Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 27 (9.27)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यत् करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्
यत् तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत् कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्
॥ 9.27 ॥
yat karoṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva madarpaṇam
Translation
"O Kaunteya, whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in the fire, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practise — offer all of it to me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Yat karoṣi svataḥ prāptam — whatever you do of your own accord (by nature); yat aśnāsi; yac ca juhoṣi … śrautaṃ smārtaṃ vā; yat dadāsi … hiraṇyānnājyādi; tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇaṃ mat-samarpaṇam.
Acharya Ramanuja — a threefold offering. Yat deha-yātrādi-śeṣa-bhūtaṃ laukikaṃ karma karoṣi — the worldly work done to keep the body going; yat ca deha-dhāraṇāya aśnāsi; vaidikaṃ homa-dāna-tapaḥ-prabhṛti; tat sarvaṃ mad-arpaṇaṃ kuruṣva … kartṛtvaṃ bhoktṛtvaṃ ārādhyatvaṃ ca yathā mayi sarvaṃ samarpitaṃ bhavati tathā kuru — hand over to me all three: being the doer of the action, being its enjoyer, and being the one worshipped through it.
Ramanuja's threefold offering is practical: "I am not the doer, the Lord has it done"; "I am not the enjoyer, it is his prasad"; "within the one I worship, it is he too".
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.