Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 44 (11.44)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
तस्मात् प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं
प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्
पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः
प्रियः प्रियायाऽर्हसि देव सोढुम्
॥ 11.44 ॥
tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ
prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ
priyaḥ priyāyā'rhasi deva soḍhum
Translation
"So, laying my body on the ground and bowing down, I seek the grace of you, the Lord worthy of praise. O God — as a father bears with (the faults of) a son, a friend with a friend, and a lover with the beloved, so please forgive me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. praṇidhāya prakarṣeṇa nīcaiḥ dhṛtvā kāyaṃ śarīram; putrasya aparādhaṃ pitā yathā kṣamate, sarvaṃ sakhā iva sakhyuḥ aparādhaṃ, yathā vā priyaḥ priyāyāḥ aparādhaṃ kṣamate — as a lover forgives the fault of his beloved.
Acharya Ramanuja — a different reading. yathā kṛtāparādhasya api putrasya yathā ca sakhyuḥ praṇāmapūrvakam prārthitaḥ pitā sakhā vā prasīdati — just as a father or friend is appeased when entreated with a bow; tathā tvaṃ paramakāruṇikaḥ priyaḥ priyāya me sarvaṃ soḍhum arhasi — so you, supremely compassionate, as one dear, should bear with everything for me, who am dear to you.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.