Bhakti — Devotion

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati / tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ

Shri Bhagavan

A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water.

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।

The Trust’s reading · Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water — that offering of love from a pure heart, I accept.

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥

yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat / yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam

Shri Bhagavan

Whatever you do, make it an offering.

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।

The Trust’s reading · Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give, whatever austerity you practise — do it as an offering to Me.

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥

ananyāścintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate / teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham

Shri Bhagavan

I carry what they need.

For those who think of me and of no one else, who wait on me in worship, always steady in that union, I carry what they lack and guard what they hold.

हिंदी · जो लोग अनन्य भाव से मेरा चिन्तन करते हैं और मेरी उपासना करते हैं, उन नित्य जुड़े हुए भक्तों का योग और क्षेम मैं स्वयं वहन करता हूँ।

The Trust’s reading · To those who worship Me with single-minded devotion, ever united with Me, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय ।
निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ॥

mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya / nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

Shri Bhagavan

Fix your mind on Me.

Fix your mind on me alone and let your understanding rest in me. From then on you will live in me — of this there is no doubt.

हिंदी · अपना मन मुझमें ही लगाओ और अपनी बुद्धि को मुझमें स्थिर करो। इसके बाद तुम मुझमें ही निवास करोगे, इसमें कोई संशय नहीं।

The Trust’s reading · Place your mind in Me alone, and your understanding in Me; then you will live in Me from now on. Of this there is no doubt.

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥

sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja / ahaṁ tvāṁ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

Shri Bhagavan

Take refuge in Me alone. Do not grieve.

Letting go of all duties, come to Me alone for shelter. I shall set you free from every sin; do not grieve.

हिंदी · सब धर्मों को छोड़कर केवल मेरी शरण में आ जा। मैं तुझे सब पापों से मुक्त कर दूँगा, तू शोक मत कर।

The Trust’s reading · The Gita’s closing assurance: set aside all other supports and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all faults. Do not grieve.