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of sannyāsa is also a sort of karma befi ng an āśrama and is not pleas-
ant to Kṛṣṇa when it aims at libera on, i.e., desire for emancipa on.
They also receive frui on of their karma and, even if it be disinterested,
their karma ends in ātma-mamatā, i.e., self-pleasure; but those who are
pure devotees always serve Kṛṣṇa by gra fying His senses forsaking all
a empts of karma and jñāna, and being free from all desires save that
of serving Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has fully destroyed the karma, its desires and
nescience of those devotees. It is a great wonder that Kṛṣṇa, being im-
par al, is fully par al to His devotees.” (brahma Samhita 5. 54 – purport
by Bhak sindhanta Saraswa Prabhupada)

Lord Krishna also promises Arjuna:

Sarva‐dharmān parityajya / mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
Aham tvāṁ sarva‐pāpebhyo / mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

“Abandon all varie es of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall de-
liver you from all sinful reac ons. Do not fear.” (Bg 18.66)

“In the Seventh Chapter it was said that only one who has become free
from all sinful reac ons can take to the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thus one
may think that unless he is free from all sinful reac ons he cannot take
to the surrendering process. To such doubts it is here said that even if
one is not free from all sinful reac ons, simply by the process of surren-
dering to Śrī Kṛṣṇa he is automa cally freed. There is no need of strenu-
ous effort to free oneself from sinful reac ons. One should unhesi-
ta ngly accept Kṛṣṇa as the supreme savior of all living en es. With
faith and love, one should surrender unto Him.
The process of surrender to Kṛṣṇa is described in the Hari-bhak -
vilāsa (11.676):”

ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ / prā kūlyasya varjanam
rakṣiṣya viśvāso / goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā
ātma‐nikṣepa‐kārpaṇye / ṣaḍ‐vidhā śaraṇāga ḥ

“According to the devo onal process, one should simply accept such re-
ligious principles that will lead ul mately to the devo onal service of
the Lord. One may perform a par cular occupa onal duty according to

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