BG 11.41-42

सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति ।
अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु ।
एकोऽथ वाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥
sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ
he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti
ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ
mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi
yac cāvahāsārtham asat-kṛto ’si
vihāra-śayyāsana-bhojaneṣu
eko ’tha vāpy acyuta tat-samakṣaṁ
tat kṣāmaye tvām aham aprameyam

Word-for-word meanings

ajānatā — being unaware;  idam — [of] this;  mahimānam — glory;  tava — of Yours;  matvā — [and] thinking [of You];  iti — thus;  sakhā — [as my] friend;  yat — whatever;  uktam — may have been uttered;  prasabham — brashly;  mayā — by me;  pramādāt — due to carelessness;  praṇayena vā api — or indeed out of love;  iti — [addressing You] thus;  he kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa;  he yādava — O Yādava;  he sakhe — O dear Friend;  yat ca — and for whatever [incidents];  asi — You may have been;  asat-kṛtaḥ — slighted;  avahāsa-artham — out of jest;  acyuta — O Acyuta;  vihāra — while at play;  śayyā — resting;  āsana — sitting;  bhojaneṣu — or while eating;  ekaḥ — [either] alone;  atha vā — or;  api — even;  tat-samakṣam — in the company of others;  tat — for all that;  aham — I;  kṣāmaye — beg forgiveness;  tvām — from You;  aprameyam — who are incomprehensible.

Translation

Being unaware of this glory of Yours and thinking of You as my friend, I may have spoken to You brashly out of carelessness, or indeed out of love, addressing You as, “O Kṛṣṇa, O Yādava, O dear Friend.” I may also have slighted You in jest, O Acyuta, while at play, resting, sitting, or eating, either alone with You or even in the company of others. For all that, I beg forgiveness from You, who are incomprehensible.

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