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sharanaagati and swadarma ones natural occupation

**In the shelter of surrender, the heart finds its wings.** Six petals unfurl, each a limb of sharaṇāgati, the sacred flower of devotion. The first is acceptance, where the soul rests in the embrace of divine will, as a river surrenders to the ocean's pull, knowing it will reach the sea. The second is rejection, a bird shedding old feathers to soar higher, leaving behind what no longer serves the journey. **In the third, faith blooms,** a tree deeply rooted in the soil of grace, unshaken by the storms of doubt. The fourth is humility, where the ego bows like a blade of grass in the wind, soft and supple, yielding to the divine touch. **Then comes atma-nivedana,** the offering of the self, where the heart is a fragrant flower placed at the feet of Sri Hari. Hidden within this surrender is svadharma, like a seed nestled within the earth, waiting to sprout. It is the innate rhythm, the natural skill embedded in every being, the melody the soul was born to play. **To protect and mainta