सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति ।अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥
sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yad uktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti |ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi ||
- सखा · sakhā
- friend
- मत्वा · matvā
- thinking, taking for
- प्रसभम् · prasabham
- presumptuously,heedlessly
- अजानता · ajānatā
- by one who did not know
- महिमानम् · mahimānam
- greatness, majesty
- प्रमादात् · pramādāt
- through folly, carelessness
- प्रणयेन · praṇayena
- through love, affection
“Taking you for a friend, I presumptuously called out 'O Krishna, O Yadava, O friend' — not knowing your majesty, whether through folly or through affection.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna begins his apology for past familiarity — the most human moment in the chapter. Intimacy that once comforted him now looks like irreverence; love itself becomes the ground of repentance.
— Reader's notes (original)