If one has to worship anyone else for the attainment of that, there are prescribed rules and norms. But there in the devotion towards them there is predominance of emotions and not norms. The Lord's pleasure does not lie either in any rule or norm or in any object or material; the Lord is not concerned with the possessions of any one. Who has brought what offering is the way the world looks at things. In the eyes of the world lies the importance of material objects, but in the eyes of the Lord emotions are important. Who has come with what feelings and if he has brought anything with him, with what feelings he has brought that? For this reason here is given an absolutely clear, open and generous indication:

See the divinity of the Krishna of the Gita! Those very things are indicated here, which are within the reach of even a commoner. It may be just a leaf, flower, fruit or just water. Whatever it may be-should be offered with a devoted heart! The importance lies in the affection hidden in the offering; priority is given to the feelings and affection, not to the object. Though the Lord is the power which is the provider of food for all is Himself the fulfilment of all desires, above desires too. As a matter of fact, there is no hunger in Him and He has hunger for affection only! Where there is love and a feeling of surrender, there irrespective of the offering, the Lord feels hungry.

The Lord became eager to consume even the rice of the Sudama, the butter of the gopis of Vraja, the Indian jujube (bair) of Shabri and from the wife of Vidur He even ate the banana skin offered by her. There are several such examples. The variety of delicacies and food preparation presented by Duryodhan and his pursuation to the Lord to eat it; but the Lord categorically said that he was not hungry. After a short while on reaching the home of Vidurani he immediately felt hungry, hungry for what? Just for affection. For this reason here, the significance is of 'bhaktyupahrtam' and 'prayatatmanah', the pure heart and the affection which is expressed by it.

In any case the words the leaf, flower fruit or water are not just for the sake of saying; there are the direct examples of the same. After eating one leaf of Draupadi He satiated the hunger of sage Durvasa and his ten thousand disciples along with the three worlds. On hearing the call of elephant Gajendra who was in distress He accepted the flower offered by him. He ate the fruit offered affectionately by Shabri and He accepted just water from Rantidev.

After the description of the offerings of material objects is presented expansive spirit of self-surrender: