BhG 9.26

syntax

yaḥ (he who) bhaktyā (with devotion) me (me) patram (a leaf) puṣpam (a flower) phalam (a fruit) toyam (water) prayacchati (he gives),
aham (I) [tasya] prayatātmanaḥ (of the one who offered his self as a gift) tat bhakty-upahṛtam (that offered with devotion) aśnāmi (I eat).

grammar

patram	–	patra / pattra 2n.1 n. – a leaf, petal;
puṣpam	–	puṣpa 2n.1 n. – a flower (from: √puṣ – to flourish,);
phalam	–	phala 2n.1 n. – a fruit (from: √phal – to ripen);
toyam	–	toya 2n.1 n. – water;
yaḥ	–	yat sn. 1n.1 m. – he who;
me	–	asmat sn. 4n.1 – me (shortened form of: mahyam);
bhaktyā	–	bhakti 3n.1 f. – with devotion, with love, fondness (from: √bhaj – to share, to love, to rejoice, to worship, bhakta – distributed, divided, loved; worshipper, devotee, loving);
prayacchati	–	pra-√yam (to give) Praes. P 1v.1 – he gives;
tat	–	tat sn. 2n.1 n. – that;
aham	–	asmat sn. 1n.1 – I;
bhakty-upahṛtam	–	bhakty-upahṛta 2n.1 n.; TP: bhaktyopahṛtam iti – offered with devotion (from: √bhaj – to share, to love, to rejoice, to worship, bhakti – devotion, love, fondness; upa-√hṛ – to carry near, to offer, PP upa-hṛta – carried, offered);
aśnāmi	–	√aś (to reach, to eat, to enjoy) Praes. P 3v.1 – I eat, I enjoy;
prayatātmanaḥ	–	prayata-ātman 6n.1 m.; BV: yasyātmā prayato ‘sti tasya – whose self is offered as a gift (from: pra-√yam – to offer, to give, to hold PP prayata – offered as a gift; ātman – self);

textual variants

bhakty-upahṛtam → bhaktyāpahṛtam (taken with devotion);

Śāṃkara

na kevalaṃ mad-bhaktānām anāvṛtti-lakṣaṇam ananta-phalam, sukhārādhanaś cāham | kathaṃ ?—

patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyam udakaṃ yaḥ me mahyaṃ bhaktyā prayacchati, tat ahaṃ patrādi bhaktyā upahṛtaṃ bhakti-pūrvakaṃ prāpitaṃ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi gṛhṇāmi prayatātmanaḥ śuddha-buddheḥ

Rāmānuja

madyājinām ayam api viśeṣo ‚stīty āha

sarvasulabhaṃ patraṃ vā puṣpaṃ vā phalaṃ vā toyaṃ vā yo bhaktyā me prayacchati atyarthamatpriyatvena tatpradānena vinā+ātmadhāraṇam alabhamānatayā tadekaprayojano yo me patrādikaṃ dadāti; tasya prayatātmanaḥ tatpradānaikaprayojanatvarūpaśuddhiyuktamanasaḥ, tat tathāvidhabhaktyupahṛtam, aham sarveśvaro nikhilajagadudayavibhavalayalīlā+avāptasamastakāmaḥ satyasaṅkalpo ‚navadhikātiśayāsaṃkhyeyakalyāṇaguṇagaṇaḥ svābhāvikānavadhikātiśayānandasvānubhave vartamāno ‚pi, manorathapathadūravarti priyaṃ prāpyaivāśnāmi / yathoktaṃ mokṣadharme, „yāḥ kriyāḥ saṃprayuktās syur ekāntagatabuddhibhiḥ / tāḥ sarvāḥ śirasā devaḥ pratigṛhṇāti vai svayam” iti

Śrīdhara

tad evaṃ sva-bhaktānām akṣaya-phalam uktam | anāyāsatvaṃ ca sva-bhakter darśayati patram iti | patra-puṣpādi-mātram api mahyaṃ bhaktyā prītyā yaḥ prayacchati tasy aprayatātmanaḥ śuddha-cittasya niṣkāma-bhaktasya tat-patra-puṣpādikaṃ bhaktyā tena upahṛtaṃ samarpitam aham aśnāmi | na hi mahā-vibhūti-pateḥ parameśvarasya mama kṣudra-devatānām iva bahu-vitta-sādhya-yogādibhiḥ paritoṣaḥ syāt | kintu bhakti-mātreṇa | ato bhaktena samarpitaṃ yat kiñcit patrādi-mātram api tad-anugrahārtham evāśnāmīti bhāvaḥ

