Verse 62
Fly unto Him for refuge
with all thy being, O Arjuna! By His Grace thou shalt obtain supreme peace and
the eternal abode.
Such a Being exists; such a Lord
is ruling the whole universe. Resort to Him. Surrender yourself to Him. Seek
refuge in Him.
Tam eva saranam gaccha
sarvabhavena bharata
From the whole of your being, from
all sides of your being, go and surrender yourself to that Almighty. Do not
surrender only some part of your nature; do not reserve something to not be
offered to God.
Sarvabhāvena: Every
aspect of your being has to be offered. Every aspect, every facet, and in every
way is this surrender to be effected, total surrender is called for,
and seek refuge in Him.
Tat prasaadaat paraam shaantim
sthaanam praapsyasi shaashvatam: By the grace of this compassionate Almighty
Lord, Ishvara, you shall attain to the peace that surpasses understanding—that
supreme peace which is eternal and untarnished by the process of spatial and
temporal history. His grace, please seek it.
Verse 65
Fix thy mind on Me, be
devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. Thou shalt come even to Me;
truly do I promise unto thee, (for) thou art dear to Me.
Srimad Bhagavatam describes:
(Ambarish absorbed his mind on the lotus feet of Sri Krishna;
he used his speech in glorifying the qualities of God,
his hands in cleaning the temple, and
his ears in hearing the divine pastimes of the Lord.
He engaged his eyes in seeing the deities;
he used his limbs in touching the bodies of the devotees,
his nose in smelling the fragrance of the Tulsī (holy basil) leaves offered at the feet of the
Lord, and
his tongue in tasting prasād (food
sanctified by offering to God).
He utilized his feet for walking to the holy abodes, his
head in offering obeisance to the lotus feet of God.
He offered all paraphernalia, such as garlands and sandalwood,
in the service of God.
He did all this, not with some selfish motive, but only to
attain the selfless service of Lord Krishna, through purification.)
Lord says,
“Develop one pointedness of mind. Fix thy thought on Me. If the mind wanders
bring it again and again to the centre or point or object of meditation through
constant practice. Offer all thy actions to Me. Let thy tongue utter My name.
Let thy hands work for Me. Let thy feet move for Me. Let all thy actions be for
Me. Give up hatred towards any living creature. Bow down to Me.
Then thou wilt
attain Me. The Lord gives Arjuna His definite word of promise or solemn
declaration. Having received My grace thou wilt gain complete knowledge of Me
and that in itself will indeed lead to thy absorption into My Being.
O Arjuna looking
up to Me alone as thy aim and the sole refuge, thou shalt assuredly come to Me.
Have faith in the words of the Lord and make a solemn promise.
The Lord proceeds
to teach further higher secret of Self Surrender in the next verse.
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