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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.26
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मन: ॥ २६ ॥
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam
aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
In the story
Chapter 9, The Most Confidential Knowledge: loving offerings, service and remembrance.
Study note
A humble example illustrates the primacy of devotion.
Summary — read the full purport on Vedabase
Prabhupāda stresses that Krishna accepts devotion rather than material opulence; the act of offering should be loving and pure.
Interpretive
Love and accessibility
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Devotional service
Krishna accepts a simple offering made with love.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I believe devotion depends on impressive outward resources?
Offer something simple, suitable and sincere to Krishna today.
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