Gita-Sarah-Commentary-on-the-Slokas-of-Bhagavad-Gita
Gita-Sarah-Commentary-on-the-Slokas-of-Bhagavad-Gita
Gita-Sarah-Commentary-on-the-Slokas-of-Bhagavad-Gita
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yourself. Give yourself up to it, which meansthat you should seek <strong>the</strong> source and mergein it.” – Talks No 208. “There is no differencebetween Jnana and surrender.” (Talk No. 462)In this verse Krishna addressed Arjunaas ‘Bh¢rata’. It has special significance. Eventhough outwardly it means a sci<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>lineage <strong>of</strong> King Bharata, it also means apers<strong>on</strong> who is engaged in attainingknowledge (Bh¢y¢m ratah). ‘Bha’ means <strong>the</strong>light <strong>of</strong> knowledge and ‘ratah’ means fullydevoted to or engaged in it.The word ‘sarva bhavena’ indicates that<strong>the</strong> surrender should be unc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>al and<strong>the</strong>re should be no reservati<strong>on</strong>s. If anyc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> is attached to it <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>re is no‘surrender’ at all.This unc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>al surrender has beenelaborated in a sacred scripture known asArhabudhnya samhita. It is told that surrenderc<strong>on</strong>sists <strong>of</strong> six limbs:-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Gita</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sarah</str<strong>on</strong>g> 121
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