The Lord teaches: I am that Supreme Personality who existed before creation, when nothing existed but Myself, and the cause of creation, material nature, was not yet manifest. I am also the One who will remain after annihilation (the end of the material universe or the end of the world).

There is truly nothing that exists apart from Me; this is what you must clearly understand.

Nothing is separate from My Person; the entire cosmic manifestation rests in Me; it is not separate from My Person. Before creation, I already existed.

When you thus know the truth, you will understand that all beings are an integral part of Me, that they live in Me, and belong to Me.

Surrender yourself completely to Me. By My grace, you will know absolute peace and attain My eternal and supreme abode.

Surrender yourself to Me, and I will protect you from all perils. I promise, and I must, always protect anyone who surrenders completely to Me. Anyone who surrenders to Me will never again experience the problems of birth and death. I grant faith and refuge to anyone who surrenders to Me and vows to serve Me forever, for such is My nature.

When a mortal surrenders to Me and offers Me all their fruitful work in their desire to serve Me with love and devotion, they then attain freedom from birth and death and qualify to attain immortality, sharing in My nature, and the affluence that accompanies Me.

Whoever establishes Me in their heart can escape the sufferings of hunger, thirst, birth, death, lamentation, and delusion. One can thus return to their original transcendental form. I grant faith and refuge to anyone who surrenders to Me and vows to serve Me forever, for such is My nature. Surrender yourself completely to Me. By My grace, you will experience absolute peace and attain My eternal and supreme abode.

It is only through devotional service, and only thus, that one can know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion, becomes fully aware of Me can then enter My absolute kingdom.

Serve Me with love and devotion and quickly return to My kingdom, your true abode.

The Lord adds: Everyone engages in various acts, whether in accordance with the revealed scriptures or not. Now know this: it is enough for one to use the fruits of such acts to worship Me in Krishna consciousness, and one will immediately be blessed with happiness that will continue in this life and the next, in this world as well as in the next. There is no doubt about that. He who works deceit will not dwell in my house, and he who speaks lies will not abide in my presence.