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GITĀ, TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY, CH. IX 1057
$$ यत्करोषि यदनासि यज्जुहोषि ददास यत् ।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥ २७॥ शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः।
संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥२८॥ does not crave for materials of worship, but is concerned only with Devotion. This is the most important difference between the Mīmāmsā Path and the Path of Devotion. For performing Yajñas and Yāgas, it is necessary to spend a lot of money, and also many other things have got to be done; but the devotional sacrifice can be performed even with a single leaf of the tulsi plant. There is an incident described in the Mahābhārata of Draupadi having performed this kind of Yajña when Durvāsa had come as a guest to her place, and having thereby pleased the Blessed Lord. To proceed: the Blessed Lord now advises Arjuna to perform various Actions in the way, in which the devotee of the Blessed Lord performs them; and explains to him what is obtained by doing so-1
(27) O Kaunteya! whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer as sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you perform, dedicate all that to Me. (28) Acting thus, (even performing Actions), you will be free from the bonds of Action, in the shape of a good or evil result; and, becoming a yuktālmā' (that is, pure-hearted), and (becoming) Released, by means of this Yoga of Renunciation (of the Fruit of Action), you will come and reach Me.
(From this it becomes quite clear, that even the Devotee of the Blessed Lord (the bhagavadbhakta) has to perform all Actions with the idea of dedicating them to Sri Krsna, and that he cannot give up Action; and from this point of view, these two stanzas are important. The principle of the Jñāna-Yajña namely, "brahmārpanan brahma havih" (Gi. 4. 24), has now been enunciated in the 27th stanza in the terminology of Devotion. (See GI. Ra. Ch. XIII, pp. 602 to 604). The Blessed Lord has advised Arjuna already in Chapter III that: "mayi sarūni karmāni
