Chapter 9 · The royal knowledge, the royal secret
Bhagavad Gita 9.26
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water.
Shri Bhagavan
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati / tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water — whoever offers me this with devotion, I accept what is brought, offered in love by someone whose heart is clean.
हिंदी · पत्ता, फूल, फल या जल — जो कोई भी मुझे भक्ति से अर्पित करता है, उस शुद्ध हृदय वाले का प्रेम से लाया हुआ वह अर्पण मैं स्वीकार करता हूँ।
What it means
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water.
Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water — that offering of love from a pure heart, I accept.
This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.
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Near it in the text’s own words.
- 6.47And of all yogis, the one who holds his inner self in me and worships me with faith is, in my view, the most closely joined of all.
- 9.13But the great of soul, Partha, take shelter in the divine nature. They worship me with an undivided mind, knowing me as the imperishable source of all beings.
- 9.31He soon becomes a person of dharma and reaches a peace that lasts. Know this for certain, Kaunteya: no devotee of mine is ever lost.
- 9.34Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, make your offerings to me, bow to me. Joining yourself in this way, with me as your highest aim, you will come to me.
- 12.14He is content, always joined in yoga, in command of himself and firm in his resolve, and he has given his mind and understanding over to me. Such a devotee is dear to me.
- 18.54Become one with Brahman, serene in himself, he neither grieves nor craves. Equal towards all beings, he gains the highest devotion to Me.
Chosen by shared uncommon vocabulary, weighted so that a rare word counts for far more than a common one. A reading aid, not a claim that these verses mean the same thing.