Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 44

तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् । पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम्

tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam | piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum

Translation

Therefore, bowing down, prostrating my body, I implore Thee, adorable Lord, to forgive. It is meet Thou shouldst bear with me as the father with the son, as friend with friend, as the lover with the beloved.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

tasmāt

therefore

praṇamya

having prostrated

praṇidhāya

having laid

kāyam

body

prasādaye

propitiate

tvām

Thee

aham

I

īśam

the Lord

īḍyam

praiseworthy

piteva

father, like

putrasya

of the son

sakheva

friend, like

sakhyuḥ

of the friend

priyaḥ

beloved

priyāyāḥ

to the loved

arhasi

shouldst

deva

O God

soḍhum

to bear

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

As the father, etc.: as a father forgives his son's offences.