As soon as one surrenders to Krsna... (Books)

Expressions researched:
"As soon as one fully surrenders" |"As soon as one surrenders" |"As soon as the devotee surrenders" |"As soon as the devotees surrender" |"as soon as a person surrenders" |"as soon as he surrenders" |"as soon as the conditioned soul surrenders" |"as soon as we are surrendered" |"as soon as you surrender" |"as soon as"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "as soon as * surrender*"

BG Chapters 7 - 12

BG 9.13, Translation and Purport:

O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.

In this verse the description of the mahātmā is clearly given. The first sign of the mahātmā is that he is already situated in the divine nature. He is not under the control of material nature. And how is this effected? That is explained in the Seventh Chapter: one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, at once becomes freed from the control of material nature. That is the qualification. One can become free from the control of material nature as soon as he surrenders his soul to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the preliminary formula. Being marginal potency, as soon as the living entity is freed from the control of material nature, he is put under the guidance of the spiritual nature. The guidance of the spiritual nature is called daivī prakṛti, divine nature. So when one is promoted in that way—by surrendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead—one attains to the stage of great soul, mahātmā.