SARANAGATI
About Surrender to the Supreme Lord
sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma suchah
Abandon all forms of religion and surrender exclusively unto Me. I will liberate you from all sin. Do not despair.
—Sri Gita
tasmat tvam uddhavotsrjya chodanam pratichodanam
pravrttin cha nivrttin cha srotavyam srutam eva cha
mam ekam eva saranam atmanam sarva-dehinam
yahi sarvatma-bhavena maya sya hy akuto-bhayah
O Uddhava, abandoning the Vedas and their auxiliaries, all of their prescriptions and prohibitions, and everything you have heard or may ever hear, with all your heart take exclusive shelter of Me, the life of all beings. By My grace you will become completely fearless.
—Srimad Bhagavatam
bhagavad-bhaktitah sarvam ity utsrjya vidher api
kainkaryam krsna-padaikasrayatvam saranagatih
Having faith that everything is attained by devotion to the Supreme Lord, abandoning subservience to even scriptural injunctions, and taking exclusve shelter of Sri Krsna’s feet is known as saranagati.
—Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam
ki jani ki baletomara dhamete
ha-inu saranagata
tumi dayamayapatita-pavana
patita-tarane rata
Somehow or other I have taken shelter within Your abode. You are the merciful saviour of the fallen, who is ever engaged in delivering them.
—Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur
dadhi-mathana-ninadais tyakta-nidrah prabhate
nibhrta-padam agaram ballavinam pravistah
mukha-kamala-samirair asu nirvapya dipan
kavalita-navanitah patu mam bala-krsnah
Awakened in the morning by the sound of churning butter, He stealthily enters the homes of the gopis, quickly blows out their lamps with His lotus mouth, and devours their fresh butter. May this baby Bala Krsna protect me.
—Bhagavan Sri Chaitanyadev
