yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij, 3.40
yā vai sādhana-sampattiḥ, 12.6,–7
yāvat kriyās tāvad idaṁ mano vai, 5.2
yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, 2.8
ye indrādy-aṅgatayāvasthitam, 3.14
yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpam, 6.45
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante, 9.29
yo brahmāṇaṁ vidadhāti pūrvaṁ, 10.8
yoginām api sarveṣāṁ, Introduction, 18.1, 18.75
yo ’sau sarvair vedair gīyate, 15.15
yo vā etad akṣaraṁ gārgy aviditvāsmāl, 2.7
yo vetti bhautikaṁ deham, 9.12
yo ’yaṁ tavāgato deva, 11.40
yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ, Introduction
yuddhamānāḥ paraṁ śaktyā, 2.31
yujyate ’nena durghaṭeṣu kāryeṣu, 9.5
General Index
Numerals in boldface indicate references to translations of the verses of the Bhagavad-gītā. Numerals in parentheses indicate paragraphs of long purports. “Introduction” refers to references found in the Introduction.
A
Abhayam. See: Fearlessness
Abhimanyu (son of Subhadrā), 2.7, 2.16–18
Absolute Truth, Introduction, Introduction, 2.2 (2), 3.4, 3.28, 4.35, 15.19
as ānanda-mayo ’bhyāsāt, Introduction, 7.24 (5), 13.5
attained via surrender, 2.39 (2)
compared to sun & its aspects, 2.2 (2)
conceptions of, three, 2.2 (1–2), 5.17, 5.21, 7.1, 7.15 (12), 7.24 (2), 8.1, 13.8 (14), 14.27, 18.78 (5–6)
forms of, Introduction, 4.10, 7.7
impersonal conception of, 4.25, 7.7, 7.13, 11.52
knowledge about, 5.21
See also: Knowledge, about Absolute Truth
Kṛṣṇa as, 2.2 (1), 6.38, 7.4, 7.7, 9.34, 10.3, 10.12–13, 11.54 (7–8), 18.78 (5–6)
as object of sacrifice, 17.26
as oṁ tat sat, 17.23
as personal, Introduction, 4.10, 7.7
philosophical search for, as knowledge, 13.8
realization about. See: God realization
as source of all, 7.10
See also: Kṛṣṇa, Lord; Supreme Lord
Ācārya(s), Introduction, Introduction, 3.22, 6.42
See also: Disciplic succession(s); Spiritual master(s); specific ācāryas
Acintya
defined, 3.9
Kṛṣṇa as, 8.11
Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, 7.8
Action(s) (activity), 11.48, 13.21, 13.30, 17.28, 18.2, 18.13, 18.16, 18.16, 18.25, 18.30, 18.65
auspicious and inauspicious, devotional service &, 10.3
authorized & unauthorized, knowledge about, 18.30–31
body, nature, &, 14.5
causes of, five, 5.8–9, 8.13–16
constituents of, three, 8.19
devotee transcendental to, 5.13–14
devotional. See: Devotional service
factors that motivate, three, 18.18
false ego &, 18.24
field of, 13.1–6, 13.18, 13.19–20, 13.27, 14.3
knowers of. See: Conditioned soul(s); Living entity (entities); Supreme Lord, as Supersoul
fruitive. See: Fruitive activity
in illusion & disregard for scripture, self, or others, 18.25
& inaction, 4.16–42
in inaction, 4.18
irresponsible, 18.25
Kṛṣṇa conscious, 12.2
no reaction for, 18.14–15
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 4.14–42, 5.1–29
buddhi-yoga as, 10.10
Kṛṣṇa real cause of, 4.21
Lord as goal of, 17.28
for Lord’s sake, 17.23–25, 18.1, 18.7–10
material, as karma, 8.3
See also: Karma
in modes of nature, 14.16, 16.1 (1), 17.3, 18.23–24
past, body according to, 13.21
regulated & without attachment, 18.23
See also: Renunciation
responsibility for, as Lord’s, 18.14, 18.17
results of, 18.12
sanction of Supersoul needed for, 13.23
Supersoul ultimate factor of, 18.14
See also: Fruitive activity; Karma; Material life; Spiritual life; Work; specific activities
Adhibhūta, 8.4
See also: Material nature
Adhidaiva, 8.4
See also: Universal form of Lord
Adhiyajña, 8.4
Adhyātma. See: Living entity (entities)
Ādi-devam defined, 5
Aditi, sons of. See: Ādityas (sons of Aditi)
