Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.44

tasmāt pranamya pranidhāya kāyam

prasādaye tvām aham īśam īdyam

piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuh

priyah priyāyārhasi deva sodhum

SYNONYMS

tasmāt — therefore; pranamya — offering obeisances; pranidhāya — laying down; kāyam — the body; prasādaye — to beg mercy; tvām — unto You; aham — I; īśam — unto the Supreme Lord; īdyam — worshipable; pitā iva — like a father; putrasya — with a son; sakhā iva — like a friend; sakhyuh — with a friend; priyah — a lover; priyāyāh — 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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