BG 11.44
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 44
- 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
SYNONYMS
tasmāt — therefore; praṇamya — offering obeisances; praṇidhāya — laying down; kāyam — the body; prasādaye — to beg mercy; tvām — unto You; aham — I; īśam — unto the Supreme Lord; īḍyam — worshipable; pitā iva — like a father; putrasya — with a son; sakhā iva — like a friend; sakhyuḥ — with a friend; priyaḥ — a lover; priyāyāḥ — with 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 respectful obeisances and ask Your mercy. As a father tolerates the impudence of his son, a friend the impertinence of a friend, or a husband the familiarity of his wife, please tolerate the wrongs I may have done You.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa's devotees relate to Kṛṣṇa in various relationships; one might treat Kṛṣṇa as a son, or one might treat Kṛṣṇa as a husband, as a friend, or as a master. Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are related in friendship. As the father tolerates, or the husband or a master tolerates, so Kṛṣṇa tolerates.