Pt. Shri. Vedavyasacharya
General
After performing any karma (religious act or duty), we finally make an offering (samarpana). How do we offer it? We say:
“Bhāratī-ramaṇa Mukhya-Prāṇāntargata Śrī Krishnārpaṇamastu.”
Some people may have a doubt. Instead of saying “Krishnārpaṇamastu,” can we say “Rāmārpaṇamastu,” “Matsyārpaṇamastu,” “Kūrmārpaṇamastu,” or “Nṛsiṁhārpaṇamastu”? Since all of them are incarnations of the Lord, why do we specifically say “Śrī Krishnārpaṇamastu”?
There are many explanations for this, but one important reason is as follows.
Krishna, while teaching the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, clearly said:
“Yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi Kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam.”
This means:
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give in charity, and whatever austerity you perform — O Arjuna, do it as an offering to Me.
Through Arjuna, Krishna taught this message to all righteous people. Because Lord Krishna himself instructed that all actions should be offered to Him, the common practice is to say “Krishnārpaṇamastu.”
Therefore, instead of saying Rāmārpaṇamastu, Nṛsiṁhārpaṇamastu, or Matsyārpaṇamastu, the usual practice is to say:
“Śrī Krishnārpaṇamastu, Bhāratī-ramaṇa Mukhya-Prāṇāntargata Śrī Krishnārpaṇamastu.”
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