Saranagati: CC Madhya 22.100; Hari-bhakti-vilāsa–11.47
prātikūlyasya varjanam
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso
goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā
ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye
ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ
Synonyms
ānukūlyasya — of anything that assists devotional service to the Lord; saṅkalpaḥ — acceptance; prātikūlyasya — of anything that hinders devotional service; varjanam — complete rejection; rakṣiṣyati — He will protect; iti — thus; viśvāsaḥ — strong conviction; goptṛtve — in being the guardian, like the father or husband, master or maintainer; varaṇam — acceptance; tathā — as well as; ātma-nikṣepa — full self-surrender; kārpaṇye — and humility; ṣaṭ-vidhā — sixfold; śaraṇa-āgatiḥ — process of surrender.
Translation
“ ‘The six divisions of surrender are the acceptance of those things favorable to devotional service, the rejection of unfavorable things, the conviction that Kṛṣṇa will give protection, the acceptance of the Lord as one’s guardian or master, full self-surrender, and humility.
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Madhukar Prabhu's first video on the verse:
Madhukar Prabhu's second video on this verse..
Madhukar Prabhu's third video about this verse, also about Saranagati discussed in Chapter 6 of Jaiva Dharma.
Some resources
1) Saranagati Song 1. . . whole book is commentary on this. .see, for example Laghu Bhasya Chandrika Commentary by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj
Madhukar Prabhu selected 6 songs from Saranagati to sing: Songs about limbs 1, 2, and 3 ; Songs about limbs 4, 5, & 6.
2) Upadesamrta 1,2,3 Commentaries, especially by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur; and the 12 essays by him on verses 2 and 3.
3) All of Prapanna Jivanamrta . . .maybe crest is 1.35 with some commentary by Srila BS Govinda Maharaj
4) Bhajan Rahasya Chapter 3 "Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana – niṣṭhā-bhajana (the six daṇḍas until two praharas: approximately 8.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.)" : Text 2 is this verse, and there's the commentary on pages 124 - 126.
5) Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaj speaking in Birmingham 2003, Puri 2004.
6) Srila Gurudev Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj: speaking at the end of Kartik in Vraja Mandal in 1987.
7) A video of the verse, one word appearing at a time:
(not really general interest, but apparently the Ramanuja sampradaya has a famous book called Prapanna Parijata on this verse and saranagati from the 1200s. )
This passage of Harikatha by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj struck me as very relevant to the middle two limbs.
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Divine words of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami
HOLY FEET OF VISHNU
But in order to develop this kind of humility and forbearance, we must learn to see the Lord's hand in everything. And therefore the Vedas tell us to remember that the glance of the Lord is always upon us. Om tad visno paramam padam sada pasyanti suraya: We are asked to see the holy feet of Narayana as we see the sun in the sky. Why the sun? The sun is described as pradarsaka: the seer, the witness. Apparently we see the sun, but really the sun helps us to see. The holy feet of Visnu means the lowest part of Visnu—yoge vidhayam yasya vidyate kvacit. His lower part to us is the beginning of realization for us. The beginning of realization is to think that God is always seeing us. As the sun helps us to see, Visnu's holy feet are like the sun. So we should try to always see everything by the rays of the holy feet of Visnu.
From another point of view, His holy feet are like a big eye spread over the sky. He sees everything. Whatever we do, our guardian's vigilant eye is over our head like the sun. Before we enter into any action we must remember this Vedic mantra. The Rg Veda is the first Veda and this is the most important mantra of the Rg Veda. The brahmanas of the Vedic school are told that whenever they do any service pertaining to religion or varnasrama, they must first remember this Rg Veda mantra: "Visnu's feet are over you and they are looking at you like a guardian's vigilant eye. Always remembering this, do your duty."
If you always remember that He is seeing everything you do, you can't do anything wrong. You won't be able to venture to do anything offensive to the Lord as long as you remember that through everything, the searching eye, the all-knowing, omniscient eye of the Lord is always watching over you. This remembrance cannot but purify your heart and understanding and the whole of your mental system, and help you to approach divinity in the right way. It is not that you can do anything and everything without His knowing; not that you are the master wire-puller of both your own life and of the world; not that you are going to exert your mastery, your influence over the environment in a selfish attempt. Always remember that one big eye is spread over your head seeing everything like the searching light of a strong x-ray. What even you do not know about yourself, He knows. What is underground in the innermost subconscious region of your heart, He can also see. If you remember this as you move and live, you cannot but be purified. Just as cancer can be removed from the body by a laser ray, the whole disease of material existence will vanish from our hearts by this purifying influence of the divine rays of light from the holy feet of Visnu.