Ādityas (sons of Aditi), 10.8, 10.30
See also: Demigod(s)
Adultery, 1.40
See also: Sex, illicit
Advaitācārya, Introduction, Disciplic Succession
quoted on Lord Caitanya, 8.14
Adventure, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.37
Ages, universal. See: Dvāpara-yuga; Kali-yuga; Satya-yuga; Tretā-yuga; Yuga(s)
Aggressors, six kinds of, 1.36
Agni, 1.15
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.23
Ahaṅkāra. See: False ego
Ahiṁsā, 10.4 (6)
See also: Nonviolence
Air
element. See: Element(s), material
Kṛṣṇa as, 11.39
of life. See: Life airs
Airāvata, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.27
Ajam defined, Introduction
Ajāmila, 2.40
Akarma, 4.18, 4.20
Akṣobhya, Disciplic Succession
Amara-kośa dictionary quoted on vibhūti, 10.19
Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, 2.60, 2.67
Durvāsā Muni &, 2.6, 2.61
Amṛta-bindu Upaniṣad quoted on mind, 6.5
Analogies
animal, kept, & devotee, 4.21
animal & miserly man, 2.7
animal’s proprietor & Kṛṣṇa, 4.21
antiseptic vaccine & prasādam, 3.14
aquatic in ocean & personalist after liberation, 18.55
ass & fruitive worker, 7.15 (2)
ass & mūḍhas, 7.15 (5)
banyan leaves & Vedic hymns, 15.1
banyan root & Brahman, 15.1
banyan’s branch tips & senses, 15.2
banyan’s root & Lord Kṛṣṇa, 15.4
banyan’s twigs & sense objects, 15.2
banyan tree & material world, 15.1–4, 16.1 (1)
bee outside bottle & nondevotee, 2.12
bird in tree & Arjuna, 2.22
birds & soul and Supersoul, 2.22, 16.12
boat & intelligence, 2.67
boat & Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 4.36
boat & Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, 2.51
boat & transcendental knowledge, 4.36
bodily limbs & demigods, 3.14
bodily limbs & living entities, 6.1
bodily parts & living entities, Introduction, 5.7, 7.23
body and bodily parts & Lord and living entities, Introduction
body & Lord, 3.14, 4.21, 6.1, 7.23
body & tree, 2.20
bound man & conditioned soul, 7.14
boy and girl & devotee and transcendental literature, 10.10
bribing government official & demigod worship, 9.23
bubbles in ocean & Brahmās, 8.17
bubbles in ocean & materialists, 4.10
business & devotional service, 12.10
butterfly & liberated soul, 8.8
calf & Arjuna, Introduction
car & material body, 18.61
cashier & Kṛṣṇa conscious person, 3.30
caterpillar & conditioned soul, 8.8
changing clothing & changing body, Introduction
changing dress & transmigration, 13.22
chemical loss & death, 2.26
chewing the chewed & enjoying material pleasures, 18.36
child & devotee, 13.27
child
& ignorant man, Introduction
children & women, 1.40
citizens & living entities, 13.3
city & body, 5.13–14
clothes’ change & transmigration, 2.22
clothing & body, Introduction, 2.1, 2.28
cloud & Lord, 9.29
cloud & material nature, Introduction
cloud & māyā, 7.26
cloud & transcendentalist, 6.38
cook & Arjuna, 1.31
cow & Bhagavad-gītā, 32
cowherd boy & Kṛṣṇa, 32
criminal & materialist, 3.39
curds & devotional activities, 4.24
darkness & ignorance, 10.11
demons & doubts, 8.3
desert & material world, Introduction
desire tree & Lord, 4.29
diamond & Lord, 4.29
disease & material life, 4.24
diseased person & materialist, 2.59
dream & material life, 2.28
dream body & material body, 2.28
driver & living entity, 18.61
driver & Lord, Introduction
driving instrument & mind, 6.34
drowning man & fallen soul, 2.1
dust & lust, 3.38
eating & devotional service, 2.60, 7.13, 9.3, 9.23
embryo & living entity, 3.38
enemies & senses, 2.68
father & Lord, 2.25, 11.43, 11.44
feeding stomach & devotional service, 5.7, 9.3, 9.23
