Chapter 11 · The Universal Form

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

Text 11.41

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

sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ he kṛiṣhṇa he yādava he sakheti ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi yach chāvahāsārtham asat-kṛito ’si vihāra-śhayyāsana-bhojaneṣhu eko ’tha vāpy achyuta tat-samakṣhaṁ tat kṣhāmaye tvām aham aprameyam

Recitation · Text 11.41
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (37 words)

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Whatever I said rashly, thinking of You as a friend — 'O Krishna, O Yādava, O comrade' — not knowing this greatness of Yours, through carelessness or through affection. Praṇayena: through love. He names love among the reasons he was casual.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Praṇayena — he names love among the reasons he was casual with God.