BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:27

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:27

 

yat karosi yad asnasi

yaj juhosi dadasi yat

yat tapas yasi kaunteya

tat kurusva mad-arpanam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yat--whatever; karosi--you do; yat--whatever; asnasi--you eat;

yat--whatever; juhosi--you offer; dadasi--you give away;

yat--whatever; yat--whatever; tapas yasi--austerities you perform;

kaunteya--O son of Kunti; tat--that; kurusva--do; mat--unto Me;

arpanam--as an offering.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away,

and whatever austerities you perform--do that, O son of Kunti, as an

offering to Me.

 

PURPORT

 

Thus, it is the duty of everyone to mold his life in such a way that

he will not forget Krsna in any circumstance. Everyone has to work for

maintenance of his body and soul together, and Krsna recommends herein

that one should work for Him. Everyone has to eat something to live;

therefore he should accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to

Krsna. Any civilized man has to perform some religious ritualistic

ceremonies; therefore Krsna recommends,

"Do it for Me," and this is called arcana. Everyone has a tendency to give

something in charity; Krsna says, "Give it to Me," and this means that

all surplus money accumulated should be utilized in furthering the

Krsna consciousness movement. Nowadays people are very much inclined

to the meditational process, which is not practical in this age, but

if anyone practices meditating on Krsna twenty-four hours a day by

chanting the Hare Krsna mantra round his beads, he is surely the

greatest meditator and the greatest yogi. as substantiated by the

Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita.

 

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