Bhakti means devotion or unflinching faith in God. Bhakti is one kind of Bhava .
When anybody offers any thing with full faith to his / her faith, God accepts that offering delightfully .
Whatever it may be, a leaf or a flower or a fruit ,or even water,that does'nt matter.But what matters here is ,with how much Bhakti ,with how much purity of faith one offers this to God.The sloka below mentioned ,explains this aspect clearly.Lord Sri Krishna says,
pushpum phalam thoyam yo me Bhaktha prayachchathi,
Thad aham bhakthyupahrutha masnAmi prayathAthmanaha.
Things offered to God as a matter of formality,or as a matter of a ritual, without Bhakti, will be rejected by God. Subject
Similarly actions done with some expectations will not yield good results,because mind is not totally dedicated to that particular action.That'swhy Lord Sri Krishna asks Arjuna to dedicate all actions to Him.
Yathkaroshi,Yadasnashi yajjuhoshi dadathiyathu
Yatthapasyasi KownthEyA that kurushva madarpaNam
(Rajavidya Rajaguhya yoga)
Arjuna,whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer as oblation to the sacred fire,whatever you bestow as a gift,whatever you do as a way of penance, offer it to Me. By doing so you will become
Free from the Bonds of Karma.
What are the bonds of karma? Every action we perform yields some results; Good actions result positive consequences called PuNyam, bad actions result negative consequences called Papam.
Which action results papam and which to punyam is very difficult to define. Hence,dedicate all actions to God, and escape from this papam .Take Gods name while doing any action, so that the results of action goes to God only. Lord says....
Subhasubha phalairEvam mokshasE karmabandaneihi
Sanyasayogayukthathma vimuktho mamupisyathi
Here,in the above sloka, ' sanyasayogayukthathma' means renunciation of the results of the actions. Either good or bad (subh or asubh ),all results will go to God only.We will become free from papam.,free from bonds of actions.....This is what means MokshasE karma Banda nihi.
When one is free from 'papa punyams' ,purifies his self and reaches God.
Here, the underlined Bhavam is Bhakthi. Do any action dedicating it to God,with Bhakthi. Offer anything with pure Bhakthi, you will be blessed ,your offering iis surely accepted, you will be blessed.
What a simple formula to get rid of sins?
What an easy way to get God's blessings?
Bhagavad Gita advises very simple way to liberate one's self, but one has to practice
It religiously, regularly,;;
Attribute all achievements to God. Success and failures are in Devine's discretion ,we are instrumental in performing actions. This is a spiritual way of doing actions.This is the true spirit of Karmayoga.
Bhakti alone helps anybody to realise this truth of Truth.
Gitauvacha
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