Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥२७॥
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi
yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam
Word for word (synonyms)
- yat
- what
- karoṣi
- you do
- yat
- whatever
- aśnāsi
- you eat
- yat
- whatever
- juhoṣi
- you offer
- dadāsi
- you give away
- yat
- whatever
- yat
- whatever
- tapasyasi
- austerities you perform
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- tat
- that
- kuruṣva
- make
- mat
- unto Me
- arpaṇam
- offering
Translation
O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.
Defined in the Gītā
Austerity
What is austerity of body, speech and mind?
The austerity of the body consists in this: worship of the Supreme Lord, the brāhmaṇas, the spiritual master, and superiors like the father and mother. Cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy and nonviolence are also austerities of the body.
Purport
Thus, it is the duty of everyone to mold his life in such a way that he will not forget Kṛṣṇa in any circumstance. Everyone has to work for maintenance of his body and soul together, and Kṛṣṇa recommends herein that one should work for Him. Everyone has to eat something to live; therefore he should accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Kṛṣṇa. Any civilized man has to perform some religious ritualistic ceremonies; therefore Kṛṣṇa recommends, "Do it for Me," and this is called arcanā. Everyone has a tendency to give something in charity; Kṛṣṇa says, "Give it to Me," and this means that all surplus money accummulated should be utilized in furthering the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Nowadays people are very much inclined to the meditational process, which is not practical in this age, but if anyone practices meditating on Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra round his beads, he is surely the greatest yogī, as substantiated by the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā.
What this verse teaches
Do everything as an offering to Kṛṣṇa and thus be freed from bondage.
- Section
- The glories of Kṛṣṇa-bhakti
In thematic compilations 2
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 9.26–27 1966-12-16 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 9.27–29 1966-12-19 · New York
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