🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.44
Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga · "The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision" · Verse 44 of 55
🪷 English Translations
Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.
Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
11.44 Therefore I prostrate myself before Thee, O Lord! Most Adorable! I salute Thee, I ask Thy blessing. Only Thou canst be trusted to bear with me, as father to son, as friend to friend, as lover to his beloved.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
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.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
11.44 Tasmat, therefore; pranamya, by bowing down; and pranidhaya kayam, prostrating, laying, the body completely down; prasadaye, I seek to propitiate; tvam, You; who are isam, God, the Lord; and are idyam, adorable. Deva, O God; You are Your part, arhasi, should; sodhum, bear with, i.e. forgive (my faults); iva, as would; a pita, father; forgive all the faults putrasya, of a son; and as a sakha, friend; the fautls sakhyuh, of a friend; or as a priyah, lover; forgives the faults priyayah, of a beloved.
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
11.44 Therefore, bowing down and prostrating, I implore You, O adorable Lord, for Your mercy. Just as, when entreated with salutation, a father will show mercy to his son, or a friend to a friend, even if he has been at fault, even so it is meet that You, most compassionate and dear to me, should bear with me, who is dear to You in all respects.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
11.44. Hence, paying homage, and prostrating may body, I solicit grace of You, the Lord praisworthy. O God ! Be pleased to bear with me, just as a beloved father with his beloved son and just as a dear friend with his dear friend.
🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices
The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.
Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
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.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
11.44 Tasmat, therefore; pranamya, by bowing down; and pranidhaya kayam, prostrating, laying, the body completely down; prasadaye, I seek to propitiate; tvam, You; who are isam, God, the Lord; and are idyam, adorable. Deva, O God; You are Your part, arhasi, should; sodhum, bear with, i.e. forgive (my faults); iva, as would; a pita, father; forgive all the faults putrasya, of a son; and as a sakha, friend; the fautls sakhyuh, of a friend; or as a priyah, lover; forgives the faults priyayah, of a beloved.
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
11.44 Therefore, bowing down and prostrating, I implore You, O adorable Lord, for Your mercy. Just as, when entreated with salutation, a father will show mercy to his son, or a friend to a friend, even if he has been at fault, even so it is meet that You, most compassionate and dear to me, should bear with me, who is dear to You in all respects.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
11.44 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।11.44।। अर्जुन स्वयं को सर्वशक्तिमान भगवान् के समक्ष पाकर अपने में वाक्कौशल और तर्क करने की सूक्ष्म क्षमता को व्यक्त हुआ पाता है। यद्यपि हिन्दुओं में पूजनीय व्यक्ति का चरणस्पर्श करके अभिवादन किया जाता है? जो कि शारीरिक कर्म है किन्तु उसका जो वास्तविक अभिप्राय है उसे हृदय के आन्तरिक भाव के रूप में प्राप्त करना होता है। अहंकार के समर्पण के द्वारा आध्यात्मिक उन्नति को प्राप्त करना ही वास्तविक प्रणाम या साष्टांग प्रणिपात है। अनात्म जड़ उपाधियों के साथ तादात्म्य से उत्पन्न अहंकार और तत्केन्द्रित मिथ्या कल्पनाओं के कारण अपने ही हृदयस्थ आत्मा का हमें साक्षात् अनुभव नहीं हो पाता है। जिस मात्रा में ये मिथ्या धारणाएं नष्ट हो जाती हैं? उस्ाी मात्रा में निश्चित ही? हम आत्मा के शान्त सौन्दर्य का अनुभव कर सकते हैं जो हमारा शुद्ध स्वरूप ही है। वास्तव में देखा जाये? तो अहंकार के इस समर्पण में हम अपनी अशुद्ध पाशविक वासनाओं की उस गठरी को ही अर्पित कर रहे होते हैं? जो हमारी मूढ़ता और कामुकता के कारण दुर्गन्धित होती हैअत स्वाभाविक है कि? जब कोई भक्त? भक्ति और प्रपत्ति की भावना से भगवान् के चरणों के समीप पहुँचता है? तो अपनी अशुद्धियों के लिए क्षमा याचना करता है।यहाँ अर्जुन भगवान् से अनुरोध करता है कि वे उसके किए अपराधों को ऐसे ही सहन करे? जैसे पिता पुत्र के? मित्र अपने मित्र के? प्रिय अपने प्रिया के अपराधों को सहन करता है। इन तीन उदाहरणों में वे सब घृष्टतापूर्ण अपराध सम्मिलित हो जाते हैं? जो एक मनुष्य अज्ञानवश अपने प्रभु भगवान् के प्रति कर सकता है।अर्जुन भगवान् से सामान्य रूप धारण करने तथा इस सर्वातीत? सार्वभौमिक भयंकर रूप का त्याग करने के लिए प्रार्थना करता है
🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā
- This is verse 44 of 55 in Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga (The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision)
- Chapter theme: Krishna reveals His universal-form · BG 11.5 paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi
- Ṣaṭka grouping: TAT-Ṣaṭka (BG 7-12 · the Lord)
- Chapter hub: /visvarupa-kala
🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷
सर्वम् कृष्णार्पणम् — this verse is one maṇi (jewel) on Krishna's thread (BG 7.7)