सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज । अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥ ६६ ॥
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śharaṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣhayiṣhyāmi mā śhuchaḥ
Translation
Abandoning all dharmas, take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all sins; do not grieve.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
सब धर्मों को छोड़कर केवल मेरी शरण में आ जाओ। मैं तुम्हें सब पापों से मुक्त कर दूँगा; शोक मत करो।
Commentary
This is the charama shloka, the culminating verse of the Gita's teaching. After presenting duty, knowledge, meditation and devotion, Krishna's final word is complete surrender (sharanagati). "Abandoning all dharmas" is read in different ways: giving up reliance on one's own practices as the means of salvation (Ramanuja and many devotional teachers), or giving up the sense of doership in all action (Shankara). It does not mean giving up one's duty; Arjun still fights. What it removes is the anxiety of carrying the whole burden alone. "Ma shuchah," "do not grieve," answers the grief with which the Gita began.
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