Drop Everything And Surrender

Do not worry. There is nothing to surrender except the 'I' and 'mine.' Krsna reveals the final secret to experience and become Him—'Drop everything you know as dharma and surrender onto Me. I promise you liberation, moksa.' ...

arjuna uvāca

sannyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum I tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśiniṣūdana II 18.1

18.1 O mighty armed Kṛṣṇa, I wish to understand what is the essence, tattva of renunciation, tyāga and the renounced order of life, sannyāsa, and the difference between the two, O Hriśikeṣa, O Killer of the demon Keśī.'

śrībhagavānuvāca

kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ I sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vicakṣaṇāḥ II 18.2

18.2 Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa says, the renouncing of all selfish work based on desire, is what the learned ones call as sannyāsa, the renounced order of life. And renunciatig the attachment to fruit or result of one's actions is what the wise ones call as tyāga, renunciation.

tyājyaṁ doṣavadity eke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ I yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyamiticāpare II 18.3

18.3 Some learned men say that all kinds of result-based ac- tivities are faulty and should be given up, but there are yet other sages who maintain that acts of enriching sacrifice [yajña], charity [dāna] and austerity [tapaḥ] should never be given up.

niścayaṁ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama I

tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ II 18.4

18.4 Arjuna, best of Bhāratas, now listen from Me certainly about renunciation or tyāga; O tiger among men, renunciation or tyāga is declared to be of three kinds.

yajñadānatapaḥ karma na tyājyaṁ kāryameva tat I yajño dānaṁ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām II 18.5

18.5 Acts of enriching sacrifice [tyāga], charity [dāna] and austerity [tapaḥ] are not to be given up; they should be performed. Indeed, even the Sages are purified by enriching sacrifice, charity and penance.

etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalāni ca I kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṁ matamuttamam II 18.6