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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.66
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: ॥ ६६ ॥
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
In the story
Chapter 18, The Perfection of Renunciation: krishna’s confidential instruction of surrender.
Study note
A final supreme instruction is accompanied by a direct divine promise.
Summary — read the full purport on Vedabase
Prabhupāda presents exclusive surrender to Krishna as the essential conclusion of the Gita.
Interpretive
Refuge and confidence
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Prescribed duty
Krishna calls for exclusive surrender beyond all other processes.
Surrender
Krishna offers deliverance to one who surrenders.
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