अपापेषु स्वभृत्येषु बालेनापक्वबुद्धिना । पापं कृतं तद्भगवान् सर्वात्मा क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥ ४७ ॥
apapesu sva-bhrtyesu balenapakva-buddhina papam krtam tad bhagavan sarvatma ksantum arhati
- apapesu
- unto one who is completely free from all sins
- sva-bhrtyesu
- unto one who is subordinate and deserves to be protected
- balena
- by a child
- apakva
- who is immature
- buddhina
- by intelligence
- papam
- sinful act
- krtam
- has been done
- tat bhagavan
- therefore the Personality of Godhead
- sarva-atma
- who is all-pervading
- ksantum
- just to pardon
- arhati
- deserve.
Then the rsi prayed to the all-pervading Personality of Godhead to pardon his immature boy, who had no intelligence and who committed the great sin of cursing a person who was completely free from all sins, who was subordinate and who deserved to be protected.