TEXT 66

Devanagari

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा श‍ुच: ॥ ६६ ॥

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Tekst

sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

Synonyms

sarva-dharmān — all varieties of religion; parityajya — abandoning; mām — unto Me; ekam — only; śaraṇam — for surrender; vraja — go; aham — I; tvām — you; sarva — all; pāpebhyaḥ — from sinful reactions; mokṣayiṣyāmi — will deliver; mā — do not; śucaḥ — worry.

sarva-dharmān — alle former for religion; parityajya — idet du opgiver; mām — til Mig; ekam — kun; śaraṇam — for overgivelse; vraja — gå; aham — Jeg; tvām — dig; sarva — fra alle; pāpebhyaḥ — syndige reaktioner; mokṣayiṣyāmi — vil udfri; mā — ikke; śucaḥ — frygt.

Translation

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

Opgiv alle forskellige former for religion og overgiv dig blot til Mig. Jeg skal udfri dig fra alle syndige reaktioner. Frygt ikke.

Purport

The Lord has described various kinds of knowledge and processes of religion – knowledge of the Supreme Brahman, knowledge of the Supersoul, knowledge of the different types of orders and statuses of social life, knowledge of the renounced order of life, knowledge of nonattachment, sense and mind control, meditation, etc. He has described in so many ways different types of religion. Now, in summarizing Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord says that Arjuna should give up all the processes that have been explained to him; he should simply surrender to Kṛṣṇa. That surrender will save him from all kinds of sinful reactions, for the Lord personally promises to protect him.

FORKLARING: Herren har beskrevet forskellige former for viden og religiøse procedurer såsom viden om den Højeste Brahman, viden om Oversjælen, viden om samfundets forskellige ordener og livsstatusser, viden om forsagelsens orden, viden om utilknytning, om beherskelse af sanserne og sindet, meditation osv. Han har på så mange måder beskrevet forskellige slags religion. Som opsummering af Bhagavad-gītā anbefaler Herren nu, at Arjuna skal opgive alle de fremgangsmåder, han hidtil har fået forklaret. Han skal ganske enkelt overgive sig til Kṛṣṇa. Denne overgivelse vil redde ham fra alle mulige syndige reaktioner, for Herren lover personligt at beskytte ham.

In the Seventh Chapter it was said that only one who has become free from all sinful reactions can take to the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thus one may think that unless he is free from all sinful reactions he cannot take to the surrendering process. To such doubts it is here said that even if one is not free from all sinful reactions, simply by the process of surrendering to Śrī Kṛṣṇa he is automatically freed. There is no need of strenuous effort to free oneself from sinful reactions. One should unhesitatingly accept Kṛṣṇa as the supreme savior of all living entities. With faith and love, one should surrender unto Him.

I kapitel 7 (vers 28) blev det forklaret, at kun den, der er fri for alle syndige reaktioner, kan begynde at tilbede Herren Kṛṣṇa. Det kunne foranledige én til at tro, at medmindre man er fri for alle syndige reaktioner, kan man ikke påbegynde overgivelsesprocessen. For at tilbagevise en sådan tvivl udtales det her, at selv om man ikke er fri for al synd, bliver man automatisk befriet ved slet og ret at overgive sig til Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Det er ikke nødvendigt at arbejde hårdt for at befri sig fra syndige reaktioner. Man skal ufortøvet acceptere Kṛṣṇa som alle levende væseners højeste befrier. Med tro og kærlighed skal man overgive sig til Ham.

The process of surrender to Kṛṣṇa is described in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (11.676):

Processen for overgivelse til Kṛṣṇa bliver beskrevet i Hari-bhakti- vilāsa (11.676):

ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ
prātikūlyasya varjanam
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso
goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā
ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye
ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ

According to the devotional process, one should simply accept such religious principles that will lead ultimately to the devotional service of the Lord. One may perform a particular occupational duty according to his position in the social order, but if by executing his duty one does not come to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all his activities are in vain. Anything that does not lead to the perfectional stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be avoided. One should be confident that in all circumstances Kṛṣṇa will protect him from all difficulties. There is no need of thinking how one should keep the body and soul together. Kṛṣṇa will see to that. One should always think himself helpless and should consider Kṛṣṇa the only basis for his progress in life. As soon as one seriously engages himself in devotional service to the Lord in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, at once he becomes freed from all contamination of material nature. There are different processes of religion and purificatory processes by cultivation of knowledge, meditation in the mystic yoga system, etc., but one who surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa does not have to execute so many methods. That simple surrender unto Kṛṣṇa will save him from unnecessarily wasting time. One can thus make all progress at once and be freed from all sinful reactions.