ferris wheel ride & transmigration, 9.21
fire & living entity, 3.38
fire & Lord, 2.23, 2.61
fire & lust, 3.39
fire & spiritual knowledge, 4.19, 4.37
fire & work, 18.48
fire & yoga, 6.36
fire covered by smoke & human being, 3.38
fire in forest & life’s perplexities, 2.7
fire in forest & material world, 4.36
fish & devotee, 5.26
fish in net & demoniac persons, 16.16
flower & material world, 9.10
friend & Supersoul, 2.22
fruit-eating & sense gratification, 2.22
fruits, flowers, and leaves & Kṛṣṇa’s expansions, 8.23
Ganges & Bhagavad-gītā, Introduction
gates of city & senses, 5.13
gold & Lord, Introduction
gold particle & living entities, Introduction
gold ring & living entity, 9.29
government head & Supreme Lord, 3.32
green bird entering green tree & liberation, 18.55
growth & transmigration, 2.13, 2.22
hand & living entity, 4.21
honey jar & Bhagavad-gītā, 2.12
horses & senses, 6.34
husband & Lord, Introduction
infection & mind, 6.34
job & material life, 12.9
king & Lord, 4.14, 7.12, 9.4, 13.3, 14.26
king’s assistant & devotee, 14.26
ladder & yoga, 6.3
lamp & knowledge, 10.11
lamp in windless place & transcendentalist, 6.19
laws of kingdom & nature’s modes, 7.12
light & consciousness, Introduction, 2.20
lightning flash & Brahmā’s life span, 8.17
lion & Bhīṣmadeva, 1.12
lotus & Kṛṣṇa, 8.2
lotus flower & eyes of Kṛṣṇa, 11.2
lotus leaf & devotee’s body, 5.10
lover & Kṛṣṇa, Introduction
machine & Lord, Introduction
machine & material body, 18.61
machine part & living entity, Introduction
machine’s maintenance & devotional service, 4.21
mail & worship, 12.5 (2)
mailbox & Deity, 12.5 (2)
married women with lover & devotee, Introduction
master & Lord, Introduction
material nature & universal form, 11.5
mathematics & religion, 4.7
medicine & intelligence, 6.34
milk & love for God, 3.37
mirror & living entity, 3.38
mirror & mind, 3.38
moon & devotee, 9.30
moon & Lord, 2.13
mother & Kṛṣṇa, 6.29
mother & Vedas, 2.25
moths & all people, 11.29
mountains & yoga processes, 6.47
nectar then poison & happiness in mode of passion, 18.38
ocean & Lord, Introduction
ocean & material world, 4.36, 12.6
ocean & transcendentalist, 2.70, 18.54
ocean rescue & liberation, 12.6 (4)
ocean swimmer & devotee, 12.6 (4)
overeating & sense gratification, 4.24
paddy field & Kurukṣetra, 1.1
painter, painting, and easel & Lord, living entity, and nature, 13.3
parent & Kṛṣṇa, 12.6 (4)
passenger & living entity, 6.34
planets floating & man floating, 15.13
plant & devotional service, 10.9
planting seed & sinful activity, 9.2
plants, unnecessary, & Kurus, 1.1
poisonous plants & sense objects, 2.43
poisonous serpents & senses, 2.59
poison then nectar & happiness in mode of goodness, 18.37
prison bars & sex life, 3.39
properties & bodies, 13.3
proprietor & Lord, 4.14
rains & facility from Lord, 4.14
reservoir & Vedas, 2.46
rice & material nature, 14.3
riven cloud & fallen transcendentalist, 6.38
river & devotee, 18.54
river flowing into ocean & liberation for impersonalist, 18.55
rivers & material desires, 2.70, 18.51
ropes & modes of nature, 7.14
royal road & regulation in sense gratification, 3.34
satisfaction from eating & from devotional service, 2.60, 6.35
scorpion born in rice & living entity born in nature, 14.3
seasons & happiness and distress, 2.14
seasons & nature’s manifestations, Introduction
seed & devotional service, 10.9
seeds & sinful activity, 9.2
self & passenger, 6.34
serpents & senses, 2.58, 3.42, 18.54
servant & living entity, Introduction
sky (air) & soul, 13.33
sky & Lord, 9.6
smeller of flower & Lord Kṛṣṇa, 9.10
smoke & lust, 3.38
