The bhakti act of offering your entire narrative—past identity, present confusion, future hopes—to something larger than your ego's need for continuity.
Samarpana means total offering or surrender in devotional practice. Mirabai surrendered her role as princess, her reputation, her family's expectations—all the stories that defined her social identity—in service of her love for Krishna. In grief for lost identity, samarpana is the counterintuitive practice of not trying to reassemble or justify your former self, but rather offering that fragmented story to your own becoming. This is not passive resignation but active release. You lay down the narrative that says "I should still be that person," or "this loss invalidates my life," and instead offer your confusion and your grief as raw material for transformation. Samarpana means trusting that the dissolution of your old story is not waste but compost. By surrendering your need to understand or defend who you were, you create psychic and spiritual space for authentic new growth.
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