Bhagavad Gita BG 9.27
Chapter 9, Verse 27 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् । यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥
yat karoshi yad ashnasi yaj juhoshi dadasi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kurushva mad-arpanam
Meaning
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you perform — O Kaunteya — do that as an offering to Me.
Understanding
The total integration: yat karoshi (whatever you do), yad ashnasi (whatever you eat), yaj juhoshi (whatever you offer in yajna), dadasi yat (whatever you give in charity), yat tapasyasi (whatever austerity you perform) — tat kurushva mad-arpanam (do all that as an offering to Me). Five domains of life — action, eating, ritual, charity, austerity — all transformed by one orientation: offering to Me. Not a special new practice but the transformation of existing life by the direction of intention. Everything becomes yajna.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| करोषि | karoshi | you do, you act |
| अश्नासि | ashnasi | you eat, you consume |
| जुहोषि | juhoshi | you offer in sacrifice/yajna |
| तपस्यसि | tapasyasi | you practice austerity, you do tapas |
| मदर्पणम् | mad-arpanam | as offering to Me, as surrender to Me |
| यत् | yat | whatever |
| करोषि | karoṣi | you do |
| यत् | yat | whatever |
| अश्नासि | aśnāsi | you eat |
| यत् | yat | whatever |
| जुहोषि | juhoṣi | you offer into the fire |
| ददासि | dadāsi | you give |
| यत् | yat | whatever |
| यत् | yat | whatever |
| कौन्तेय | kaunteya | O Arjuna |
| तत् | tat | that |
| कुरुष्व | kuruṣva | do, make |
| मद्-अर्पणम् | mad-arpaṇam | as an offering to Me |