The Lord says if one takes shelter of My lotus feet, he is at once out of the clutches of maya. Immediately, no delay, within a second

Expressions researched:
"the Lord says mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te - if one takes shelter of My lotus feet, he is at once out of the clutches of māyā. Immediately, no delay, within a second"

Lectures

General Lectures

To become liberated from maya great jnanis take sannyas, give up family life, undergo great austerities, somebody goes to Himalayas, somebody goes to the forest, what all they do. Why? To get relief from maya. Brahma bhutah, to attain brahma jnana. And here the Lord says if one takes shelter of My lotus feet, he is at once out of the clutches of maya. Immediately, no delay, within a second.

740419 - Lecture Hindi - Hyderabad

(Translated from Hindi into English)

So the real dharma is surrendering to the Supreme Lord, just as the Lord says, mām eva ye prapadyante. Their devotional service is never lost. In this birth whatever effort you may have put in as devotional service, if the efforts are complete then we go back to Godhead, tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti (BG 4.9), back to Godhead. If devotional service is not complete, something is left unfinished then, śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate (BG 6.41) for one who falls down from bhakti yoga or devotional service then there is no loss for him in that.

If the process of devotional service is started and going forward he is not able to complete this process due to some reason, again he has fallen into the hands of māyā, this can happen because māyā is very strong. She defeats us all the time. So we should also be strong. So how can we be strong? mām eva ye prapadyante, māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14) If we catch hold of the lotus feet of the Lord very tightly then māyā cannot do anything. This is the solution.

So when we have such a simple solution to become liberated, mām eva ye prapadyante. To become liberated from māyā great jnanis take sannyas, give up family life, undergo great austerities, somebody goes to Himalayas, somebody goes to the forest, what all they do. Why? To get relief from māyā. Brahma bhutah, to attain brahma jnana. And here the Lord says mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te - if one takes shelter of My lotus feet, he is at once out of the clutches of māyā. Immediately, no delay, within a second.

A lot of people ask me that how many days it will take to attain devotional service? Not even a second! Why? The real business is surrender. If someone comes in front of the Lord and says, "O Lord, for so many days I have been the servant of māyā." And to be the servant of māyā means to the servant of my senses. kāmādīnāṁ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśās (Brs 3.2.35). The senses make us do what we are not supposed to do. So therefore, "For so many days I have been the servant of senses." kāmādīnāṁ - lust, anger, greed – the servant of these. "But by being such a servant I did not experience any happiness." And of whom I was servant even they were not happy.