Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11, Verse 44

तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्। पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम्।।11.44।।

tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ prasādaye tvām aham īśham īḍyam piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum

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Word Meanings

tasmāt—therefore
praṇamya—bowing down
praṇidhāya—prostrating
kāyam—the body
prasādaye—to implore grace
tvām—your
aham—I
īśham—the Supreme Lord
īḍyam—adorable
pitā—father
iva—as
putrasya—with a son
sakhā—friend
iva—as
sakhyuḥ—with a friend
priyaḥ—a lover
priyāyāḥ—with the beloved
arhasi—you should
deva—Lord
soḍhum—forgive
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Translation

Therefore, bowing down and prostrating my body, I crave Thy forgiveness, O adorable Lord. As a father forgives his son, a friend his dear friend, a lover his beloved, even so may Thou forgive me, O God.

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Commentary

11.44 तस्मात् therefore? प्रणम्य saluting? प्रणिधाय having bent? कायम् body? प्रसादये crave forgiveness? त्वाम् Thee? अहम् I? ईशम् the Lord? ईड्यम् adorable? पिता father? प्रियः beloved? प्रियायाः to the beloved? अर्हसि (Thou) shouldst? देव O God? सोढुम् to bear.Commentary O Lord? take me to Thy bosom as a mother does her child. Forgive me for all tht I have hitherto spoken or done. Forgive my faults. Please overlook my past mistakes. I have done this through ignorance. Now I have come to Thee in submission. I beg Your pardon now.

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