Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 26 (9.26)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः
॥ 9.26 ॥
patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tadahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
Translation
"Whoever offers me with love a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water — that (gift), offered with love by one whose heart is pure, I accept."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyam udakaṃ yaḥ me … bhaktyā prayacchati, tat ahaṃ … bhakti-pūrvakaṃ prāpitaṃ … aśnāmi gṛhṇāmi prayatātmanaḥ śuddha-buddheḥ — I accept what is offered with devotion by one of pure mind.
Acharya Ramanuja — the Lord's joy. Sarva-sulabhaṃ patraṃ vā puṣpaṃ vā phalaṃ vā toyaṃ vā — within everyone's reach — a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water; atyartha-mat-priyatayā tat-pradānena vinā ātma-dhāraṇam alabhamānatayā — with such love that one cannot bear not to give it; and most beautiful of all: ahaṃ sarveśvaro … avāpta-samasta-kāmaḥ satya-saṃkalpaḥ … svābhāvikānavadhikātiśayānanda-svānubhave vartamānaḥ api, mano-ratha-patha-dūra-varti priyaṃ prāpya iva aśnāmi — I, the Lord of all, all of whose desires are fulfilled, abiding in boundless bliss — still I receive it as if I had been given something dearer than I could ever have imagined. Evidence Mahabharata, Moksha-dharma (Śānti 340.64): tāḥ sarvāḥ śirasā devaḥ pratigṛhṇāti — the Lord receives such acts on his head.
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