Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 9.27
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 9.27 · 9 · Verse 27
Sanskrit Original
।।9.27।। --,यत् करोषि स्वतः प्राप्तम्? यत् अश्नासि? यच्च जुहोषि हवनं निर्वर्तयसि श्रौतं स्मार्तं वा? यत् ददासि प्रयच्छसि ब्राह्मणादिभ्यः हिरण्यान्नाज्यादि? यत् तपस्यसि तपः चरसि कौन्तेय? तत् कुरुष्व मदर्पणं मत्समर्पणम्।।एवं कुर्वतः तव यत् भवति? तत् श्रृणु --,
9.27 O son of Kunti, yat-karosi, whatever you do, what comes spontaneously; [Actions such as walking etc. that are spontaneous,not injunctions of the scriptures.] yad-asnasi, whatever you eat; and yat-juhosi, whatever you offer as a sacrifice, whatever sacrifices you perform-be it prescribed by the Vedas or by the Smrtis; yatadadasi, whatever you give-gold, food, clarified butter, etc. to Brahmanas and others; and yat-tapasyasi, whatever austerties you undertake; (all) tat, that; kurusva madarpanam, you offer to Me. 'Hear what happens to you when you act thus.'