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Chapter 18 · The Perfection of Renunciation · 78 verses

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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Remember who is speaking. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Take the verse as He directs.
  2. 2Say the verse and its words. Read the Sanskrit, then each word with its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation as it is. Let the translation say what it says, without adding your own meaning.
  4. 4Read the purport. Hear the verse through the disciplic succession.
  5. 5Bring your own question. Ask: where does this verse meet my life, my trouble, my doubt?
  6. 6Act on it, remembering Kṛṣṇa. Carry one instruction into your work today.
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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 18 · The Perfection of Renunciation
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.62

Perform duty in surrender to Krishna

Īśvara · God

तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत ।

तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥ ६२ ॥

tam eva śaraṇaṁ gaccha

sarva-bhāvena bhārata

tat-prasādāt parāṁ śāntiṁ

sthānaṁ prāpsyasi śāśvatam

Translation

O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him utterly. By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

3 study points

Surrender Fully to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Surrender completely to the Lord. By His grace, you will gain spiritual peace and reach His supreme, eternal abode.

  2. 2

    Prabhupāda explains that the Lord in everyone’s heart is Kṛṣṇa. Surrender to Him frees one from all the miseries of material life.

  3. 3

    Seek shelter in Kṛṣṇa and depend on His grace for peace and freedom from misery.

Key points from the purport

Therefore surrender unto Him utterly

Result – By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode

a

Solution to relief of all miseries and achieving supreme abode — Surrender unto the Supreme Godhead situated in everyone’s heart

b

Transcendental world — Ref. Vedic literatures

“Paramam padam” – Specifically refers to the eternal abode / spiritual sky / Vaikuntha

c

Surrender to Supersoul implies surrender to Krishna

Supporting Ref. Bg. 15.15; Bg. 10.12 – 10.13

Further reading

More Confidential Knowledge: Surrender To

Supersoul

More confidential knowledge than the knowledge that one is spirit soul is knowledge that one should surrender to the Supersoul

Chapter 18, section VII: More Confidential Knowledge: Surrender To
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tamunto Him
  2. evacertainly
  3. śaraṇam gacchasurrender
  4. sarva-bhāvenain all respects
  5. bhārataO son of Bharata
  6. tat-prasādātby His grace
  7. parāmtranscendental
  8. śāntimpeace
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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

  • Surrender

    Krishna urges taking shelter of the Supreme Lord.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does BG 18.62 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?

Practice

Offer one act today with devotion.

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Related verses

Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.

BG 7.14Crossing beyond māyāBG 18.66The heart of surrenderBG 18.73My illusion is gone
Live this todayNot Independent of the LordA practice from BG 18.61, close to this verse

Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.

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