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Chapter 11 · Verse 41 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.41

surrendering Bhakti & Devotion Self & Identity Jnana & Wisdom

Sanskrit

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 by Word

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
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna stands at the threshold of divine revelation, trembling with the weight of his own presumption. He had spoken to Krishna as a friend, a companion in battle, unaware that the radiance before him was the infinite consciousness itself—the very ground of existence.

In that moment of recognition, he realizes that intimacy with the Divine is not about casual familiarity, but about seeing through the veil of our assumptions to the majesty that has always been present. When we awaken to the truth of who and what surrounds us—whether in a teacher, a moment, or the world itself—our careless words fall silent, and reverence naturally arises.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.41 — BG 11.41

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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