यत्करोषि यदश्नासि — Benefits & How to Chant
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि
Complete guide to chanting correctly for maximum benefit
Benefits of Chanting यत्करोषि यदश्नासि
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 यत्करोषि यदश्नासि
Instructions
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.
Spiritual Significance
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.
Origin & History
Source: Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9, Verse 27
Author: Veda Vyasa (Lord Krishna's teaching)
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.