Gita 11.44 Humility in the forgiveness-seeker and magnanimity in the forgiver uplifts both

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Bhagavad Gita 11.44 Therefore Krishna is speaking here about sorry Arjuna is speaking here and he states that he has earlier thought that he was doing a favor to Krishna by considering him as equal sakheti matwa but now he has understood that actually natat samostya abhedika kuto anya lokat trayetya prateema prabhav as he said in 43rd verse that actually there is no one equal to him and he is unparalleled in all the three worlds and therefore for that misunderstanding and for the improper actions ichchavahasartham satkrutosi in 11.42 he says that while alone or with others I joked with you rather I joked at your expense and that was terribly wrong of me to do so because you are such a great person and thus not therefore pranamya pranidhayakayam therefore I offer my obeisances laying down my body at your feet prasadayetvam aham ishamidyam prasadayetvam please have mercy on me I beseech your mercy ishamidyam you are the controller you are the supreme you are the worshipable being and please know that I had no malified intention in whatever I spoke or whatever I did because it is done out of affection and he gives example puteva putrasya sakheva sakhyo priya priyaya so three examples he gives this is a father and son so I was impudent oh lord but please you are affectionate and therefore you should you please forgive me as sometimes impertinence is forgiven in intimate relationships earlier Arjuna has said maya pramadat pranayena vapi so was it madness or was it affection because of which I spoke like that it could be both here he says that actually whatever it was from my side actually you are affectionate oh lord and therefore as certain certain impertinences are forgiven in intimate relationships so you please forgive me this is the father forgives his son puteva putrasya sakheva sakhyo and just as a friend forgives a friend, friend overlooks the fault of a friend whatever is spoken in affectionate banter even if it is somewhat inappropriate or disrespectful and priya priyaya just as a lover forgives the beloved interestingly here there are among the five higher rasas three are mentioned but Dasya, Sakhya and Dasya two are mentioned actually Madhuriya and Sakhya and the father and son relationship is here here is the opposite of Vatsalya because Vatsalya bhava itself is the opposite of the normal relationship that is envisioned between us and God God is seen as a supreme parent and we are seen as his children so here it is described that he is our lord and so here he is talked about in that mood because Arjuna's overall mood right now is of reverence so there is affection but the dynamic of a parent-child relationship is very different Arjuna does not have that kind of relationship with Krishna they are both equals and from the perspective of Krishna being God then he is the father Arjuna is the son so he talks about these three relationships in which transgressions are often forgiven so Arjuna is asking Krishna Sodhum, tolerate it O Lord Krishna has used the word Sodhum in a call to Arjuna earlier when he has stated that Arjuna Shaknoti hayo ya sodhum praaksharir vimokshanat Kaam krodhod bhavam vegam sayuktah susukhin raha so he has said in 5.23 Arjuna Sodhum, Shaknoti if it is possible for you to tolerate Arjuna the forces of desire and anger, Kaam krodhod bhavam vegam then you will be well situated in life you will be well situated in life now moving on, what we need to do is stay progressive in our spiritual growth in our devotional purposefulness and we all know that we can commit offenses sometimes especially while Diti worship Diti is a form of God which is where the supreme sacred being makes himself accessible to us who are ourselves impure and we often bundle in our actions as well as in our consciousness Kshamasvattham so often we ask forgiveness and forgiveness if it is, Arjuna could have just asked please tolerate, please forgive me but Arjuna first reflects his understanding so that when the request for forgiveness is made if the one who is to forgive sees that we have actually understood what was wrong then that forgiveness is easier to give for them because then they realize okay if you have understood then you won't commit a mistake like this then there will be no repetition and then you can then we can progress so what is important for us is that we strive progressively to serve Krishna we need to work and move towards Krishna steadily we have to work for progressing in our spiritual life by cultivating the knowledge about the right way of acting and thereafter act when we does work, so when we commit mistakes, those mistakes won't be held against us permanently if we express genuine understanding of what was wrong and then we express remorse and seek forgiveness and Arjuna is of course Krishna has a very intimate relationship with Arjuna as does Arjuna with Krishna and when Krishna's response will come Krishna Krishna wants to pacify Arjuna Arjuna is disturbed on seeing the ghastly universal form and Krishna works to pacify, so it is not that when one party is forgiving the other party wants to have a bigger and bigger show of things, bigger and bigger aggravation of things other party wants to make the person hit the ground and go below, push the person under the ground, that's not what is the mood, Krishna will also forgive so in this way humility in the one seeking forgiveness and magnanimity in the one giving forgiveness that this can bring back the cordiality and even the intimacy in the relationship.