śarīramindriyaṁ prāṇaṁ artha-svajanbāndhavāṇ | ātmadārādikaṁ sarvaṁ sadgurubhyo nivedayet || 52 ||🔗

52. Surrender everything to the Guru. The body, the senses, the life energy (prāṇa), the wealth, one's own relations, the self, wife, etc.,—all these, everything you hold dear, should be offered to the Sadguru.

[Dāra – wife (ātma-dāra-adi)]

Rāmakṛṣna is one of the greatest Masters. He says very clearly, 'For Enlightenment, for Guru, for spirituality, you can give up any relationship, anybody, anything! No karma comes to you!'

A personality like Rāmakṛṣna who always stood in the space of Truth, he himself declares very clearly, 'For Guru, for spirituality, for enlightenment, anything can be given up. But don't give up Guru for anything!' So, don't give up the Guru for anything.