Bhagavad Gita 9.27
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् | यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ||
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat | yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam ||
Translation
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practice, do it as an offering to me.
Reflection
Which everyday act could shift simply by changing whom it is for?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Nine
The previous verse offered the leaf. This one extends the principle to the whole life. Whatever Arjuna does, eats, offers, gives, or practices in austerity, he should do as an offering. The five verbs cover ordinary action, the meal, the formal rite, the gift, and the deliberate discipline. Together they leave no domain of the day uncovered. The instruction is not to take up new activities. It is to perform the existing activities with a new orientation. The eating that was happening anyway, the work that was happening anyway, the gift that was happening anyway, each becomes the offering of the previous verse extended in scale. This is the practical answer to how a worldly life can be lived as worship.