Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 66.

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Chinmaya Mission

Chinmaya Mission  : 

A mind that is connected to Shri Hanuman is determined, decisive and devoted.

May we serve Him and serve like Him.

Glimpse of 17th anniversary celebrations of Chinmaya Maruti Mandir on 27th of December 2022 at Chinmaya Vibhooti during the Gopika Geet Global Family Camp. 

The celebration started with blissful Havan and Puja. It was heartwarming to see Swami Swaroopananda offer Archana and Aarti to His beloved Lord Hanuman. 

Indeed a glorious sight to behold.

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Friday, December 30, 2022. 07:30. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokam

Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam-66.
With Translation :

"sarvadharman   parityajya    mamekam   saranam   vraja,

aham   tvam    sarvapapebhyah   mokshayishami   ma   sucah."

"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear."

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Detailed Translation :

sarva-dharman   =  physically,  mentally,  and  intellectually;

parityajya  =  abandoning  all  the  Dharma-s;

mam-ekam  =  the  Supreme  and  the  One  Only,  unto  Me;

saranam   vraja   =  surrender  yourself;

aham   tvam  =  I  to  you;

sarvapapebhyah  =  from  all  sins;

mokshayishami  =  relieve  you;

ma sucah   =   you  don't  be  sad / worry.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) : 

The phrase sarva-dharmam parityajya means renouncing all conceptions and methods of religiosity completely. 

Whatever is authorised in Vedic scriptures as righteous may be utilised in worship and propitiation to the Supreme Lord by karma yoga or facilitating communion with the Supreme Lord by prescribed Vedic actions, by bhakti yoga or facilitating communion with the Supreme Lord by exclusive loving devotion or by jnana yoga facilitating communion with the Supreme Lord by spiritual knowledge. 

But all other methods and conceptions must be renounced and relinquished along with phala tyaga or expectation of rewards, karma tyaga or identifying oneself as the owner of the result and kartritva or believing oneself to be the author of the act. 

The phrase mam ekam saranam vraja means to take exclusive shelter in the Supreme Lord Krishna understanding that He is the most worthy, most desirable and most worshipable of all that exists. 

That this is the quality of renunciation warranted in the Vedic scriptures that is required was evidenced by the Supreme Lord in the beginning of this chapter. 

In slokam 4 He stated :- 

Hear the truth about renunciation which is threefold. 

In slokam 9 He stated :-

Actions are deemed as renunciation in sattva guna the mode of goodness when desire for rewards are abandoned. 

In slokam 11 He stated :- 

One is known as renounced who renounces the rewards for actions. 

Lord Krishna is promising His devotees that He will personally redeem and deliver from all sins His devotee who lives their life in the manner just explained. 

This includes sins of commission and sins of omission that accumulated over uncountable lifetimes from time immemorial. 

Past sins are immense burdens and obstacles in achieving moksa or liberation from material existence. 

Then to assure that what He has stated is a surety He states ma sucah meaning there is no need to despair.

The essence of this instruction by Lord Krishna is to surrender all prescribed Vedic actions and duties to Him without considering merits or demerits. Actual devotion is full faith and loving devotion in the Supreme Lord. 

Dedicating oneself completely and all that one has unto the Supreme Lord in a continuous flow like the perpetual and powerful flow of the river Ganga fully satisfies and please the Supreme Lord. 

This is the most natural and efficacious duty for all living entities to simply surrender all that they are, all that they have to their creator, the Supreme Lord Krishna. 

All actions that follow the injunctions and ordinances of the Vedic scriptures are propitiation and worship of the Supreme Lord; but to follow His direct instruction which is the conclusion of all the Vedic scriptures is the highest and most exalted form of devotion. 

As is confirmed in Katha Upanishad I.II.XXII beginning nayam atma pravacana meaning: Communion with the Supreme Lord is obtained only by those who the Supreme Lord Himself chooses out of His own prerogative. 

It is without question that such an exalted one can only be a devotee of the Supreme Lord for none other then His devotees are dearer to Him in the worlds as given in Skanda Purana, Reva-khanda.

So it is adequately established with evidence throughout Srimad Bhagavad-Gita from a multitude of Vedic scriptures that bhakti or exclusive loving devotion unto the Supreme Lord Krishna is the highest attainment and prime goal for all living entities.

Here Lord Krishna reveals the conclusion to the essence of all knowledge. 

The most confidential of all knowledge that is confidential. 

Sarva-dharma parityagya means renouncing all conceptions of what one thinks or imagines religiosity to be. 

This does not mean to renounce righteousness for righteousness to all jivas or embodied beings is always attuned and in harmony with the Supreme Lord. 

The ultimate goal of all religious and spiritual conceptions is communion with the Supreme Lord Krishna. 

To achieve this one must first have realisation of their atma or immortal soul within the etheric heart.

After surrendering and taking exclusive refuge in Him alone one is blessed by the Supreme Lord and by His grace, He, Himself will accomplish this for His devotee.

Knowing the absolute paramount position of the Supreme Lord Krishna as the creator, maintainer, protector and sustained of all creation; one who is spiritually intelligent should incessantly attune themselves to adoring Him by bhakti or exclusive loving devotion. 

Then with such commitment of mind, speech and actions which is more precious and excellent than any other, one should surrender themselves completely unto Him thru the bonafide Vaisnava spiritual master in one of the four authorised sampradayas or channels of disciplic succession as revealed in Vedic scriptures. 

Awareness like knowing one is under the express care of the Supreme Lord and that He will always protect one in all situations, arises on its own like flowers in spring. Such awareness is known to be the result of saranagati or complete surrender.

Now the Supreme Lord Krishna reveals the conclusion to the essence of all knowledge. 

That which is the most confidential of all that is confidential is being revealed. 

Relinquishing all conceptions of religiosity by indomitable faith that complete salvation and redemption will come naturally through bhakti or exclusive loving devotion unto the Supreme Lord Krishna or any of His incarnations and expansions as authorised in Vedic scriptures. 

By this determined conviction that nothing else is required or necessary other then surrendering totally to Him the Supreme Lord Himself personally promises moksa or liberation to such devotees.

To be continued  .....


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