Madhusūdana

tad evaṃ devatāntarāṇi parityajyānanta-phalatvād bhagavata evārādhanaṃ kartavyam atisukaratvāc cety āha patram iti | patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyam anyad vānāyāsa-labhyaṃ yat kiṃcid vastu yaḥ kaścid api naro me mahyam ananta-mahā-vibhūti-pataye parameśvarāya bhaktyā na vāsudevāt param asti kiṃcit iti buddhi-pūrvikayā prītyā pracchatīśvarāya bhṛtyavad upakalpayati mat-svatvānā āspada-dravyābhāvāt sarvasyāpi jagato mayaivārjitatvāt | ato madīyam eva sarvaṃ mahyam arpayati janaḥ | tasya prītyā prayacchataḥ prayatātmanaḥ śuddha-buddhes tat-patra-puṣpādi-tuccham api vastu ahaṃ sarveśvaro ‚śnāmi aśanavat prītyā svīkṛtya tṛpyāmi | atra vācasyātyanta-tiraskārād aśana-lakṣitena svīkāra-viśeṣeṇa prīty-atiśaya-hetutvaṃ vyajyate | na ha vai devā aśnanti na pibanty etad evāmṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā tṛpyanti iti śruteḥ |

kasmāt tuccham api tad aśnāsi ? yasmād bhakty-upahṛtaṃ bhaktyā prītyā samarpitaṃ tena prītyā samarpaṇaṃ mat-svīkāra-nimittam ity arthaḥ | atra bhaktyā prayacchatīty uktvā punar bhakty-upahṛtam iti vadann abhaktasya brāhmaṇatva-tapasvitvādi mat-svīkāra-nimittaṃ na bhavatīti parisaṅkhyāṃ sūcayati | śrīdāma-brāhmaṇānīta-taṇḍula-kaṇa-bhakṣaṇavat prīti-viśeṣa-pratibaddha-bhakṣyābhakṣya-vijñāno bāla iva mātrādy-arpitaṃ patra-puṣpādi bhaktārpitaṃ sākṣād eva bhakṣayāmīti vā | tena bhaktir eva mat-paritoṣa-nimittaṃ na tu devatāntaravad baly-upahārādi bahu-vitta-vyayāyāsa-sādhyaṃ kiṃcid iti devatāntaram apahāya mām eva bhajetety abhiprāyaḥ

Viśvanātha

varaṃ devāntara-bhaktāvāyāsādhikyaṃ na tu mad-bhaktāv ity āha patram iti | atra bhaktyeti karaṇam | tṛtīyāyāṃ bhakty-upahṛtam iti paunaruktaṃ syāt | ataḥ sahārthe tṛtīyā | bhaktyā sahito mad-bhaktā ity arthaḥ | tena mad-bhakta-bhinno janas tātkālikyā bhaktyā yat prayacchati tat tenopahṛtam api patra-puṣpādikaṃ naivāśnāmīti dyotitam | tataś ca mad-bhakta eva patrādikaṃ yad dadāti tat tasyāham aśnāmi yathocitam upayuñje | kīdṛśam ? bhaktyopahṛtam | na tu kasyacid anurodhādinā dattam ity arthaḥ | kiṃ ca mad-bhaktasyāpy apavitra-śarīratve sati nāśnāmīty āha prayatātmanaḥ śuddha-śarīrasyeti rajaḥsvalādayo vyāvṛttāḥ | yad vā prayatātmanaḥ śuddhāntaḥkaraṇasya mad-bhaktaṃ vinā nānyaḥ śuddhāntaḥkaraṇa iti | dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa-pāda-mūlaṃ na muñcati [BhP 2.8.5] iti parīkṣid-ukter mat-pāda-sevā-tyāgāsāmārthyam eva śuddha-cittatva-cihnam | ataḥ kvacit kāma-krodhādi-sattve ‚pi utkhāta-daṃṣṭroraga-daṃśavat tasyākiṃcit-karatvaṃ jñeyam

Baladeva

evam akṣayānanta-phalatvān mad-bhaktiḥ kāryety uktvā sukha-sādhyatvāc ca sā kāryety āha patram iti | patraṃ vā puṣpaṃ vānyad vā | yat sulabhaṃ vastu yo bhaktyā prīti-bhareṇa me sarveśvarāya prayacchati, tasya bhakty-upahṛtaṃ prīty-arpitaṃ tat-tad-ananta-vibhūtiḥ pūrṇa-kāmo ‚py aham aśnāmi yathocitam upabhuñje | tat-prīty-udita-kṣut-tṛṣṇaḥ san tad-bhaktyāveśāt tat sarvam admīti vā | tasya kīdṛśasyety āha prayatātmano viśuddha-manaso niṣkāmasyety arthaḥ | tathī̀a ca niṣkāmeṇa mad-anuraktenārpitaṃ tad aśnāmi | tad-viparītenārpitaṃ tu nāśnāmīty uktam | bhaktyā ity uktvāpi punar bhakty-upahṛtam ity uktir bhaktir eva mat-toṣikā | na tu divjatva-tapasvitvād iti sūcayati | iha satatam ananyaḥ patram ity ādibhis tribhir uktā kīrtanādi-rūpa-viśuddha-bhaktir arpitaiva kriyeta, na tu kṛtvārpiteti |

iti puṃsārpitā viṣṇau bhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā |
kriyeta bhagavaty addhā tan manye ‚dhītam uttamam [BhP 7.5.19]

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