prosperity via, 3.10–12
as purifying for all, 18.5–6
purpose of, 17.25–27
as transcendental knowledge, 4.33
rain via, 3.14
renunciation of, 18.3
rejected by Lord, 18.5–6
requirements for, 17.13
of results of work
to good cause, 12.11
for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 12.10
Kṛṣṇa recommends, 12.11
return to Godhead via, 3.10
saṅkīrtana-yajña, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
via sense control, 4.26–27
spiritual, compared with material, 4.33, 4.42, 18.2
in spiritual life, 4.24–33
via study of Vedas, 4.28
to Supreme Brahman, 4.25
with “tat,” 17.25
ultimate beneficiary of, Lord as, 3.14, 5.29, 9.24
Vedic, 2.43
all meant for satisfying Supreme Lord, 9.24
Kṛṣṇa consciousness transcends, 2.52, 3.16, 3.17, 3.19
Kṛṣṇa goal of, 3.26
purpose of, 2.46
for Viṣṇu’s satisfaction, 3.9–10
wealth required for, 16.1 (9)
in yoga practice, 4.28
See also: Renunciation; Yajña
Sādhaka, 2.68
Sādhu(s)
defined, 4.8
devotees as, 4.8, 17.26
qualities of, 4.8
See also: Devotee(s); Sage(s); Saintly person(s)
Sādhyas, 11.22
Sage(s), Introduction, 2.69, 10.6, 13.5, 14.1–2
differing opinions of, 18.3
knowledge of, 13.5
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.25, 10.26, 10.37
planets of, 14.14
in universal form, 11.15, 11.21
See also: Devotee(s); Sādhu(s); Saintly person(s)
“Sage of steady mind,” 2.56
Saguṇa worship, 12.5 (1)
Sahadeva, 1.16–19
Śaibya, 1.5
Saintly person(s), 1.36, 4.8, 5.22, 5.26
derision of, 16.24
in devotional service, 7.28
Kṛṣṇa protects, 4.8
sages, great, as, 10.6
vision of, 5.18
See also: Devotee(s); Sage(s); Sādhu(s)
Sakhyam in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. See: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with
Śakuni, 1.26
Śālya, 1.9, 1.26
Samādhi, 1.24, 2.57, 6.10, 6.20, 6.25
defined, 2.44
kinds of, two, 6.20
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.57, 8.12
meaning of, 2.53
See also: Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Meditation
Samāna, 2.17
Samatā defined, 10.4 (7)
Sāma Veda, 9.17, 10.22, 10.35
hymns in, 10.35
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.22
Samprajñāta-samādhi, 6.20
Saṁsāra. See: Birth-death cycle; Transmigration of soul(s)
Saṁskāra, Garbhādhāna, 16.1 (2)
Sanaka-kumāra, 10.6
Sananda-kumāra, 10.6
Sanātana defined, Introduction
Sanātana-dharma, Introduction, 1.42
as beginningless, Introduction
compared
to elemental nature, Introduction
with religion, Introduction
defined, Introduction
elaborated upon, Introduction
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Sanātana Gosvāmī
Caitanya &, Introduction
in disciplic succession, Disciplic Succession
Sanātana-kumāra, 10.6
Sanat-kumāra, 10.6
Sāndīpani Muni, 2.4
Sañjaya, 1.1, 2.9, 11.12, 18.75, 18.77
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
&, 11.12
discouraged by, 18.78
encouraged by, 1.1, 1.2
questions, 1.1, 18.74
warned by, 1.16
glorifies Kṛṣṇa & Arjuna, 18.74–78
happiness of, 18.76–77
heard Kṛṣṇa directly, 18.74–75
narration by, 1.2–18.78
spiritual master of, 1.1, 18.74, 18.75, 18.77
vision of
of Kurukṣetra Battlefield, 18.74–75
via Vyāsadeva’s grace, 11.12, 18.74–75
Śaṅkara, Lord. See: Śiva, Lord
Śaṅkarācārya, Introduction
Bhagavad-gītā commentary of, 7.3
cited on Kṛṣṇa as Supreme Lord, 7.24 (2)
as greatest of impersonalists, 7.3
Kṛṣṇa accepted by, 7.3
Śārīraka-bhāṣya of, 5.6
Vedānta-sūtra accepted by, 18.13
Saṅkarṣaṇa, 8.22
Sāṅkhya philosophy, 5.4–5
Saṅkīrtana
Caitanya
introduced, 3.12
recommended, 3.10
defined, 4.8
teaching of, as necessary, 3.13
as yajña for present age, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
See also: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Sāṅkhya, Introduction, 4.28, 5.4–6, 7.4, 13.26, 15.1
See also: Yoga
Sannyāsa, 3.4, 16.1 (5)
Arjuna’s opinion of, 5.1
difficulties of, 2.15
goal of, 3.5
for kṣatriya, 2.31
Lord defines, 18.2
meaning of, 10.3, 18.2
renunciation in, 18.2
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Sannyāsa-yoga, 6.2
