Chapter 11, Verse 44
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्। पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम्।।11.44।।
tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam. piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum..11.44..
Word by word
- तस्मात्
- therefore
- प्रणम्य
- having bowed down
- प्रणिधाय
- having prostrated / placed low
- कायम्
- the body
- प्रसादये
- I seek to propitiate / please
- त्वाम्
- You
- अहम्
- I
- ईशम्
- the Lord
- ईड्यम्
- who is worthy of worship/praise
- पिता इव
- like a father
- पुत्रस्य
- toward a son
- सखा इव
- like a friend
- सख्युः
- toward a friend
- प्रियः
- the dear one (a lover)
- प्रियायाः
- toward the beloved
- अर्हसि
- You ought / are fit
- देव
- O Lord/God
- सोढुम्
- to bear / endure
Commentary
44, Therefore, bowing down, prostrating my body, I implore Thee9 adorable Lord, to forgive. It is meet Thou shouldst bear with me as the father with the son, as friend with friend, as the lover with the beloved.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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