सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं
हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।
अजानता महिमानं तवेदं
मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
Transliteration
sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ
he kṛiṣhṇa he yādava he sakheti
ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ
mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi
Word meanings
sakhā—friend; iti—as; matvā—thinking; prasabham—presumptuously; yat—whatever; uktam—addressed; he kṛiṣhṇa—O Shree Krishna; he yādava—O Shree Krishna, who was born in the Yadu clan; he sakhe—O my dear mate; iti—thus; ajānatā—in ignorance; mahimānam—majesty; tava—your; idam—this; mayā—by me; pramādāt—out of negligence; praṇayena—out of affection; vā api—or else;
English translation
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.
Translation by Swami Sivananda
Hindi meaning
।।11.41।। 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।।
Hindi rendering by Swami Tejomayananda
English meaning
Whatever I have said to you in rashness, taking you only as a friend and addressing you as “O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!” in thoughtless familiarity, without understanding your greatness;
Shri Purohit Swami
Taking You as a companion, not knowing Your greatness, and out of carelessness or even affection, whatever I have importunately called You—O Krsna, O Yadava, O Comrade—
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Detailed explanation
11.41 सखा friend, इति as, मत्वा regarding, प्रसभम् presumptuously, यत् whatever, उक्तम् said, हे कृष्ण O Krishna, हे यादव O Yadava, हे सखा O friend, इति thus, अजानता unknowing, महिमानम् greatness, तव Thy, इदम् this, मया by me, प्रमादात् from carelessness, प्रणयेन due to love, वा or, अपि even.No Commentary.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
Hindi commentary
।।11.41।। See commentary under 11.42
Swami Chinmayananda
।।11.41।। व्याख्या--[जब अर्जुन विराट् भगवान्के अत्युग्र रूपको देखकर भयभीत होते हैं, तब वे भगवान्के कृष्णरूपको भूल जाते हैं और पूछ बैठते हैं कि उग्ररूपवाले 'आप', कौन हैं परन्तु जब उनको भगवान् श्रीकृष्णकी स्मृति आती है कि वे ये ही हैं, तब भगवान्के प्रभाव आदिको देखकर उनको सखाभावसे किये हुए पुराने व्यवहारकी याद आ जाती है और उसके लिये वे भगवान्से क्षमा माँगते हैं।]
'सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति'--जो बड़े आदमी होते हैं, श्रेष्ठ पुरुष होते हैं, उनको साक्षात् नामसे नहीं पुकारा जाता। उनके लिये तो आप, महाराज आदि शब्दोंका प्रयोग होता है। परन्तु मैंने आपको कभी 'हे कृष्ण' कह दिया, कभी 'हे यादव' कह दिया और कभी 'हे सखे' कह दिया। इसका कारण क्या था? 'अजानता महिमानं तवेदम' (टिप्पणी प0 603.1) इसका कारण यह था कि मैंने आपकी ऐसी महिमाको और स्वरूपको जाना नहीं कि आप ऐसे विलक्षण हैं। आपके किसी एक अंशमें अनन्तकोटि ब्रह्माण्ड विराजमान हैं -- ऐसा मैं पहले नहीं जानता था। आपके प्रभावकी तरफ मेरी दृष्टि ही नहीं गयी। मैंने कभी सोचा-समझा ही नहीं कि आप कौन हैं और कैसे हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
Spiritual significance
In Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga (Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God), this verse belongs to the Gita’s teaching on bhakti yoga. Here the text presents that teaching through these words: 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.
Chapter 11, verse 41 is part of Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga. In the English translation used on this page, it says: 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.
What is the spiritual context of this verse?
It appears in Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, a chapter associated with Bhakti Yoga. The cosmic form.
