Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9


Sanskrit:

नन्वेतदुपनीतं मे परमप्रीणनं सखे ।तर्पयन्त्यङ्ग मां विश्वमेते पृथुकतण्डुला: ॥ ९ ॥

ITRANS:

nanv etad upanītaṁ meparama-prīṇanaṁ sakhetarpayanty aṅga māṁ viśvamete pṛthuka-taṇḍulāḥ

Translation:

“My friend, have You brought this for Me? It gives Me extreme pleasure. Indeed, these few grains of flat rice will satisfy not only Me but also the entire universe.”

Purport:

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: “It is understood from this statement that Kṛṣṇa, being the original source of everything, is the root of the entire creation. As watering the root of a tree immediately distributes water to every part of the tree, so an offering made to Kṛṣṇa, or any action done for Kṛṣṇa, is to be considered the highest welfare work for everyone, because the benefit of such an offering is distributed throughout the creation. Love for Kṛṣṇa becomes distributed to all living entities.”