Ifølge den hengivne proces bør man udelukkende acceptere sådanne religiøse principper, der yderst set fører til Herrens hengivne tjeneste. Man kan udføre en bestemt beskæftigelsesmæssig pligt i henhold til sin position i den sociale orden, men hvis man ved at gøre sin pligt ikke kommer til stadiet af Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, er alle ens aktiviteter nyttesløse. Man bør undgå alt, der ikke leder til det perfekte stade af Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Man må have tillid til, at Kṛṣṇa under alle omstændigheder beskytter én mod alle vanskeligheder. Man behøver ikke bekymre sig om, hvordan man skal opretholde livet. Det skal Kṛṣṇa nok sørge for. Man bør altid betragte sig selv som hjælpeløs og anse Kṛṣṇa for at være det eneste grundlag for sit fremskridt i livet. Så snart man seriøst engagerer sig i hengiven tjeneste til Herren i fuld Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, bliver man omgående renset for al forurening fra den materielle natur. Der er mange forskellige religiøse metoder og renselsesprocesser såsom udvikling af viden, meditation i det mystiske yoga-system osv., men den, der overgiver sig til Kṛṣṇa, behøver ikke følge så mange metoder. Denne ligefremme overgivelse til Kṛṣṇa redder én fra at spilde tiden til ingen verdens nytte. På den måde kan man gøre hele fremskridtet på én gang og blive befriet for alle syndige reaktioner.

One should be attracted by the beautiful vision of Kṛṣṇa. His name is Kṛṣṇa because He is all-attractive. One who becomes attracted by the beautiful, all-powerful, omnipotent vision of Kṛṣṇa is fortunate. There are different kinds of transcendentalists – some of them are attached to the impersonal Brahman vision, some of them are attracted by the Supersoul feature, etc., but one who is attracted to the personal feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and, above all, one who is attracted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Kṛṣṇa Himself, is the most perfect transcendentalist. In other words, devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, in full consciousness, is the most confidential part of knowledge, and this is the essence of the whole Bhagavad-gītā. Karma-yogīs, empiric philosophers, mystics and devotees are all called transcendentalists, but one who is a pure devotee is the best of all. The particular words used here, mā śucaḥ, “Don’t fear, don’t hesitate, don’t worry,” are very significant. One may be perplexed as to how one can give up all kinds of religious forms and simply surrender unto Kṛṣṇa, but such worry is useless.

Man bør være tiltrukket af det smukke syn af Kṛṣṇa. Hans navn er Kṛṣṇa, fordi Han er alttiltrækkende. Den, der bliver tiltrukket af det smukke, almægtige, kraftfulde syn af Kṛṣṇa, er heldig. Der er forskellige slags transcendentalister. Nogle er knyttet til den upersonlige Brahman- opfattelse, andre er tiltrukket af Oversjæls-aspektet osv., men den, der er tiltrukket af Guddommens Højeste Personligheds personlige aspekt, og frem for alt den, der er tiltrukket af Guddommens Højeste Personlighed som Kṛṣṇa Selv, er den mest fuldendte transcendentalist. Hengiven tjeneste til Kṛṣṇa i fuld bevidsthed er med andre ord den mest fortrolige del af al kundskab, hvilket er essensen af hele Bhagavad-gītā. Karma-yogīer, empiriske filosoffer, mystikere og hengivne kaldes alle transcendentalister, men en ren hengiven er den bedste af alle. De særlige ord, der anvendes her, mā śucaḥ – “frygt ikke, tøv ikke, vær ikke bekymret” – er yderst betydningsfulde. Måske er man usikker på, hvordan man kan opgive alle former for religion og blot overgive sig til Kṛṣṇa, men en sådan bekymring er unødig.