BG 11.44
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् ।
पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥
पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥
tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ
prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ
priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum
prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ
priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum
Word-for-word meanings
tasmāt — therefore; deva — O Lord; praṇidhāya — prostrating; kāyam — [my] body; praṇamya — [and] bowing down; aham — I; prasādaye — beseech; tvām — You; īḍyam — [my] worshipful; īśam — Master; arhasi — You are worthy [i.e., You ought]; soḍhum — to bear [i.e., to forgive my offences]; pitā iva — as a father [forgives]; putrasya — [the offences] of a son; sakhā iva — as a friend [forgives]; sakhyuḥ — [those] of a friend; priyaḥ — [or as] a lover [forgives]; priyāyāḥ — [those] of the beloved.
Translation
Therefore, O Lord, prostrating my body and bowing down, I beseech You, my worshipful Master, to be gracious. Please forgive my offences, just as a father forgives his child, as a friend excuses a friend, or as a lover pardons the beloved.