🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 9.27
Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga · "The Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret" · Verse 27 of 34
🪷 English Translations
Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.
Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
9.27 Whatever thou doest, whatever thou dost eat, whatever thou dost sacrifice and give, whatever austerities thou practisest, do all as an offering to Me.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
9.27 Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou offerest in sacrifice, whatever thou givest, whatever thou practisest as austerity, O Arjuna, do it as an offering unto Me.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
9.27 O son of Kunti, yat-karosi, whatever you do, what comes spontaneously; [Actions such as walking etc. that are spontaneous,not injunctions of the scriptures.] yad-asnasi, whatever you eat; and yat-juhosi, whatever you offer as a sacrifice, whatever sacrifices you perform-be it prescribed by the Vedas or by the Smrtis; yatadadasi, whatever you give-gold, food, clarified butter, etc. to Brahmanas and others; and yat-tapasyasi, whatever austerties you undertake; (all) tat, that; kurusva madarpanam, you offer to Me.
'Hear what happens to you when you act thus.'
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
9.27 Whatsoever worldly work you do for the sustenance of the body, whatsoever you set aside for the sustenance of the body, whatsoever Vedic acts, obligatory and occasional, like offerings, charity and austerity you practise - do all that as an offering to Me. 'Arpana' is offering. Do all acts, secular and Vedic, as if the doer, the enjoyer and the worshipped were all offerings to Me. The import is this: The divinities etc., who are the objects of sacrificial worship, charities etc., and you, the agent and experiencer - all belong to Me and have their essence, existence and actions dependent on Me. Thus only to Me, the supreme Principal (Sesi) and supreme agent, offer everything - yourself as the agent, experiencer and worshipper, all the host of divinities who are the object of worship and the sum of actions constituting the worship. Actuated by overwhelming love, contemplate yourself and other factors such as the objects of worship, as dependent on Me as My Sesas, and hence as of a nature that finds delight only in subservience to Me.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
9.27. Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever oblation you offer, whatever gift you make and what-ever austerity you perform, O son of Kunti, do that as an offering to Me.
🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices
The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.
Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
9.27 यत् whatever? करोषि thou doest? यत् whatever? अश्नासि thou eatest? यत् whatever? जुहोषि thou offerest in sacrifice? ददासि thou givest? यत् whatever? यत् whatever? तपस्यसि thou practisest as austerity? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? तत् that? कुरुष्व do? मदर्पणम् offering unto Me.Commentary Consecrate all acts to the Lord. Then you will be freed from the bondage of Karma. You will have freedom in action. He who tries to live in the spirit of this verse will be able to do selfsurrender unto the Lord. Gradually he ascends the spiritual path step by step. His greedy nature is slowly dissolved now. He always gives. He is not eager to take. His whole life with all its actions? thoughts and feelings? is dedicated to the service of the Lord eventually. He lives for the Lord only. He works for the Lord only. There is not a bit of egoism now. His whole nature is transformed into divinity. When actions are dedicated to the Lord? there is no rirth for you. This is the simplest method of Yoga. Do not waste your time any longer. Take it up from today.All actions? all results and all rewards will go to the Lord. There is no separte living for the individual. Just as the river joins the sea abandoning its own name and form so also the individual soul joins the Supreme Soul giving up his own name and form? his own egoistic desires and egoism. The individual will has become one with the cosmic will.Whatever thou doest of thy own sweet will? whatever thou offerest in sacrifice as enjoined in the scriptures? whatever thou givest -- such things as gold? rice? ghee? clothes? etc.? to the Brahmins and others -- whatever austerity such as the ChandrayanaVrata (to destroy sin)? control of the senses? etc.? thou doest? do thou all these as an offering unto Me. (Cf.V.32XII.6and8)Now listen to what you will gain by doing thus.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
9.27 O son of Kunti, yat-karosi, whatever you do, what comes spontaneously; [Actions such as walking etc. that are spontaneous,not injunctions of the scriptures.] yad-asnasi, whatever you eat; and yat-juhosi, whatever you offer as a sacrifice, whatever sacrifices you perform-be it prescribed by the Vedas or by the Smrtis; yatadadasi, whatever you give-gold, food, clarified butter, etc. to Brahmanas and others; and yat-tapasyasi, whatever austerties you undertake; (all) tat, that; kurusva madarpanam, you offer to Me.
'Hear what happens to you when you act thus.'
