Sanatan-Siksa:
Six Limbs of Surrender

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
24 June 2015

[His Divine Grace is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya-lila, chapter 22:]

How is devotion to Krishna born?

If you want to get devotion of Krishna, you need good association—sadhu-sanga is the main root of devotion.

Avoid bad association, do not associate with those who are not devotees.

You must leave everything. Whether you live a householder life, or even a brahmachari life—leave everything and only surrender to the Lord. Srimad Bhagavad-gita told,

"Leave everything and follow Krishna consciousness, surrender to the Lord."

"Krishna is bhakta-vatsal: He always lives in the devotees' heart. Krishna does not live without His devotees. So, those who do not follow Krishna are foolish; the scholarly ones always worship the Lord."

Uddhav thought, "I live with Krishna, I look like Krishna—I am like Krishna!" Sometimes some ego came or something, but Krishna gave him mercy and he left everything and worshipped the Lord.

The surrendered souls are those who have atma-samarpan, surrender or self-submission. There are six types of surrender:

This sloka is from Sri Hari-bhakti-vilas (11.418).
1) Anukulya-sankalpa (আনুকূল্যসঙ্কল্প), we will accept what is in favour of devotion.
2) Pratikulya-vivarjana (প্রতিকূল্যবিবর্জ্জন), we will reject what is not in favour of devotion.
3) "Krishna raksa karben" (কৃষ্ণ রক্ষ করবেন), we must believe that "Krishna will protect me. No one except Krishna can protect me." Sometimes we think, "I will protect myself," "My father is protecting me," "My son is protecting me," "My relative is protecting me," "My doctor is protecting me," but no one protects you—only Krishna protects you. It is necessary to have faith in that, that is called visvas.
4) "Krishnake 'gopta' va 'palayita'" (কৃষ্ণলে 'গোপ্তা' বা 'পালয়িত'): no man, no demigod is our guardian or maintainer. It is a misconception, it is wrong to think so. Only Krishna is our maintainer.
5) Atmaniksepa (আত্মনিক্ষেপ), we are not independent (svatantra, স্বতন্ত্র), we are dependent, we live under the guidance of the Lord (paratantra, পরতন্ত্র).
6) Finally, karpanya (কার্পণ্য), or dainyata (দৈন্যতা), humility.

When you take initiation, when you surrender to the Lord, Krishna thinks, "He is My son. This jiva soul is as dear to Me as My very own heart, atma-sama."

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