Bhagavad Gita · 9.26
॥
Devanāgarī
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati |
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पत्रम्patrama leaf.
पुष्पम्puṣpama flower.
फलम्phalama fruit.
तोयम्toyamwater.
यःyaḥwho.
मेmeto Me.
भक्त्याbhaktyāwith bhakti, with devotion, with love.
प्रयच्छतिprayacchatihe offers.
तत् अहम्tat ahamthat I.
भक्त्युपहृतम्bhakti-upahṛtamoffered with bhakti.
अश्नामिaśnāmiI accept, I partake of.
प्रयतात्मनःprayata-ātmanaḥfrom one whose consciousness is pure.
Translation
“If one offers Me with love and devotion (bhakti) a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, I accept that offering from one whose consciousness is pure.”
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