Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 2.6.36
Āśraya· The supreme shelterSurrender Opens the Way to Unlimited Happiness
“Therefore it is best for me to surrender unto His feet, which alone can deliver one from the miseries of repeated birth and death. Such surrender is all-auspicious and allows one to perceive all happiness. Even the sky cannot estimate the limits of its own expansion. So what can others do when the Lord Himself is unable to estimate His own limits?”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Brahmā advises us to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord rather than try to measure His immeasurable potencies. Such surrender delivers one from repeated birth and death and brings an all-auspicious spiritual existence.
- The living entity is not independent: one must surrender either unto the Lord or unto material nature. Surrender to Lord Kṛṣṇa brings happiness and liberation, while surrender to material nature brings suffering.
- Spiritual happiness is an ocean that continually increases. The Lord’s measuring it never ends because that happiness keeps increasing, not because He is imperfect.
Try this today
Offer a brief prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa today, asking for help to surrender unto His lotus feet.
Ask yourself
Where am I seeking lasting happiness through increasing material needs rather than surrendering to the Lord?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.