adiyen Ramanuja dasan
Namaskaram Swamy

To go by prapatti margam

Your not doing anything
You choose Bhagwan to help you reach Bhagwan

In other routes you choose you to reach Bhagwan
Namely karma yoga, gnana yoga, bhakti yoga etc

But if you search deeper the literature , people who have practiced these yogas eventually surrender themselves because of Grace from Brahmam

So the direct path is only surrendering

What is you?

You ( subject) are Atman or peace or happiness or consciousness (Nitya vibudhi) which has manifested as mind or angankaram or ego ( object) because of karma in the form of body space and time – Leela vibudhi

Source of your Atman is Paramatma

So if you see
Paramatma out of love and grace form Atman or consciousness
Consciousness because of karma or vasanas
Gets objectified as mind or angankaram or ego
Mind creates the body then space and time

Because of the Maya created by the mind you start believing you as the body and mind and you believe you are separate independent entity separate from this world

Because of this wrong understanding you as the mind you start to feel insecure and frustrated – and start seeking peace ( which is already the real you or Atman or consciousness in reality)

So your looking for a lost necklace ( Nitya vibudhi) which is already in your neck and which you forgot to feel because of your natural tendency ( karma or vasanas) to look outward ( Leela vibudhi). After a long search in the Leela vibudhi ( material world) for peace (Nitya vibudhi)
You ( as the mind) cannot get it and get frustrated
and finally start your incredible journey back to your true nature ( permanent peace or happiness or Nitya vibudhi or consciousness or Paramatma or Brahmam)

The routes are many – but if you see in all the routes except prapatti margam you use your mind or ego or angankaram ( the thief) to reach your real nature ( permanent happiness or Nitya vibudhi)

That is you make the thief the police man to catch himself – it will never catch and you will further get entangled in your mind

But in prapatti margam
the real police ( Brahmam) will catch the thief (mind) which is always possible

And only that real police will make you ( mind) to surrender to him .

So your not doing anything

Making you surrender is Brahmam will

Now you if you see the more number of years you are in the clutches of your mind and Maya – your mind will make you to get into more commitments like family education work assets etc to protect itself due to insecure feeling

So it will be difficult to make the old mind surrender completely than the young mind

So it is all in the hands of Bhagwan

Bhagwan will make you surrender when it is your turn

You as the mind dont do anything and cannot do anything to reach Bhagwan

Only Bhagwan makes you surrender to reach Bhagwan

Teachings of adiyen Acharya