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TEXT 66 sarva-dharman parityajya
SYNONYMS  sarva-dharman--all
varieties of religion; parityajya--abandoning; mam--unto
Me; ekam--only; saranam--surrender; vraja--go; aham--I;
tvam--you; sarva--all; papebhyah--from sinful reactions;
moksayisyami--deliver; ma--not; sucah--worry.
TRANSLATION Abandon all
varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from
all sinful reaction. Do not fear.
PURPORT The Lord has
described various kinds of knowledge, 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 Eighth
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.
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 reaction.
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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