Sacred Text · The Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita 9.26
Chapter 9 · Edwin Arnold’s Song Celestial (cited by classical reference)
Translation: Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial; or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (1885), public domain, via Project Gutenberg (ebook 2388). Arnold’s Song Celestial is continuous English verse in 18 chapters, without numbered slokas; each passage is an exact excerpt, located by content and cited by the classical chapter.verse reference it renders. The key passages 2.20, 4.7-8, 9.26 and 18.66 were validated against the source before publishing. Poetic line breaks are shown with a slash.
How this connects to Jesus
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water poured forth: whatever is offered to God in faith and love, Krishna says, he lovingly accepts. This is the tender heart of bhakti, devotion, and the Gospel treasures the same truth, that God looks on the heart and not the size of the gift. Jesus watched a poor widow drop in two small coins and said she had given more than all the rich (Mark 12:41-44). A beautiful meeting on the God who receives the smallest offering made in love.
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