Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 8: The Imperishable Absolute

Bhagavad Gita 8.4

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam | adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ||

The basis of beings is perishable existence, and the basis of the gods is the cosmic spirit. The basis of sacrifice is I myself, here in this body, O best of the embodied.

Modern context

The physical world is perishable existence. The power behind the gods is the cosmic spirit. And the one who receives every offering is Krishna himself, present 'here in this body'. That last phrase brings the whole teaching close. The divine is not only in temples or in the sky. It is within the body of the one asking. Every act done as an offering is received from the inside.