Surrender To Me, I Will Liberate You (18.63-18.66)🔗

What powerful words! Only the Divine can speak these words of absolute authority.

'Always think of Me, become My devotee, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. This is the way you will come to Me without fail. I promise this because you are My great bhakta (devotee) and very dear to Me, pratijāne priyo'si me (18.65).'

Now He comes to the ultimate teaching. This is the essence of all His teachings of Bhagavad Gītā. He wakes up Arjuna with this verse and puts him into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the Eternal consciousness or Enlightenment.

Kṛṣṇa showers Himself on Arjuna, waking him up to the experience of the Whole.

sarvadharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja I ahaṁ tvāṁ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ II 18.66

He says, 'Give up everything, whatever you know as dharma, the rules and regulations of the outer life and of the inner life. Drop everything that you know and surrender unto Me. I shall liberate you from everything. Do not fear.' Kṛṣṇa gives him abhaya, complete protection.

He liberates Arjuna with these words. With this verse, Kṛṣṇa makes Arjuna drop everything and liberates him.

Now Kṛṣṇa enters into the actual permanent experience. We cannot call him 'Arjuna' anymore because he has become Kṛṣṇa. He has achieved Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now only Kṛṣṇa exists. There is no name for it. It is only energy.

Forget dharma, the codes of conduct laid down by religions, and turn to Me. I shall be your savior, says Kṛṣṇa. With absolute authority, He declares: Drop all your dharma and come to Me with completion. This is your Enlightenment. Merging with Him, surrendering to Him takes you beyond all kārmic bondages.

If you understand this verse and act, you will be liberated. That is Kṛṣṇa's promise.

Now pray to Parabrahma Kṛṣṇa, the universal Kṛṣṇa, who showered enlightenment on Arjuna. He is always available to us, whenever we call Him. Close your eyes and pray intensely to Him to shower us with the same experience He showered on Arjuna. Relax in silence and listen to the words of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.