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Bhagavad-gītā 11.44
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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
tasmāttherefore — therefore; praṇamyaoffering obeisances — offering obeisances; praṇidhāyalaying down — laying down; kāyamthe body — the body; prasādayeto beg mercy — to beg mercy; tvāmunto You — unto You; ahamI — I; īśamunto the Supreme Lord — unto the Supreme Lord; īḍyamworshipable — worshipable; pitālike a father ivalike a father — like a father; putrasyawith a son — with a son; sakhālike a friend ivalike a friend — like a friend; sakhyuḥwith a friend — with a friend; priyaḥa lover — a lover; priyāyāḥwith the dearmost — with the dearmost; arhasiYou should — You should; devamy Lord — my Lord; soḍhumtolerate — tolerate.
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.
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.