Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 9, verse 27
This verse turns everyday life into worship: working, eating and giving all become offerings when done for the divine.
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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 sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever discipline you practise, Arjuna, do it as an offering to me.
हे अर्जुन, तुम जो भी करते हो, जो खाते हो, जो हवन करते हो, जो दान देते हो और जो तप करते हो, वह सब मुझे अर्पित करो।
अर्जुना, तू जे करतोस, जे खातोस, जे हवन करतोस, जे दान देतोस आणि जे तप करतोस, ते सर्व मला अर्पण कर.
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यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, that offering of love from a pure heart I accept.
9.28शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः ।
In this way you will be freed from the bonds of action, with their good and bad results. With your mind steady in this yoga of renunciation, you will be free and will come to me.
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