उपनिषद् · Bhasmajābāla 2.41
॥
देवनागरी
त्रिशाखैर्बिल्वदलैर्दीप्तैर्वा योऽभिसम्पूजयेन्मन्मना मय्याहितासुर्मय्येवार्पिताखिलकर्मा भस्मदिग्धाङ्गो रुद्राक्षभूषणो मामेव सर्वभावेन प्रपन्नो मदेकपूजानिरतः सम्पूजयेत् । तदहमश्नामि
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
triśākhairbilvadalairdīptairvā yo'bhisampūjayenmanmanā mayyāhitāsurmayyevārpitākhilakarmā bhasmadigdhāṅgo rudrākṣabhūṣaṇo māmeva sarvabhāvena prapanno madekapūjānirataḥ sampūjayet | tadahamaśnāmi
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यः अभिसम्पूजयेत् मन्-मनाःyaḥ abhisampūjayet man-manāḥwho worships, with mind on me
मयि आहित-असुःmayi āhita-asuḥwith breath placed in me
मयि एव अर्पित-अखिल-कर्माmayi eva arpita-akhila-karmāwho has committed all deeds to me alone
माम् एव सर्व-भावेन प्रपन्नःmām eva sarva-bhāvena prapannaḥwho has surrendered to me alone with his whole being
तत् अहम् अश्नामिtat aham aśnāmithat I partake of
अनुवाद
«Who worships with the threefold leaves of bilva or with lamps — with mind on me, with breath placed in me, who has committed all deeds to me alone, dusted with ash, adorned with rudrākṣa, who has surrendered to me alone with his whole being, devoted to my worship alone — that I partake of».
संस्करण
da2a5f481128 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here is a line worth reading this whole book for, and in it are two words we have been waiting for: prapanna, «surrendered», and tad aham aśnāmi, «that I partake of». The first is from pra-pad, the very root as in prapadye, «I take refuge», discussed when reading Tripurātāpinī (112) and Devī (19). The second is a verb of receiving: not «that reaches me» and not «that is not lost», but — I eat it.
Compare this with the Gītā, for the coincidence here is almost word for word: «a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water — whoever offers Me with devotion, that I partake of, offered by a pure soul with devotion» (9.26). There stands tad aham aśnāmi, and here tad aham aśnāmi. This coincidence is, to my mind, the most remarkable in the whole book. The same expression, the same verb, and moreover at the most decisive point.
And its meaning is one: He takes it. It is not a mechanism working, not a merit accumulating, but someone receiving what is offered; and so the one who offers is not putting it into a void. Worth noting too man-manāḥ, «with mind on me»: this too is word for word from the Gītā, where Kṛṣṇa says man-manā bhava mad-bhakto, «have your mind on Me, be devoted to Me» (9.34, 18.65).
The coincidences here are so many that speaking of chance is impossible. Both books, arriving at how the offering is received, speak in the same words.