--Surrendering Ego--


Yamunacharya’s Stotra-ratnam (49)—

vapur-ādiṣu yo’pi ko’pi vā
guṇato’māni yathā-tathā-vidhaḥ tad ahaṁ tava pāda-padmayor aham adyaiva mayā samarpitaḥ

Whatever condition or identity I have accepted after taking different kinds of bodies according to my situation in the modes of nature, so be it. On this very day, I am surrendering this ego to Your lotus feet.

In Bhajan Rahasya, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur says—

strī-puruṣa-deha-gata varṇa ādi dharma jata 
tāte punaḥ deha-gata bheda
sattva-rajas-tamo-guṇa āśrayete bheda punaḥ
ei rūpa sahasra prabheda

je kona śarīre thāki je avasthā guṇa rākhi 
se ahaṁtā ebe tava pāya
saṅpilām prāṇeśvara mama bali ataḥ para
āra kichu nā rahila dāya

There are thousands of distinctions in the bodies we take—they may be male or female, in different varnas, or have other kinds of differences arising from their situation in the modes of goodness, 
passion and ignorance.

Even so, it does not matter in what body I reside or what situation I find myself. O Lord of my life! I now surrender my ego at Your lotus feet. From now on I have nothing left that I consider mine and I am not responsible for anything.

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