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यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्। यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्।।9.27।।

yat karoṣhi yad aśhnāsi yaj juhoṣhi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣhva mad-arpaṇam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 9, Verse 27
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practice, O Arjuna, do it as an offering to Me.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: whatever you do, eat, offer, give, or practice as austerity, do that as an offering to Krishna, extending the principle of offering to cover essentially all of ordinary daily activity, not just formal ritual moments.

In life: nearly any ordinary task, eating, working, small daily disciplines, can be approached either as a mere transaction or as something offered with genuine care and presence.

Teaching: pick one completely ordinary daily activity, a meal, a chore, a routine task, and deliberately practice doing it as a conscious offering rather than a mere transaction, notice what changes in how it feels.

yatwhatever
karoṣhiyou do
yatwhatever
aśhnāsiyou eat
yatwhatever
juhoṣhioffer to the sacred fire
dadāsibestow as a gift
yatwhatever
yatwhatever
tapasyasiausterities you perform
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
tatthem
kuruṣhvado
mad arpaṇamas an offering to me

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
9.27 यत् whatever? करोषि thou doest? यत् whatever? अश्नासि thou eatest? यत् whatever? जुहोषि thou offerest in sacrifice? ददासि thou givest? यत् whatever? यत् whatever? तपस्यसि thou practisest as austerity? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? तत् that? कुरुष्व do? मदर्पणम् offering unto Me.Commentary Consecrate all acts to the Lord. Then you will be freed from the bondage of Karma. You will have freedom in action. He who tries to live in the spirit of this verse will be able to do selfsurrender unto the Lord. Gradually he ascends the spiritual path step by step. His greedy nature is slowly dissolved now. He always gives. He is not eager to take. His whole life with all its actions? thoughts and feelings? is dedicated to the service of the Lord eventually. He lives for the Lord only. He works for the Lord only. There is not a bit of egoism now. His whole nature is transformed into divinity. When actions are dedicated to the Lord? there is no rirth for you. This is the simplest method of Yoga. Do not waste your time any longer. Take it up from today.All actions? all results and all rewards will go to the Lord. There is no separte living for the individual. Just as the river joins the sea abandoning its own name and form so also the individual soul joins the Supreme Soul giving up his own name and form? his own egoistic desires and egoism. The individual will has become one with the cosmic will.Whatever thou doest of thy own sweet will? whatever thou offerest in sacrifice as enjoined in the scriptures? whatever thou givest -- such things as gold? rice? ghee? clothes? etc.? to the Brahmins and others -- whatever austerity such as the ChandrayanaVrata (to destroy sin)? control of the senses? etc.? thou doest? do thou all these as an offering unto Me. (Cf.V.32XII.6and8)Now listen to what you will gain by doing thus.