Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 41 (11.41)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं
हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति
अजानता महिमानं तवेदं
मया प्रमादात् प्रणयेन वाऽपि
॥ 11.41 ॥
sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ
he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti
ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ
mayā pramādāt praṇayena vā'pi
Translation
"Not knowing this greatness of yours, thinking of you as a friend, whatever I said carelessly or out of affection, without thinking — 'O Krishna, O Yadava, O friend' —" (the sentence continues in 11.42)
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. sakhā samānavayāḥ iti matvā jñātvā viparītabuddhyā — taking you for a friend of the same age; pramādāt vikṣiptacittatayā, praṇayena vāpi, praṇayo nāma snehanimittaḥ visrambhaḥ — pranaya = the trust born of affection (easy informality); a note on the reading: tavemam iti pāṭhaḥ yadi asti, tadā sāmānādhikaraṇyam eva.
Acharya Ramanuja (11.41–11.42 together): pramādāt mohāt praṇayena ciraparicayena vā — out of delusion, or the affection of long acquaintance; sakhā iti mama vayasyaḥ iti matvā; prasabhaṃ vinayāpetaṃ yad uktaṃ — whatever was said without humility.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.