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By Akruranatha das<\/strong><\/p>\n Gaura Govinda Maharaja on Saranagati, Unconditional Surrender<\/p>\n Saranagati is the chief symptom of a devotee. Saranagati should be complete. The symptoms of it are there. One should have firm faith, drdah visvas, that \u201cavasya raksibe krsna\u201d, Krishna will protect me. If you have no faith, you cannot achieve the goal; asraddhadanah purusah\u2026 says the Gita: You\u2019ll have to come back in this mortal world. The Vedic siddhanta is that everything is based on firm faith, sastriya sraddha.<\/p>\n Saranagati, unconditional surrender, is the life of the devotee, through which the most difficult to achieve krsna-prema is obtained, by the mercy of the magnanimous Gauranga.<\/p>\n To be akincana, to have nothing in this world that you call yours, is one symptom of saranagati. Atma-samarpana is the same as saranagati\u2026<\/p>\n Only a fully surrendered devotee sees Krishna; otherwise, He\u2019s covered by yoga-maya.<\/p>\n Those who are fully surrendered are very dear to Krishna.<\/p>\n Krishna has not given prema in His Vraja descent, but as Gauranga he gives it freely. He teaches saranagati: Take full shelter of the holy name, then you\u2019ll get prema, through offenseless chanting\u2026 Without surrender Krishna doesn\u2019t listen to your prayers, to your chanting.<\/p>\n You\u2019re not crying for Krishna therefore it\u2019s the proof that you\u2019re not surrendered. Your surrender is artificial, conditional or partial. So cry for Krishna. He may take everything away from you to force you to cry.<\/p>\n He\u2019s giving, but you\u2019re not receiving. Your surrender is only partial. What is to be given up is the sentiment that it\u2019s your family, your wife, your children, your wealth. They\u2019re all Krishna\u2019s; they\u2019re all meant to give Him pleasure, not to give you pleasure. You say you are the husband, responsible. No. You are the head of Krishna\u2019s family. It\u2019s His family, entrusted to you. He is responsible. He maintains. You think you\u2019re maintaining, but unless He sanctions, how can you maintain? What can the jiva do without Krishna\u2019s sanction? <\/p>\n A bewildered jiva says, \u201cI do\u201d, but it\u2019s not true. If Krishna doesn\u2019t sanction, what can the jiva do? Krishna gives energy from within, then one can act. That\u2019s His mercy, krpa-bala. Otherwise, one can\u2019t even lift his own hand. The 3 gunas act for the conditioned stage, and Krishna for the liberated stage.<\/p>\n Love is achieved by begging Krishna, crying for it. Bhaktivinoda Thakura, the acarya, is praying, \u201cI\u2019m so attached to this world! Please transfer this attachment to Your lotus feet. I beg You.\u201d This crying, begging, is required. One must get the mercy of a pure devotee to develop that. <\/p>\n Narottama das Thakura\u2019s mood expressed in his bhajan Gaura pahun should be adopted. Kena va achaye prana ki sukha lagiye: Why remain alive? What worth has this human life? Why keep it? For what happiness? Na gela mariye, it\u2019s better to die. When a devotee starts to develop that mood of Gaura pahun, in Goloka Vraja they make a festival, because it means that this jiva is on his way out of this world to that transcendental world…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saranagati is the chief symptom of a devotee. Saranagati should be complete. The symptoms of it are there. One should have firm faith, drdah visvas, that \u201cavasya raksibe krsna\u201d, Krishna will protect me. If you have no faith, you cannot achieve the goal; asraddhadanah purusah\u2026 says the Gita: You\u2019ll have to come back in this mortal world. The Vedic siddhanta is that everything is based on firm faith, sastriya sraddha. Saranagati, unconditional surrender, is the life of the devotee, through which the most difficult to achieve krsna-prema is obtained, by the mercy of the magnanimous Gauranga. To be akincana, to have nothing in this world that you call yours, is one symptom of saranagati. Atma-samarpana is the same as saranagati\u2026 Only a fully surrendered devotee sees Krishna; otherwise, He\u2019s covered by yoga-maya. Those who are fully surrendered are very dear to Krishna. Krishna has not given prema in His Vraja descent, but as Gauranga he gives it freely. He teaches saranagati: Take full shelter of the holy name, then you\u2019ll get prema, through offenseless chanting\u2026 4 things develop pride and prevent from surrender: janma, aisvarya, sruta, sri. 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\n4 things develop pride and prevent from surrender: janma, aisvarya, sruta, sri. So one must become akincana.<\/p>\n
\nAccept it in the heart! Don\u2019t say you understand, and accept with your lips but not with your heart! Don\u2019t be pretenders!<\/p>\n
\nPray at the lotus feet of a pure devotee to get his mercy to be able to cry like that. Re-channel attraction towards Krishna. <\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/l94Q0zL.jpg\"\/)
By Akruranatha das<\/strong><\/p>\n