11.44
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
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking, to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
Therefore, bowing and laying down my body, I seek the grace of you, the lord to be praised; as a father with a son, as a friend with a friend, as a beloved with the beloved, you should bear with me, O god.
नेपालीमा
त्यसैले निहुरेर शरीर ढालेर म प्रशंसायोग्य प्रभु तपाईंको कृपा खोज्छु। हे देव, बाबुले छोरालाई, साथीले साथीलाई, प्रियले प्रियलाई सहेझैँ तपाईंले मलाई सहिदिनुपर्छ।
Where it sits
He gives back the word sakhi (सखि), not as the rank he claimed, but as the kindness he is asking for. The next verse will say the sight has thrilled him and broken him, and will ask for the other form.
Split: तस्मात् + प्रणम्य + प्रणिधाय + कायम् + प्रसादये + त्वाम् + अहम् + ईशम् + ईड्यम् + पिता + इव + पुत्रस्य + सखा + इव + सख्युः + प्रियः + प्रियायाः + अर्हसि + देव + सोढुम्
tasmāt + praṇamya + praṇidhāya + kāyam + prasādaye + tvām + aham + īśam + īḍyam + pitā + iva + putrasya + sakhā + iva + sakhyuḥ + priyaḥ + priyāyāḥ + arhasi + deva + soḍhum
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| तस्मात् | tasmāt | indeclinable | therefore. |
| प्रणम्य | praṇamya | gerund | having bowed. |
| प्रणिधाय | praṇidhāya | gerund | having laid down. Having stretched out. |
| कायम् | kāyam | accusative | the body. |
| प्रसादये | prasādaye | present causative, 1st singular | I seek grace. I propitiate. |
| त्वाम् | tvām | accusative | you. |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
| ईशम् | īśam | accusative | the lord. |
| ईड्यम् | īḍyam | accusative | to be praised. |
| पिता | pitā | nominative | a father. |
| इव | iva | indeclinable | as. |
| पुत्रस्य | putrasya | genitive | of a son. Toward a son. |
| सखा | sakhā | nominative | a friend. |
| इव | iva | indeclinable | as. |
| सख्युः | sakhyuḥ | genitive of sakhi (सखि) | of a friend. Toward a friend. |
| प्रियः | priyaḥ | nominative | a beloved. |
| प्रियायाः | priyāyāḥ | genitive | of the beloved. Toward the beloved. |
| अर्हसि | arhasi | present, 2nd singular | you ought. You are able. |
| देव | deva | vocative | O god. |
| सोढुम् | soḍhum | infinitive of sah (सह्) | to bear. To endure. |
The phrases
तस्मात् प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायम् प्रसादये त्वाम् अहम् ईशम् ईड्यम् tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyam prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam is the bow made physical. Therefore, having bowed, having laid my body down, I seek your grace, the lord who is to be praised.
pitā iva putrasya sakhā iva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyāḥ arhasi deva soḍhum (पिता इव पुत्रस्य सखा इव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायाः अर्हसि देव सोढुम्) is how he asks to be borne. As a father toward a son, as a friend toward a friend, as a beloved toward the beloved, you should bear with me.
Sanskrit in this line
iva (इव) builds the three likenesses, and each pair is nominative plus genitive. पिता + इव pitā + iva is piteva (पितेव). सखा + इव sakhā + iva is sakheva (सखेव). ā (आ) plus i (इ) is e (ए). प्रियायाः + अर्हसि priyāyāḥ + arhasi is priyāyārhasi (प्रियायार्हसि): āḥ (आः) before a vowel leaves ā (आ), and the following a (अ) is lost in that joining. The parallel with putrasya (पुत्रस्य) and sakhyuḥ (सख्युः) is genitive.
Say it back
The three likenesses, and what he asks to be borne. If soḍhum (सोढुम्) comes out as "to see," the request has jumped ahead to 11.45.