Ishvarapranidhana

Surrender or dedication to the Lord (Īśvara). The third component of kriyā-yoga (YS 2.1) and the last of the niyamas. Patañjali states that through īśvarapraṇidhāna one attains the perfection of samadhi (YS 2.45). It is not passive devotion but an active surrender of the fruits of action to the higher principle. In classical yoga, īśvarapraṇidhāna is simultaneously practice (sādhanā) and result (phala): to surrender to the Lord is already to enter samādhi.