SB 11.07.17 – Singular surrender to the Lord alone enables us to taste the sweetness of his mercy

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Shrimad Bhagavatam 11.7 17 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.14 17.15 apply, help me apply this, who can instruct me like you can. So the previous verse actually similar to 2.7 in the Bhagavad-Gita karpanidoshopahatapchobhava and then this verse is similar to 2.8 nahi prapashyami maapanudhyat.
He’s saying that in the Tathacharyas explain the purport to 2.8 that the Lord may say that you can go to you can go to Vyasa you can go to Narada you can go to Brahma and you can ask them for instruction why are you coming to me I am your friend so Arjuna says no you know you alone can offer a transcendental solution and no other solution is going to help me and therefore I come only to you and I surrender to you. So similarly Uddhava is expressing his singular faith and his singular determination that my dear Lord I believe only you can solve my problem only you can relieve me from suffering you know this exclusivity is not fanaticism this exclusivity is intelligence just as when we are practicing when we are taking some treatment when we come to a doctor and we find that the doctor is worthy of putting faith then we don’t juggle different treatments and take a little bit of medicine from this doctor and a little bit of medicine from that doctor now we have to stick to one doctor and follow the treatment of that doctor follow that doctor’s treatment thoroughly similarly when we practice spiritual life when we want to when we go to Krishna at any level that we follow Krishna’s instruction there is some benefit but if you want a full benefit then we have to express our singular faith in Krishna and that is what is expressing over there. It is you alone who can reveal yourself you are self-revelatory and you are best qualified to speak about yourself Vibhudheshu is referring to demigods I did not see anybody among the demigods being qualified as you are qualified they are all deluded by your maya in the previous verse he has said all of us conditioned souls are deluded by your maya and now he’s saying that actually even the devatas are deluded right from Brahmaji down through all the demigods all living beings are all embodied beings they are looking at external things as meaningful whereas the source and shelter of all meaning lies within as you who are the indwelling super soul who are the Supreme Lord so by expressing Dada’s singular faith in the Lord’s capability to instruct and to deliver Uddhava invokes the mercy of the Lord and in many ways our relationship with Krishna is a matter of faith we choose to put faith that Krishna can protect us Krishna will protect us so now as long as Draupadi was looking at her husband’s for protection as long as Draupadi was depending on her own strength for protection Krishna did not intervene when Draupadi realized that no one and nothing can help her except Krishna and she surrendered to Krishna then Krishna gave her unlimited sari to protect her honor not only to protect her honor but to enhance her honor for all time to come that she was such a surrendered devotee that Lord incarnated as her sari to protect her honor so in this way Krishna actually awaits our singular surrender of intelligence so when we turn to Krishna and surrender to himself with sincerity by that surrender especially when it is focused with the faith that Krishna nobody except you can help me so similarly we have so many plans about how all we can solve our problems and certainly those plans may have their utility but ultimately they are going to be revealing themselves to us for their futility because in the face of death nothing material helps therefore when we remember at the time of meditation that Krishna nobody except you can help me and therefore I am going to take shelter of you alone only you can instruct me then that inspires us to put our heart into our prayers and our chanting and then that enables us to taste the sweetness of Krishna’s love and his mercy.
Thank you.