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prapatti in Bhagavad Gita

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Mani Varadarajan • June 5, 1997 


Krishna,

Though without a doubt the charama sloka (Gita 18.66)
is perhaps the only explicit statement of prapatti as
an independent means to moksha, is not prapatti implicit
throughout, at least according to our acharyas? This
is what I gathered from reading a few stray passages of
some explanations of Ramanuja's Gitabhashya by latter
day acharyas, so my knowledge is by no means thorough.

However, the statement "mAm eva ye prapadyante mayAm
etAm taranti te" (those indeed who seek refuge in Me
cross over this mAya) is understood as referring to
prapatti in all its aspects, is it not?

Mani