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TEXT 66

 

 

sarva-dharman parityajya

mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo

moksayisyami ma sucah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sarva-dharman--all varieties of religion;

parityajya--abandoning; mam--unto Me; ekam--only;

saranam--for surrender; vraja--go; aham--I; tvam--you;

sarva--all; papebhyah--from sinful reactions;

moksayisyami--will deliver; ma--do not; sucah--worry.

 

 

TRANSLATION

 

Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender

unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful

reactions. Do not fear.

 

 

 

PURPORT

 

The Lord has described various kinds of knowledge and

processes of religion--knowledge of the Supreme

Brahman, knowledge of the Supersoul, knowledge of the

different types of orders and statuses of social life,

knowledge of the renounced order of life, knowledge of

nonattachment, sense and mind control, meditation,

etc. He has described in so many ways different types

of religion. Now, in summarizing Bhagavad-gita, the

Lord says that Arjuna should give up all the processes

that have been explained to him; he should simply

surrender to Krsna. That surrender will save him from

all kinds of sinful reactions, for the Lord personally

promises to protect him.

 

In the Seventh Chapter it was said that only one who

has become free from all sinful reactions can take to

the worship of Lord Krsna. Thus one may think that

unless he is free from all sinful reactions he cannot

take to the surrendering process. To such doubts it is

here said that even if one is not free from all sinful

reactions, simply by the process of surrendering to

Sri Krsna he is automatically freed. There is no need

of strenuous effort to free oneself from sinful

reactions. One should unhesitatingly accept Krsna as

the supreme savior of all living entities. With faith

and love, one should surrender unto Him.

 

 

The process of surrender to Krsna is described in the

Hari-bhakti vilasa (11.676):

 

 

anukulyasya sankalpah

pratikulyasya varjanam

raksisyatiti visvaso

goptrtve varanam tatha

atma-niksepa-karpanye

sad-vidha saranagatih

 

 

According to the devotional process, one should simply

accept such religious principles that will lead

ultimately to the devotional service of the Lord. One

may perform a particular occupational duty according

to his position in the social order, but if by

executing his duty one does not come to the point of

Krsna consciousness, all his activities are in vain.

Anything that does not lead to the perfectional stage

of Krsna consciousness should be avoided. One should

be confident that in all circumstances Krsna will

protect him from all difficulties. There is no need of

thinking how one should keep the body and soul

together. Krsna will see to that. One should always

think himself helpless and should consider Krsna the

only basis for his progress in life. As soon as one

seriously engages himself in devotional service to the

Lord in full Krsna consciousness, at once he becomes

freed from all contamination of material nature. There

are different processes of religion and purificatory

processes by cultivation of knowledge, meditation in

the mystic yoga system, etc., but one who surrenders

unto Krsna does not have to execute so many methods.

That simple surrender unto Krsna will save him from

unnecessarily wasting time. One can thus make all

progress at once and be freed from all sinful

reactions.

 

 

One should be attracted by the beautiful vision of

Krsna. His name is Krsna because He is all-attractive.

One who becomes attracted by the beautiful,

all-powerful, omnipotent vision of Krsna is fortunate.

There are different kinds of transcendentalists--some

of them are attached to the impersonal Brahman vision,

some of them are attracted by the Supersoul feature,

etc., but one who is attracted to the personal feature

of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and, above all,

one who is attracted by the Supreme Personality of

Godhead as Krsna Himself, is the most perfect

transcendentalist. In other words, devotional service

to Krsna, in full consciousness, is the most

confidential part of knowledge, and this is the

essence of the whole Bhagavad-gita. Karma-yogis,

empiric philosophers, mystics and devotees are all

called transcendentalists, but one who is a pure

devotee is the best of all. The particular words used

here, ma sucah, "Don't fear, don't hesitate, don't

worry," are very significant. One may be perplexed as

to how one can give up all kinds of religious forms

and simply surrender unto Krsna, but such worry is

useless.

 

 

 

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