Speaker: Arjuna
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं
प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् ।
पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः
प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥४४॥
tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ
prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ
priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum
Word for word (synonyms)
- tasmāt
- therefore
- praṇamya
- after offering obeisances
- praṇidhāya
- laying down
- kāyam
- body
- prasādaye
- to beg mercy
- tvām
- unto you
- aham
- I
- īśam
- unto the Supreme Lord
- īḍyam
- who is worshipable
- pitā iva
- like a father
- putrasya
- of a son
- sakhā iva
- like a friend
- sakhyuḥ
- of a friend
- priyaḥ
- lover
- priyāyāḥ
- of the dearmost
- arhasi
- You should
- deva
- my Lord
- soḍhum
- tolerate
Translation
You are the Supreme Lord, to be worshiped by every living being. Thus I fall down to offer You my respects and ask Your mercy. Please tolerate the wrongs that I may have done to You and bear with me as a father with his son, or a friend with his friend, or a lover with his beloved.
Purport
Kṛṣṇa's devotees relate to Kṛṣṇa in various relationships; one might treat Kṛṣṇa as a son, one might treat Kṛṣṇa as a husband, as a friend, as a master, etc. Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are related in friendship. As the father tolerates, or the husband or master tolerates, so Kṛṣṇa tolerates.
What this verse teaches
Apologies – for offenses committed in friendly relationship.
- Section
- Arjuna’s prayers
- Gita for Life
- Family and relationships
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.