Now what remains is the rest of creation, which is the means for the worship. The whole of creation is intended to provide the flowers, the fragrance, the incense and the lights. There are only three things,
the servant devotee, the Lord to be served, and the creation which is the means for this service. It is this lesson that is taught in this Chapter. But when one worships some image, all the objects of creation do not seem to him means of worship. He goes and fetches a few flowers from the garden, gets hold of a couple of incense sticks and prepares some food-offerings. He wishes to choose a few objects. 

But there is no need for such selection according to the comprehensive teaching of the Fifteenth Chapter. All the means of tapas, all the means of karma, are the means of service to the Lord. Some of them we would call flowers, some incense and some
food-offerings. In this way, we should make all actions means of worshipping the Lord. It is thus we should look at it. There are only these three things in the world. To the way of non-attached effort which the Gita tries to impress upon our hearts, it gives a form full of bhakti.Thus, it takes away from action the character of action and renders it easy.

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