तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् ।पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥
tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam |piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum ||
- प्रणम्य · praṇamya
- having bowed
- प्रणिधाय कायम् · praṇidhāya kāyam
- laying down the body (prostrating)
- प्रसादये · prasādaye
- I seek grace, propitiate
- ईशम् ईड्यम् · īśam īḍyam
- the Lord worthy of praise
- पिता इव पुत्रस्य · pitā iva putrasya
- as a father of a son
- सखा इव सख्युः · sakhā iva sakhyuḥ
- as a friend of a friend
- प्रियः प्रियायाः · priyaḥ priyāyāḥ
- as a lover of the beloved
- सोढुम् अर्हसि · soḍhum arhasi
- you should bear, forgive
“Therefore, bowing down and laying my body low, I seek your grace, O Lord worthy of praise. As a father bears with a son, as a friend with a friend, as a lover with the beloved — so should you bear with me, O God.”
— Original plain-language translation
The full prostration (body laid on the ground) accompanies the tenderest argument: forgive me in every capacity — father, friend, lover — that you hold toward me. Devotion claims intimacy even while confessing unworthiness.
— Reader's notes (original)