Open AccessSHARNAGATI (COMPLETE SURRENDER TO GOD)- A‘NIYAMA’ IN BHAJANS OF A SEEKER -GANGASATI
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gap gyan- a gobal journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5830
DOI - 10.47968/gapgyan.4312
Subject(s) - swami , mantra , surrender , hinduism , philosophy , theology , religious studies , literature , history , art , archaeology
Sharnagati is mentioned many times in the scriptures and by the devotees in their hymns. This Sharnagati is to betaken by the Tattvanist Guru or God. The devotee accepts surrender and becomes relaxed. The devotee does as hisGuru or Lord says. This is what Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna in the Gita. The Guru-Shishya tradition ofSharnagati has been going on for ages. Maharshi Patanjali has mentioned inYogasutrathat Ishwarpranidhan comesunder the Major Niyam of Ashtanga Yoga and that is known as Sharnagati. Swami Kripalvanandji and SwamiRajarshi Muni have achieved this through their yoga practice. When the seeker begins the sadhana and the devoteebegins the bhakti, the mantra japa also begins withSharnagati. Sharnagati is what makes a devotee attain God anda devotee achieves Moksha.