As the father, etc, As a father forgives his son’s offences.
Arjuna’s prayer for the Lord’s resumption of His usual form
अहृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे ।
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपम्
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥ ४५ ॥
ahṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito’smi dṛṣṭvā
bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me .
tadeva me darśaya deva rūpam
prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa .. 45 ..
I am delighted, having seen what was unseen before; and (yet) my mind is confounded with fear. Show me that form only, O God; have mercy, O God of Gods, O Abode of the Universe.
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What was unseen before: the Universal Form never before seen by me or anybody else. Therefore show me only that form (which Thou wearest) as my friend.