9.27 Whatever you do, offer it Krishna speaks
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्
yat karoṣhi yad aśhnāsi yaj juhoṣhi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣhva mad-arpaṇam
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practise — do it as an offering to me, son of Kunti.
Explanation
And then the door opens all the way.
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practise — do it as an offering.
Not a category of religious acts. Eating is on the list. The distinction between worship and ordinary life is being removed, which is the chapter's real answer to what the king of secrets is.
Word by word
- yat
- whatever
- karoṣhi
- you do
- yat
- whatever
- aśhnāsi
- you eat
- yat
- whatever
- juhoṣhi
- offer to the sacred fire
- dadāsi
- bestow as a gift
- yat
- whatever
- yat
- whatever
- tapasyasi
- austerities you perform
- kaunteya
- Arjun, the son of Kunti
- tat
- them
- kuruṣhva
- do
- mad arpaṇam
- as an offering to me
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