Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 11.44

tasmat pranamya pranidhaya kayam

prasadaye tvam aham isam idyam

piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuh

priyah priyayarhasi deva sodhum

SYNONYMS

tasmat -- therefore; pranamya -- offering obeisances; pranidhaya -- laying down; kayam -- the body; prasadaye -- to beg mercy; tvam -- unto You; aham -- I; isam -- unto the Supreme Lord; idyam -- worshipable; pita iva -- like a father; putrasya -- with a son; sakha iva -- like a friend; sakhyuh -- with a friend; priyah -- a lover; priyayah -- with the dearmost; arhasi -- You should; deva -- my Lord; sodhum -- 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, or a friend tolerates the impertinence of a friend, or a wife tolerates the familiarity of her partner, please tolerate the wrongs I may have done You.

PURPORT

Krishna's devotees relate to Krishna in various relationships; one might treat Krishna as a son, or one might treat Krishna as a husband, as a friend, or as a master. Krishna and Arjuna are related in friendship. As the father tolerates, or the husband or a master tolerates, so Krishna tolerates.

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