“Give up everything!

Reject your affinity to all other activities and

considerations, whether social or religious, you must totally abandon
all other phases and conceptions of duty and dharma, even the ones
that I Myself have established in the various scriptures and described
here in My previous instructions to you. I shall accept the reaction you
have earned in the relativity of this mortal world - I shall clear your
debt! You need only come to My feet. It is necessary to maintain the
highest ideal, and the highest kind of idealists give up their country,
their family, their friends, and everything else, but they can’t give up
their ideal. I am everything to you, and You are everything to Me. If
one comes to this conception, everything else will be seen as sin (aha˜
tvŘ sarva-pÅpebhyo, mok›ayi›Åmi). In the absolute plane, everything
and everyone belongs wholesale to K›ˆa, and the slightest deviation
from this ideal is no better than commiting sin. Self-forgetfulness
(sarva-dharmÅn parityajya) in Krsna’s service (mÅm eka˜ Íaraˆa˜ vraja)
is positive and living: It is the full, absolute plane of life. The absolute
or 'revolutionary' consideration is firmly established above the relative
or 'constitutional' one. Give up everything. Come to Me directly. This is
the revolutionary way. This is absolute.”
Wherever we shall find Him, we must run in that direction. The
direction may not be always straight, it may go in a zigzag way, but if
Krishna comes from that side, I must run there. Again if He appears on
this side, I must run to this side. My interest is with Him. If I have
genuine appreciation for the real thing, the proper thing, I must go to
that side, the side of Krishna.
If we are charmed by this universal call of the Lord and we try to abide
by it, then that is sufficient. If we are answering that absolute call to
our best ability, Krsna assures us: “Surrender to Me. I am the real
purport of the scriptures. My exclusive devotee is he who gives up all
phases of duties (sarva-dharmÅn) and surrenders to My feet, accepting
only his duty to Me." Faith in this call, and acting on the basis of such
faith is a great thing in us. The hidden treasure attracts our hearts. We
have been deprived of our heart’s deepest interest. “Give up all
engagements and come to Me, because I am everything to you and
you are everything to Me.” This is the most hidden of all hidden truth.
What more can I say? You may go to Vraja and there you will find the
most hidden of all hidden truths (sarva-guhyatamam, mÅm eka˜
Íaraˆa˜ “vraja”). The deepest secret of the inner loving heart has been
fully revealed there: “I am beyond all conceptions of religion, society,
friends, - everything. My position is above everything, and in the heart
of the heart of everything. In the eternal land of Vraja, you will
experience the whole conception of beauty. Dismiss all other
engagements and prospects, and come to Me alone. Your inner
hankering will be fulfilled beyond your expectations. You will find such
dignity in Me, The Absolute Reality The Beautiful, ßrÈ K›ˆachandra.
Don’t try to push your demands on Me, but ask Me what will be most
beneficial for you. And what shall I do on your behalf? Fully surrender
to Me, and I will give Myself to you.” This is the deepest meaning of the
highest glory.

arvadharmÅn parityajya “Give up your affinity to all other activities,

whether religious or nonreligious, and wholly surrender to Me. Don’t try
to push your demands on Me, but askMe what will be most beneficial
for you. And what shall I do on your behalf? Fully surrender to Me, and I
will give Myself to you.”

sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja aham tvam sarva-

papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah He says, "Abandon all other
conceptions of duty and just surrender unto Me. Have no fear. I shall
protect you and free you from all sinful reactions that might arise from
neglecting your ordinary duties."

Krishna says, sarva-dharmÅn parityajya, mÅm eka ̃ Íaraˆa ̃

vraja.Wherever we shall find Him, we must run in that direction. The
direction may not be always straight, it may go in a zigzag way, but if
Krishna comes from that side, I must run there. Again if He appears on
this side, I must run to this side. My interest is with Him. Not that we
can challenge, “Why did Krishna appear here, and why is He appearing
there? That may be a doubtful thing, so I must stay on this side.” No. If
I have genuine appreciation for the real thing, the proper thing, I must
go to that side, the side of Krishna.

Krishna’s final instruction is sarva dharmÅn parityajya mÅm eka ̃ Íaraˆa

̃ vraja:“If it is necessary to maintain the highest ideal, you must give up
your friends. Surrender to Me. I am the real purport of the scriptures.”
The highest kind of idealists give up their country, their family, their
friends, and everything else, but they can’t give up their ideal.
Bhagavad-gÈtÅ: sarva-dharmÅn parityajya mÅm eka ̃ Íaraˆa ̃ vraja.
Krishna says, “Give up everything. Come to Me directly.” This is the
revolutionary way. This is absolute.

Sarva-dharman parityajya, mam ekam saranam vraja (Bg. 18.66): the

search for Him eliminates all other duties. A true devotee thinks,
"There is no obligation to anyone except one, and He is my Lord,
Krsna."
sarva-dharman parityajya, mam ekam saranam vraja aham tvam
sarva-papebhyo, moksayisyami ma sucah (Bg. 18.66) "I shall accept
the reaction you have earned in the relativity of this mortal world - I
shall clear your debt! You need only come to My feet." If we are
charmed by this universal call of the Lord and we try to abide by it,
then that is sufficient. If we are answering that absolute call to our best
ability, Krsna assures us: "I shall free you of your burden; you simply
come to Me. Give up all your duties." Faith in this call, and acting on
the basis of such faith is a great thing in us. We should try to follow this
according to our best capacity, and this is possible only in the company
of the exclusive devotees of the Lord.
sarvadharman parityajya, mam ekam saranam vraja: "My exclusive
devotee is he who gives up all phases of duties (sarva-dharman) and
surrenders to My feet, accepting only his duty to Me."

Sarva-dharman parityajya: The absolute or 'revolutionary'

consideration is firmly established above the relative or
'constitutional' one when Sri Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (18.66),
"Just abandon all dharmas, all considerations of social and religious
duties - even the ones that I Myself have established in the various
scriptures and described here in My previous instructions to you - and
just surrender wholeheartedly to Me."