Surrender Leads To Realization And Detachment
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Paramhamsa Vani
Mar 22, 2026, 11:38:54 PMMar 22
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Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
Surrender is necessary for devotional practice. Three things are required—the Bhagavatam says that one should hear and perform sankirtana about Cakra-pani Sri Krishna (Sri Krishna, the holder of the disk weapon); hear the divine pastimes of the Lord’s birth and other activities; and perform kirtana of the Lord’s Name, which reveals the pastimes of the Lord, while remaining free from attachments and bad association. When we will do so, we will get transcendental power. Bhakti, detachment, and knowledge of the Supreme Lord will all come together. This can be explained by one example. Suppose I can eat one kilogram of food. If I eat ¼ kg, ¼ of my hunger will be satisfied and I will get energy in a similar proportion. If I eat halfway, it will be half satisfied; if I eat ¾ kg, it will be ¾ satisfied. When we eat fully, all our hunger will be over and we will get full satisfaction. As we eat, our appetite fills in the same proportion and we get satisfaction.
A saranagata bhakta will get God’s realization along with bhakti. Detachment or reduction in attachment to this world will also come. He will lose interest in whatever is not favorable to Krishna; he will get vairagya, complete detachment. All three will come. We performed Vraja-mandala parikrama, engaged in shravana and kirtana, did everything, but still, we have not got attachment to Bhagavan. Then we should understand that we are lacking in surrender to the Supreme Lord. Whatever bhakti a surrendered soul does, he gets equal detachment from the things that are unfavorable to the Supreme Lord. If our attachments in this material world are increasing, we should understand that there is some fault in our surrender—first of all, I am not performing bhajan and whatever little I am doing is not according to the prescribed rules; therefore I am not getting the desired result. The scriptures are not giving false information; Vedavyasji is not deceiving us. There is a mistake in our following; the fault is in our practice.
---Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Surrender is necessary for devotional practice. Three things are required—the Bhagavatam says that one should hear and perform sankirtana about Cakra-pani Sri Krishna (Sri Krishna, the holder of the disk weapon); hear the divine pastimes of the Lord’s birth and other activities; and perform kirtana of the Lord’s Name, which reveals the pastimes of the Lord, while remaining free from attachments and bad association. When we will do so, we will get transcendental power. Bhakti, detachment, and knowledge of the Supreme Lord will all come together. This can be explained by one example. Suppose I can eat one kilogram of food. If I eat ¼ kg, ¼ of my hunger will be satisfied and I will get energy in a similar proportion. If I eat halfway, it will be half satisfied; if I eat ¾ kg, it will be ¾ satisfied. When we eat fully, all our hunger will be over and we will get full satisfaction. As we eat, our appetite fills in the same proportion and we get satisfaction.
A saranagata bhakta will get God’s realization along with bhakti. Detachment or reduction in attachment to this world will also come. He will lose interest in whatever is not favorable to Krishna; he will get vairagya, complete detachment. All three will come. We performed Vraja-mandala parikrama, engaged in shravana and kirtana, did everything, but still, we have not got attachment to Bhagavan. Then we should understand that we are lacking in surrender to the Supreme Lord. Whatever bhakti a surrendered soul does, he gets equal detachment from the things that are unfavorable to the Supreme Lord. If our attachments in this material world are increasing, we should understand that there is some fault in our surrender—first of all, I am not performing bhajan and whatever little I am doing is not according to the prescribed rules; therefore I am not getting the desired result. The scriptures are not giving false information; Vedavyasji is not deceiving us. There is a mistake in our following; the fault is in our practice.
---Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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