Chapter 9 · The royal knowledge, the royal secret
Bhagavad Gita 9.27
Whatever you do, make it an offering.
Shri Bhagavan
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥
yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat / yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in the fire, whatever you give away, whatever discipline you take on — do it, Kaunteya, as an offering to me.
हिंदी · तुम जो भी करते हो, जो खाते हो, जो हवन करते हो, जो दान देते हो और जो तप करते हो — हे कौन्तेय, वह सब मुझे अर्पित करके करो।
What it means
Whatever you do, make it an offering.
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give, whatever austerity you practise — do it as an offering to Me.
This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.
Verses that share its vocabulary
Near it in the text’s own words.
- 4.10Free of passion, fear and anger, filled with me and taking refuge in me, many have been purified by the discipline of knowledge and have come to my own being.
- 4.28Some offer their possessions as yajna, some their austerity, some their yoga. Others, striving hard and holding to sharp vows, offer their study and their knowledge.
- 5.29Knowing me as the one who receives every yajna and every austerity, as the great lord of all the worlds, and as the friend of all beings, a man comes to peace.
- 6.46The yogi stands above those who practise austerity, above those who have learning, above those who perform rites. So be a yogi, Arjuna.
- 7.9I am the pure fragrance of the earth and the brightness in fire. I am the life in all beings, and the discipline of those who practise austerity.
- 8.28The yogi who knows all this passes beyond whatever merit is laid down for the Vedas, for sacrifices, for austerities and for gifts, and reaches the supreme and original abode.
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.