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Chapter 9
Link:- An idea may come to the mind of people, that when access even to the minor gods, is not easy, access to the Lord should be, very difficult. The Lord clarifies the point now.
patram puspam phalam toyam yo me hhaktya prayacchati
tadaham bhaktyupahrtamasnami prayathtmanah
Whoever, offers Me with devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit or even water, I accept these devout offering of a devotee, with love. 26
Comment:-
[All the things and actions, belong to the lower nature, of the Lord. But, a man by identifying himself with these becomes their enjoyer, and lord. Actually the Lord is their enjoyer and master. So, the Lord, orders devotees, to offer all things and actions to Him (9/27). By doing so, they will be free, from bondage forever (9/28).]
Secondly, in the worship of gods several ordinances etc., are to be observed, but in attaining Him, there are no rules and regulations, because a man (soul) being His fraction has natural affinity, with him. So he can attain the Lord, without any formalities with firm feelings of affinity with Him, in the same way, as a child can go to the lap of its mother, without any formality.
Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati:—A Devotee, who offers, with love a leaf (basil leaf etc.) a flower, a fruit or even water, the Lord, appears in person and accepts the article offered, by him, with love. The Lord, satisfied the three worlds by demanding a leaf from Draupadi, and by eating it. He liberated, the elephant who offered Him a flower. He relished the fruit offered by Saban so much, that he could never forget it and always praised, her hospitality. When Rantideva offered water, to the Lord Who came as a person of low-caste, he had His vision.
When a devotee, is absorbed in devotion, he forgets what he is offering, to the Lord. Similarly, the Lord is also so much absorbed in love, that He takes no heed, of what He is eating. The Lord, ate the rind of the bananas, offered by Vidura's wife, with love.
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