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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Verse 41

The Universal Form

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 11.41 mean?

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;

Word-by-word meaning

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 ·

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