without showing courtesy, such as 'O Krsna, O Yadava, O Comrade'; and whatever disrespect has been shown to You in jest, while playing or resting, while sitting or eating, while alone or in the sight of others - for all these I beseech forgiveness of You who are in incomprehensible.
11.41 Like a fool, ajanata, without knowing-. Not knowing what? In answer he says: idam, this; mahimanam, greatness-the Cosmic form; tava, of Yours, of God; yat, whatever; uktam, was said; maya, by me (to You); prasabham, rashly, slightingly; pramadat, through inadvertence, being in a distracted state of mind; va api, or even; pranayena, out of intimacy-itimacy is the familiarity arising out of love; whatever I have said because of that reason; erroneously matva, thinking (You); sakha iti, to be a friend, of the same age; iti, addressing You as, 'O Krsna,' 'O Yadava,' 'O friend,'-. In the clause, 'tava idam mahimanam, ajanata, without knowing this greatness of Yours,' idam (this) (in the neutor gender) is connected with mahimanam (greatness) (in masculine gender) by a change of gender. If the reading be tava imam, then both the words would be in the same gender.
11.41 Unaware of this majesty of Yours, and either from negligence or love, or considering You to be a friend, whatever I have rudely said as 'O Krsna, O Yadava, O Comrade.'
11.41 Without knowing this greatness of Yours, whatever was said by me (to You) rashly, through inadvertence or even out of intimacy, thinking (You to be) a friend, addressing (You) as 'O krsna,' 'O Yadava,' 'O friend,' etc.-.
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