Yat Karoshi Yad Ashnasi (Bhagavad Gita 9.27)
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि
Also known as: yat karoshi yad ashnasi yaj juhoshi dadasi yat · yat karoshi yad ashnasi · bhagavad gita 9.27
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✦ Meaning
Bhagavad Gita 9.27 teaches the heart of karma yoga and devotion — the art of offering one's whole life to God. Krishna asks Arjuna to dedicate every act, every meal, every sacrifice, gift and austerity to him. By turning all of life into an offering, even ordinary actions become worship and the devotee is freed from karmic bondage.
Origin & Story
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9, Verse 27 · Veda Vyasa (Lord Krishna's teaching) · Itihasa (Mahabharata)
In the ninth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, the Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga — the king of knowledge and the king of secrets — Lord Krishna reveals the path of loving devotion. Having said he accepts even a leaf or water offered with love, he here teaches Arjuna the complete practice of surrender: to offer every action, meal, sacrifice, gift and austerity to him, so that all of life becomes worship.
✦ As told in scripture
It is taught that one who lives this verse, offering every act to the Lord, is freed from the bondage of karma, for nothing is done for the self any longer; even the simplest daily action, dedicated to God, becomes sacred and carries the devotee toward liberation.
The Mantra
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यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्। यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥
yat karoṣhi yad aśhnāsi yaj juhoṣhi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣhva mad-arpaṇam
Meaning:Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practice, O Arjuna, do it as an offering to Me.
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Benefits of Chanting Yat Karoshi Yad Ashnasi (Bhagavad Gita 9.27)
Teaches the supreme art of offering one's entire life and every action to God.
Transforms ordinary deeds — work, eating, giving, worship — into acts of devotion.
Frees the devotee from the binding effects of karma by surrendering all results to the Lord.
Recited as a daily prayer of dedication, consecrating all one's activities to God.
Cultivates constant remembrance of God and a life lived as continuous worship.
How to Chant Yat Karoshi Yad Ashnasi (Bhagavad Gita 9.27)
Recite the verse as a prayer of dedication, offering all your actions, food, gifts and efforts of the day to God. Many chant it before meals or at the start of the day, resolving to make every act an offering to the Lord rather than a source of personal attachment.
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