एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवं वासुदेवः सहार्जुनः ॥
प्रसादयाम् आस भवं तदा ह्य् अस्त्रोपलब्धये ॥
ततो ऽर्जुनः प्रीतमना ववन्दे वृषभध्वजम् ॥
ददर्शोत्फुल्लनयनः समस्तं तेजसां निधिम् ॥
तं चोपहारं स्वकृतं नैशं नैत्यकम् आत्मनः ॥
ददर्श त्र्यम्बकाभ्याशे वासुदेवनिवेदितम् ॥
evaṃ stutvā mahādevaṃ vāsudevaḥ sahārjunaḥ ||
prasādayām āsa bhavaṃ tadā hy astropalabdhaye ||
tato 'rjunaḥ prītamanā vavande vṛṣabhadhvajam ||
dadarśotphullanayanaḥ samastaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim ||
taṃ copahāraṃ svakṛtaṃ naiśaṃ naityakam ātmanaḥ ||
dadarśa tryambakābhyāśe vāsudevaniveditam ||
Thus having praised Mahadeva, Vasudeva together with Arjuna propitiated Bhava -- for the sake of obtaining a weapon. Then Arjuna, joyful at heart, honored the Bull-bannered one and beheld, with wide-opened eyes, the whole treasury of radiances. And that offering, made by himself, his own nightly, daily offering, he beheld beside Tryambaka -- presented [there] by Vasudeva.
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The wonder of quiet revelation: Arjuna finds his own nightly offering "tryambakābhyāśe... vāsudevaniveditam", beside Shiva, presented there by Krishna. What Krishna had received from his friend that evening turns out to have been carried to the feet of Shiva. It is telling that worship, once accepted by the Lord, is by Him raised further to the Highest. The verse teaches that an offering given to God is never lost, but is lifted by Him to the summit: what a devotee entrusts to the Lord, the Lord Himself places before the highest sanctity, and so a small act of service attains a heavenly completion.