Question: Today we were discussing the modes of nature and someone asked what the word for “forgive” is in Sanskrit. I looked it up online but I knew you would have more insight into the one word that best exemplifies it, or at least more than one word and how each one directly translates.
HDG:
Perhaps the most common root is ksham, to forgive pardon, etc.’ Here are some forms of this word in the Gita:
1. Bg 11.42, Arjuna begs Krishna’s forgiveness by using the ‘causative’ form of the verb: ‘tat kshamaye tvam‘, literally ‘I make [ask you to] forgive that.’
2. Bg 12.13 A devotee is kshami ‘forgiving’.
3. Bg 10.4 Forgiveness, ksama, is one of the qualities coming from Krishna.
5. Bg 16.3 Forgiveness, kshama, is a divine quality.
6. Bg 10.34 Among feminine qualities, Krishna is forgiveness, kshama
7. Bg 18.42 Kshanti ‘forgiveness’ is one of the brahminical qualities.
