Chapter 9. The Most
Confidential Knowledge
TEXT 27
yat karosi yad asnasi
yaj juhosi dadasi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kurusva mad-arpanam
SYNONYMS
yat--whatever;
karosi--you do; yat--whatever; asnasi--you eat; yat--whatever;
juhosi--you offer; dadasi--you give away; yat--whatever;
yat--whatever; tapasyasi--austerities you perform; kaunteya--O
son of Kunti; tat--that; kurusva--make; mat--unto
Me; arpanam--offering.
TRANSLATION
O son of
Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away,
as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering
unto Me.
PURPORT
Thus, it is
the duty of everyone to mold his life in such a way that he will not forget
Krsna in any circumstance. Everyone has to work for maintenance of his
body and soul together, and Krsna recommends herein that one should work
for Him. Everyone has to eat something to live; therefore he should accept
the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Krsna. Any civilized man has to perform
some religious ritualistic ceremonies; therefore Krsna recommends, "Do
it for Me," and this is called arcana. Everyone has a tendency to
give something in charity; Krsna says, "Give it to Me," and this means
that all surplus money accumulated should be utilized in furthering the
Krsna consciousness movement. Nowadays people are very much inclined to
the meditational process, which is not practical in this age, but if anyone
practices meditating on Krsna twenty-four hours by chanting the Hare Krsna
mantra round his beads, he is surely the greatest yogi. as
substantiated by the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita.
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