Verse 9.27

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।

यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥

9.27

Transliteration

yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat |

yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

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.

From the owner's sheet · +1 more

Word by word

whatever
you do
whatever
you eat
whatever
you offer in fire
you give
whatever

whatever
austerity you practise
O son of Kunti
that
do
as an offering to me

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna extends the idea of offering to the whole of life. Whatever Arjuna does, eats, offers in sacrifice, gives or undertakes as austerity, he should do as an offering to Krishna. Daily acts, not only formal rituals, become worship. The verse turns the Gita's teaching on action without attachment into a devotional form: actions are freed from selfish motive because they are dedicated to God. It is a practical way of living the earlier instruction to remember Krishna at all times.