BG - 11.44

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

• 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

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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