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
9.27 Whatsoever worldly work you do for the sustenance of the body, whatsoever you set aside for the sustenance of the body, whatsoever Vedic acts, obligatory and occasional, like offerings, charity and austerity you practise - do all that as an offering to Me. 'Arpana' is offering. Do all acts, secular and Vedic, as if the doer, the enjoyer and the worshipped were all offerings to Me. The import is this: The divinities etc., who are the objects of sacrificial worship, charities etc., and you, the agent and experiencer - all belong to Me and have their essence, existence and actions dependent on Me. Thus only to Me, the supreme Principal (Sesi) and supreme agent, offer everything - yourself as the agent, experiencer and worshipper, all the host of divinities who are the object of worship and the sum of actions constituting the worship. Actuated by overwhelming love, contemplate yourself and other factors such as the objects of worship, as dependent on Me as My Sesas, and hence as of a nature that finds delight only in subservience to Me.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
9.27 See Comment under 9.28
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।9.27।। जीवन में सब प्रकार के कर्म करते हुए हम ईश्वरापर्ण की भावना से रह सकते हैं। सम्पूर्ण गीता में असंख्य बार इस पर बल दिया गया है कि केवल शारीरिक कर्म की अपेक्षा ईश्वरार्पण की भावना सर्वाधिक महत्व की है और यह एक ऐसा तथ्य हैं ? जिसका प्राय साधकांे को विस्मरण हो जाता है।शरीर? मन और बुद्धि के स्तर पर होने वाले विषय ग्रहण और उनके प्रति हमारी प्रतिक्रिया रूप जितने भी कर्म हैं? उन सबको भक्तिपूर्वक मुझे अर्पण करे। यह मात्र मानने की बात नहीं हैं और न ही कोई अतिश्योक्ति हैं यह भी नहीं कि इसका पालन करना मनुष्य के लिए किसी प्रकार से बहुत कठिन हो। एक ही आत्मा ईश्वर? गुरु और भक्त में और सर्वत्र रम रहा है हम अपने व्यावहारिक जीवन में असंख्य नाम और रूपों के साथ व्यवहार करते हैं। हम जानते है कि इन सबको धारण करने के लिए आत्मसत्ता की आवश्यकता है। यदि हम अपने समस्त व्यवहार में इस आत्मतत्व का स्मरण रख सकें तो वह जगत् के अधिष्ठान का ही स्मरण होगा। यदि किसी वस्त्र की दुकान्ा में विभिन्न रूप? रंग? बुनावट और कीमतों के सूती वस्त्र हों तो दुकानदार को सलाह दी जाती हैं कि उसको सदा इस बात का स्मरण रखना चाहिए कि वह सूती कपड़ों का व्यापार कर रहा हैं। किसी भी समझदार व्यापारी को यह करना कठिन नहीं हो सकता। वास्तव में देखा जाय तो इस प्रकार का स्मरण रखना उसके लिए अधिक सुरक्षित और लाभदायक है अन्यथा वह कहीं किसी कपडे़ का मूल्य ऊनी वस्त्र के हिसाब से अत्यधिक बता देगा अथवा अपने माल को टाट के बोरे जैसे सस्ते दामों में बेच देगा। यदि किसी स्वर्णकार को यह स्मरण रखने की सलाह दी जाय कि वह सोने पर कार्य कर रहा हैं? तो वह सलाह उसके लाभ के लिए ही हैं।जैसे आभूषणों में स्वर्ण और कपडे में सूत हैं वैसे ही विश्व के सभी नाम और रूपों में आत्मा ही मूल तत्व हैं। जो भक्त अपने जीवन के समस्त व्यवहार में इस दिव्य तत्त्व का स्मरण रख सकता हैं वही पुरुष जीवन को वह आदर और सम्मान दे सकता हैं? जिसके योग्य जीवन हैं। यह नियम है कि जीवन को जो तुम दोगे वही तुम जीवन से पाओगे। तुम हँसोगे तो जीवन हँसेगा और तुम चिढोगे तो जीवन भी चिढेगा उसके पास आत्मज्ञान से उत्पन्न आदर और सम्मान के साथ जाओगे? तो जीवन में तुम्हें भी आदर और सम्मान प्राप्त होगा।समर्पण की भावना से समस्त कर्मों को करने पर न केवल परमात्मा के प्रति हमारा प्रेम बढ़ता है? बल्कि आदर्श प्रयोजन और दिव्य लक्ष्य के कारण हमारा जीवन भी पवित्र बन जाता हैं। गीता में अनन्य भाव और सतत आत्मानुसंधान पर विशेष बल दिया गया है इस श्लोक में हम देख सकते हैं कि एक ऐसे उपाय का वर्णन किया गया है जिसके पालन से अनजाने ही साधक को ईश्वर का अखण्ड स्मरण बना रहेगा। इसके लिए कहीं किसी निर्जन सघन वन में या गुप्त गुफाओं में जाने की आवश्यकता नहीं है इसका पालन तो हम अपने नित्य के कार्य क्षेत्र में ही कर सकते हैं।इस प्रकार समर्पण की भावना का जीवन जीने से क्या लाभ होगा? उसे अब बताते हैं।
🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā
- This is verse 27 of 34 in Chapter 9 · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga (The Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret)
- Chapter theme: BG 9.22 yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham · Krishna's carrying-promise
- Ṣaṭka grouping: TAT-Ṣaṭka (BG 7-12 · the Lord)
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सर्वम् कृष्णार्पणम् — this verse is one maṇi (jewel) on Krishna's thread (BG 7.7)