# Bhagavad Gita 11.44

**Canonical reference:** `gita.11.44`  
**Speaker:** Arjuna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

## IAST

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

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Therefore I bow and prostrate myself, and would propitiate you, the praiseworthy lord. Be pleased, O god! to pardon (my guilt) as a father (that of his) son, a friend (that of his) friend, or a husband (that of his) beloved.

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