BG 9.26

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

yaḥ — [if] one;  bhaktyā — endowed with devotion;  prayacchati — offers;  me — Me;  patram — a leaf;  puṣpam — a flower;  phalam — a fruit;  toyam — [or] water;  aham — I;  aśnāmi — accept;  tat — that [offering];  prayata-ātmanaḥ — of such a pure-hearted person;  bhakti-upahṛtam — presented with devotion.

Translation

If one endowed with devotion offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, I accept the offering of such a pure-hearted person presented with devotion.

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