शरणागति

Śaraṇāgati (शरणागति) means coming for refuge. The word does not appear in this form in the verses of the Gita. It is the tradition's later name, summing up the teaching of Gita 18.62 and 18.66, where taking refuge in God with one's whole being is spoken of. It is therefore right to take it as the tradition's label and not as a verbatim word of the Gita.

Still, the feeling it names appears in the Gita much earlier. In verse 2.7 Arjuna owns his confusion and says, I am your disciple and have taken refuge in you; tell me what is surely good. Here refuge means putting aside defence, asking honestly and being ready to listen.

Common misreading: taking refuge to mean giving up your own intellect, going silent or accepting defeat.

Better sense: in 2.7 Arjuna does not give up his intellect. He asks, and asking is the work of the intellect. The feeling of refuge is placing a question with trust, and hearing the answer while joining it to one's own understanding.

To read more, see the topic Arjuna's Despondency.