Gems from the Bhagavad Gita

Do everything as an offering to me

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मन:

Patram puṣhpam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktyaa prayach-chhati.
Tadaham bhakty-upahritam-
ashnaami prayataat-manah.

Bhagavad Gita 9.26

I accept whatever is offered to me in devotion with a pure mind (unattached mind) whether a flower, a leaf, a fruit, or water. (See next verse, next page for do everything as an offering to Me).

पत्रम् leaf पुष्पम् flower फलम् fruit तोयम् water ः who मे to me भक्त्या with devotion प्रयच्छति offers तत् that अहम् I भक्ति-उपहृतम offered with devotion अश्नामि partake (अश्नत् consume) प्रयत-आत्मनः one in pure consciousness, pure-minded

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्

Yat-karoṣhi yad-ashnaasi
yaj-juhoṣhi dadaasi yat.
Yat-tapasyasi kounteya
tat-kuruṣhva madarpaṇam.

Bhagavad Gita 9.27

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give away as gifts, whatever austerity you practise, do it as an offering to Me.

यत् whatever करोषि is being done अश्ि is being eaten जुहोषि offered in rituals ददासि offered in charity, given as gift तपस्यसि austerity कौन्तेय Kaunteya (you, the listener) तत् that कुरुष्व do मद-अर्पणम् offering to me.


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