What Surrender means

Hare Krishna.
Dandvat Pranams.
         The following is very enlightening article give by H.H.Radhanath Maharaj

The greatest gift of God is when he puts us in a situation where we have no other alternative but to surrender to him utterly. Of course we always have alternatives we always have choice, but when Krsna puts us in a situation where we realize that all of our other alternatives except for Krsna are futile and hopeless and they cannot save me, that is his greatest benediction. Yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad dhanam sanaih tato ‘dhanam tyajanty asya svajana duhkha duhkhitam’ Krsna says that the first installment of mercy I give to My devotee is I take away everything, so that the devotee has nothing else to turn to except Me and this is exactly what he is doing to Gajendra.  He is taking away everything, so Gajendra has no where else to turn to except Krsna. And how much he is turning towards Krsna with such devotion which such dependence with such helpless feeling, like a baby crying out for its mother. Gajendra is offering prayers and chanting the names of Lord Hari.

We talk about surrender, we hear about surrender, but do we really know what it means to surrender.  That is why krsna puts the greatest of his devotees in situations where there is the greatest exhibition of real surrender.  Because unless the great souls teach us by their examples, we will never understand what it really means, we will never take it seriously.  It will go in one ear and out the other . So how and why Krsna deals with his devotees in such inconceivable ways is the compassion of  Krsna towards the aspiring devotee, compassion and love to show us the way back home, back to Godhead .

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

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   Your servant,
       Renuka