To surrender near whom?
Near whom shall I surrender?
Remember, who surrenders?
In the battle of life a defeated warrior surrenders.
And this surrender is not really complete
because inside he is hurt and he waits for the moment to take revenge.
So this is not surrender.
In spirituality when we speak of surrendering,
what is this surrender?
What to surrender?
I will tell you the story which you might have heard or read.
The story of surrender in the palace, in the court of Dhritarashtra, the Kauravas.
One day they wanted to undress Draupadi in a very impolite way.
Humiliating her.
She is one innocent lady
and Dushasana, the second brother of the Kauravas,
very strong physically,
pulling her into the middle of the court
where all the royal people even the Pandavas are sitting with head down cast.
Unable to do anything.
Draupadi is helplessly looking that who can help me?
She is looking at Bhisma, the great grandfather.
She is looking at Drohna.
She is looking at... telling Dhritarashtra, because he is blind:
"Can you not help me? Your daughter-in-law is humiliated and misbehaved like this.
Everybody is silent.
It has been said by some master that when she looked at Krupa,
Krupa told, pointed finger up:
"Why do you ask for help for these people who are weak, timid, cowards?
Those who have no courage?"
If you have to ask for help you ask from him who is omnipresent.
She thought of Krishna immediately.
Initially she was holding the clothes because the other was pulling the clothes.
So when she is holding the clothes and thinking of Krishna: "Help me, help me, help me."
Krishna is not helping.
She is holding in one hand and lifting up another hand: "Help me I am helpless."
Krishan is not helping.
And when she lifted up both the hands: "Help me I am helpless.
My strength, strength of both the hands or strength of one hand
cannot be compared with the strength of Dushasana,
you are my strength, I have no other strength than you."
This is surrender.
What to surrender?
Surrender of ego.
What to surrender?
Surrender of ego.
Ego is the barrier between me and my beloved.
Ego is the obstacle between me and my beloved.
Ego is the obstacle between me as the seeker and my goal.
And I have to surrender it.
Who knows?
Just you think.
Theoretically we are telling: Surrender, surrender, surrender.
Don't surrender near an individual.
There is no need.
Surrender near one, whom?
Surrender near Ishwara.
Ishwara pranidhana