Chapter 11, Verse 44
Text
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् | पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ||११-४४||
Transliteration
tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam . piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum ||11-44||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
11.44 Therefore, bowing down, 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 shouldst Thou forgive me, O God.
In English by Swami Sivananda
11.44 तस्मात् therefore, प्रणम्य saluting, प्रणिधाय having bent, कायम् body, प्रसादये crave forgiveness, त्वाम् Thee, अहम् I, ईशम् the Lord, ईड्यम् adorable, पिता father, प्रियः beloved, प्रियायाः to the beloved, अर्हसि (Thou) shouldst, देव O God, सोढुम् to bear.Commentary O Lord, take me to Thy bosom as a mother does her child. Forgive me for all tht I have hitherto spoken or done. Forgive my faults. Please overlook my past mistakes. I have done this through ignorance. Now I have come to Thee in submission. I beg Your pardon now.