Surrender

Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I shall free you from all sins — grieve not.

Fix your mind on Me; be My devotee; worship Me; bow to Me — you shall come to Me, I promise you truly, for you are dear to Me.

He who in the beginning created Brahma and delivered the Vedas to Him — I, seeking liberation, take refuge in that divine One who illuminates the intellect of the Self.

Seek refuge in Him alone with your whole being, O Bharata; by His grace you shall attain supreme peace and the eternal abode.

With your consciousness fixed in Me, you shall, by My grace, cross all dangers and difficulties; but if from ego you will not hear Me, you shall perish.

With your mind surrendering all actions to Me, intent on Me as the highest, taking refuge in the yoga of understanding — let your consciousness always dwell in Me.

Even while performing all actions always, one who takes refuge in Me attains by My grace the eternal, imperishable abode.

Keep your mind fixed on Me, be My devotee, be My worshipper, bow down to Me — yoked thus, with Me as the supreme goal, you shall come to Me.

At the end of many births, the one who has ripened into wisdom takes refuge in Me, knowing that Vasudeva is all. Such a great soul is supremely rare.

Surrendering all actions to Me with a mind fixed on the inner Self, free from hope, free from possessiveness — fight, rid of all fever.

My own nature has been overcome by the taint of weakness; my mind is bewildered as to what is righteous. I ask you — tell me clearly what is truly good. I am your disciple; instruct me, for I have taken refuge in you.

For those persons who worship Me with undivided attention, who are ever steadfastly united with Me, I bear the burden of their well-being and preserve what they already possess.

Therefore, remember Me at all times and also fight. With mind and intellect surrendered to Me, you shall come to Me — without a doubt.

Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me — they come to know Brahman fully, and all that pertains to the self and to action.

This divine illusion of Mine, woven of the three qualities, is exceedingly hard to cross over. Yet those who take refuge in Me alone — they transcend this Maya.

Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, the mighty Gudakesha said to Govinda, 'I shall not fight,' and fell silent.

But those who, surrendering all actions to me, holding me as their supreme, meditate upon me with undivided devotion and worship me —

Sanjaya said: Having heard these words of Keshava, the crown-bearing Arjuna, trembling and with palms joined, bowed down again and spoke to Krishna in a voice choked with emotion, overwhelmed with fear.

— and then seek that state from which, once reached, one returns no more. I take refuge in that primeval Person from whom ancient activity first streamed forth.

Therefore, bowing down and prostrating my body before you, I implore your grace, O Lord worthy of all praise. As a father bears with a son, a friend with a friend, a beloved with the dearly loved — so, O God, please bear with me.