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Chapter 11
tasmatpranamya pranidhaya kayam prasadaye tvamahamisamidyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuh priyah priyayarhasi deva sodhum
Therefore, O adorable Lord, bowing deeply and prostrating before You, I implore You to forgive me. Bear with me, 0 Lord as a father with a son, as a friend with a friend, or as a lover with his beloved, and forgive my faults. 44
Comment:-
Tasmatpranamya pranidhaya kayam prasadaye tvamahamisamidyam:- He, is the Lord of infinite universes, possessing infinite attributes and glories. Arjuna says to Lord Krsna when even great sages, saints and gods, who always offer praises to Him, cannot know His infinite glories, how can he offer praises to Him? So, he can merely bow down, and prostrate his body, at His feet, in order to please Him.
Piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuh priyah priyayarhasi deva sodhum:- Three factors are responsible for insulting a person (i) carelessness (ii) Fun (iii) Intimacy. As a child out of ignorance sitting on the lap of its father, pulls the beard and the moustache of its father, and even slaps him, yet the father, is pleased with it. He has not the least feeling, that the child, is slighting and insulting him. A friend, is very frank with his intimate friend and insults him, in jest, while playing, reposing, sitting or dining etc., his friend, takes it lightly treating it, as fun. A husband, condones the lapses of his wife, because of their intimacy. So Arjuna, prays to Lord Krsna to forgive all his faults, in the same way, as a father or a friend or a husband, does for his son, friend, or wife.
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