manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru I māmevaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo 'si me II 18.65
18.65 Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will certainly attain to Me. This I promise you because you are My very dear friend.
sarvadharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja I
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ II 18.66
18.66 Abandon all principles and concepts of right conduct and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Have no worry.
idaṁ te nā 'tapaskāya nā 'bhaktāya kadācana I na cā 'śuśrūṣave vācyaṁ na ca māṁ yo 'bhyasūyati II 18.67
18.67 This knowledge should never be spoken by you to one who is devoid of austerity, who is without devotion, who does not desire to listen, or who speaks ill of Me.
ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati I bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ II 18.68
18.68 One who communicates the supreme secret to the devotees performs the highest devotional service to Me, and at the end he will without doubt, come back to Me.
na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścin me priya kṛttamaḥ I bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi II 18.69
18.69 No other person shall do a more pleasing service to Me, and no one on the earth shall be more dear to Me.
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādamāvayoḥ I jñānayajñena tenāham iṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ II 18.70
18.70 I declare that One who studies this sacred dialogue worships Me by sacrifice of his intelligence.
śraddhāvānanasūyaś ca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ I so 'pi muktaḥ śubhāṁl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇyakarmaṇām II 18.71
18.71 One who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and attains to the planets where those of merit dwell.
kaccid etac chrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā I kaccid ajñāna-saṁmohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya II 18.72
18.72 O Pārtha, did you listen to this with single-minded attention? Has your delusion born of ignorance been completely destroyed, Dhanañjaya?
arjuna uvāca
naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvat-prasādān mayā'cyuta I sthito 'smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṁ tava II 18.73
18.73 Arjuna says: O dear Acyuta (infallible lord), my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your Grace, and I am now firm and free from doubt, and ready to act as per your instructions.
sañjaya uvāca
ityahaṁ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ I saṁvādam imam aśrauṣam adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam II 18.74
18.74 Sañjaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that message that my hair stands on end.
vyasā-prasādāc chrutavān etad guhyam ahaṁ param I yogaṁ yogeśvarāt kṛṣnāt sākṣāt kathayataḥ svayam II 18.75
18.75 By the mercy of Vyāsa, I have heard these most confidential words directly from Kṛṣṇa, the Master of all mysticism, who was speaking personally to Arjuna.
rājan saṁsmṛtya-saṁsmṛtya saṁvādam imam adbhutam I keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṁ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur-muhuḥ II 18.76 18.76 O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.
tacca saṁsmṛtya-saṁsmṛtya rūpam atyadbhutaṁ hareḥ I vismayo me mahān rājan hṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ-punaḥ II 18.77
18.77 O King, when I remember the wonderful form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, I am struck with even greater wonder, and I rejoice again and again.
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ I tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītirmatirmama II 18.78
18.78 Wherever there is Yogeśvara Kṛṣṇa, the Master of all mystics, and wherever there is Pārtha, the supreme carrier of bow and arrow, there will certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.
iti śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrī kṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde mokṣasaṁnyāsa yogo nāma aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ II
'In the Upaniṣad of Śrimad Bhagavad Gītā, the scripture of yoga dealing with Brahmavidyā Yogaśāstra, the science of Brahman, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇārjuna saṁvād, dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Arjuna, this is eighteenth chapter named,
> Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yogaḥ, 'The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation.'
Drop everything and surrender. This is the esence of the final chapter of Bhagavad Gītā, and also the essence of the entire Bhagavad Gītā. And, throughout the ages, this has been the basis of the teachings of all the spiritual Masters.
Kṛṣṇa concludes Bhagavad Gītā with one subject: Drop everything and surrender. Beautifully He says: Drop everything, whatever you know as dharma, whatever you know as life, whatever you think you know, just drop it. Drop everything and surrender. Whatever you know is only your knowledge, it is just what you know. It is not what is.
Humans think. That is the problem. Our great Sages, Ṛṣis declare, 'Drop your mind and you will be complete. You will realize your true potential as a human.' Understand: Enlightenment is a gift. It makes no difference what effort we put in. What we receive is a pure gift.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa says, 'Drop everything and surrender—sarvadharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja.' Understand the word 'surrender, śaranaṁ'.
We only think we have something to surrender. The truth is that we have nothing to surrender. We simply need to open our eyes and see that everything that is, is Divine. It is Existence. Whatever we think is ours does not exist! The 'I' and 'mine' that we hold onto are mere lies. The moment we understand this, we surrender. The moment we surrender, we understand. When Kṛṣṇa tells us to drop everything and surrender, He asks us to open our eyes and see the foolishness of the drama we play with our possessions and expectations.
There is no 'I', there is no 'mine.' The person who is intelligent and willing to open his eyes and see the Reality, will wake up to the truth that there is no 'I' or 'mine'. Can whatever you think of as 'I,' either your body or mind, function without air? This basic energy, prāṇa, which goes in and comes out, does not belong to you. If prāṇa stops happening, what you think of as 'you' disappears.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa's message to enrich Arjuna and to all is—Be complete, drop
everything and surrender unto Him—mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (18.65). That is the only and final solution.