smoky fire & faulty work, 18.48
snake charmer & yogī or devotee, 2.58
snakes & senses, 2.58
soul & Lord as Supersoul, 15.13
spark, extinguished, & conditioned soul, 2.23
sparks & souls, 2.23
sparrow’s determination & devotee’s determination, 6.24
spots on moon & devotee’s faults, 9.30
staircase & levels of God realization, 13.8 (15)
stars & living entities, 2.13
state’s laws & Lord’s direction, 3.15
stomach & Lord, Introduction, Introduction
sun & Bhagavad-gītā verses, 11.51
sun & Bhagavān feature, 2.2 (2)
sun & devotional service, 15.20
sun and its aspects & Absolute Truth, 2.2 (2)
sun & living entities, 11.43
sun & Lord, Introduction, 2.2 (2), 2.14, 2.17, 4.6, 6.31, 7.8, 7.26, 9.4, 13.17, 13.18, 18.78 (7)
sun & soul, 2.18, 2.20, 13.34
sunlight & knowledge, 15.16
sunlight & soul’s energies, 2.18
sunrise & Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, 4.28
sunrise & self-realization, 5.16
suns & universal form, 11.12
sunset & Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance, 4.6
sunshine & living entities, 18.78 (7)
sunshine & Lord’s energies, 9.2
sunshine & souls, 2.18
sun’s rays & Brahman, Introduction
superior fo
rce & devotional service, 2.68
surgery & justified violence, 2.21
swan & mind, 8.2
swimmer in ocean & living entity, 4.36
swine & fruitive workers, 7.15 (6)
swine’s happiness & pleasure of sense gratification, 7.15 (6)
thread with pearls & Kṛṣṇa, 7.7
tortoise & devotee, 5.26
tortoise & self-realized person, 2.58
tree, inverted, & material world, Introduction
tree & body, 2.22, 16.12
tree & Lord, 7.7, 8.22, 9.3, 9.23
tree & sinful reaction, 9.2
tree & spiritual world, Introduction
tree’s parts & living entities, Introduction, 5.7, 9.3
tree’s root & Lord, Introduction, 7.10
vegetation & activities of living entities, 4.14
water & sense gratification, 6.36
water for land & modes of nature, 15.2
water in calf’s footprint & material world, 2.51
watering root & devotional service, 2.41, 5.4, 5.7, 9.3, 9.24
watering seed & devotional service, 10.9
waves of rivers & warriors, 11.28
weapon & knowledge, 4.42
wife & nature, Introduction
wind & mind, 6.34
winds & living entities, 9.6
womb & lust, 3.38
workers & materialists, 4.14
yogurt & lust, 3.37
Analytical study. See: Sāṅkhya
Ānanda-maya, 7.24 (5), 13.5
Lord as, 13.5
Ananta, Lord as, 11.37
Ananta-deva, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.29
Anantavijaya conchshell, 1.19
Ancestor(s)
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.29
offerings to, Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
in universal form, 11.22
Anger
of demoniac, 16.4, 16.18
freedom from, 2.56, 16.1, 16.1 (15), 16.22, 18.51
harm from, 3.37, 16.1 (15), 16.21–22
source(s) of, 2.62, 3.37, 16.1 (15), 16.21
spiritualization of, 3.37
Animal(s), 3.14, 3.38, 5.18, 6.29, 6.40, 7.3, 14.16, 14.18, 15.2, 18.22
birth as, 3.14, 8.3, 8.6, 13.21, 13.22, 14.15, 14.16, 15.8, 15.9, 16.1 (1), 16.19–20
consciousness of, 2.20, 3.38, 18.22
controlled by body, 13.21
cows. See: Cow(s)
creation of, 9.8
devotee’s vision of, 5.18
humans &, Introduction, 14.17
killing of. See: Animal slaughter; Meat-eating
Kṛṣṇa’s representations among, 10.27–31
life, falldown to. See: Animal(s), birth as
sacrificing of. See: Sacrifice, of animals
Animal slaughter, 2.31, 3.12, 4.7, 4.21, 14.16, 14.17, 16.1 (13), 16.9, 17.10, 18.3
attachment to. See: Attachment
“excuses” for, 2.27, 4.7, 16.1 (13)
forbidden for man, Introduction, 2.19, 14.16
punishable, 2.19, 14.16, 14.17
in sacrifice, 2.31, 3.12, 4.7, 16.1 (13), 18.3
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