Sannyāsī(s), 3.4, 5.2, 5.6, 6.1, 16.1 (2, 4, 5, 6), 18.5, 18.7
begging by, 10.4 (9)
charity offered to, 10.4 (9)
classes of, two, 5.6
dependent upon Lord, 16.1 (4)
devotees as, 18.11, 18.49
as devotees who offer everything to Kṛṣṇa, 18.11
faith of, 16.1 (4)
as fearless, 16.1 (4)
humility of, 16.1 (6)
impersonalist, 5.2, 5.6
compared with Vaiṣṇava, 5.6
preaching by, to householders, 10.4 (9)
qualifications of, 6.1, 9.28
renunciation &, 18.7
spiritual master &, 16.1 (4)
Vaiṣṇava, 5.6
women &, 16.1 (5), 18.5
Sanskrit language, 10.33, 10.34
Sarasvatī, Goddess, worship to, 7.21
Śārīraka-bhāṣya, 5.6
Sarva-gata, soul as, 2.24
Śāstra. See: Scripture(s)
Śāśvatam defined, 6
Sat
sacrifice, charity, & penance with, 17.26
See also: Oṁ(kāra); Oṁ tat sat; Tat
Ṣaṭ-cakra-yoga, 8.10, 8.11
Satisfaction
as austerity of mind, 17.16
defined, 10.4 (8)
origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.4
in pure devotees, 12.18
See also: Detachment
Sātvata-tantra, 7.4, 10.20
Sātyaki, 1.16
Satyam
defined, 10.4 (3)
See also: Truth
Satya-yuga, 8.17
Śaucam. See: Cleanliness
Saumadatti, 1.8
Saumya-vapuḥ, Kṛṣṇa’s form as, 11.50
Śaunaka quoted on hearing about Lord, 10.18
Savyasācī, Arjuna as, 11.33
Scarcity, 3.14
Schooling. See: Education
Science(s)
of anthropology, 2.26
change of body affirmed by, 2.16
heart as perceived in, 2.17
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.32
limitations of, 7.4
philosophy current in, 2.26
weapons &, 2.23
Scientist(s)
knowledge by
&nbs
p; about material nature, 11.33
about soul, 2.17, 2.22
about universe, 11.7
philosophy of, 2.26
pride & attachment as dangerous for, 14.6
sex researched by, 13.8 (12)
soul invisible to, 2.25
Scriptural injunctions. See: Regulative principles
Scripture(s), 2.12, 3.21, 4.8, 5.6, 7.21, 8.9, 10.7
as authority, 13.5
on duty, 16.23–24
for leaders & teachers, 3.21
Bhagavad-gītā best among, 4.40
citing, as authority, 17.15
defects absent in, 16.24
devotional service directed by, 10.3
examples of, 10.32
incarnations predicted in, 4.7
Kṛṣṇa accepted as Lord by, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy supported by, 10.7, 10.8
Lord cites, 18.5, 18.13
regulations of, 16.7, 16.23–24, 17.5, 17.13, 18.15, 18.25
disregard of, in ignorance mode, 18.28
followers of, 6.40
following, necessity of, 16.22, 16.23–24, 17.5
neglect of, 16.23–24, 17.1–2
obedience to, required, 17.14, 18.30
for sacrifice, charity, & penance, 17.24
See also: Regulative principles
universal, Bhagavad-gītā as, Introduction, 1.1
See also: Bhagavad-gītā; Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; Vedas; Vedic literature; specific scriptures
Seasons
best, 10.35
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.35
Seclusion for self-realization, 18.51
Secret things, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.38
Seed, original, of all existences, Kṛṣṇa as, 7.10
Seeing, actual, defined, 13.28–31
Self
defined, 8.1, 8.3
real, compared with false, 13.8 (8)
See also: Living entity (entities)
Self-control, 16.1
as austerity of mind, 17.16
as brahminical quality, 18.42
for householder, 16.1 (8)
as knowledge, 13.8
meaning of, 13.8 (7)
necessity of, 16.1 (8)
perfection via, 18.49
in pure devotee, 12.13
Self-defense, Arjuna declines, 1.45
Self-realization, 1.46, 2.7, 2.28, 2.29, 2.46, 3.17–18, 3.34, 3.41, 4.10, 4.42, 5.16, 5.19, 5.21, 6.36, 9.2, 9.2 (8), 12.20, 13.8 (13), 14.27, 15.3, 18.50, 18.51, 18.20, 18.37
accepting importance of, 13.8
advantages of, 18.51–54
benefits of, 6.20
best process for. See: Devotional service
brahma-bhūta stage of, 5.24, 18.51–54
Brahman realization &. See: God realization, Brahman realization & . . .
chanting Lord’s name as highest, 2.46
characteristics of one in, 18.54
consciousness in, 3.17
defined, 2.46, 2.71, 6.28
detachment &, 2.1, 16.22, 18.51–54
devotional service &, 3.3, 13.8 (13–14), 16.22
direct & indirect, 3.3, 12.20
equanimity in, 5.18–20
falldown from
Arjuna’s questions about, 6.37–38
causes of, 6.37
happiness lost by, 6.38
results of, 6.37–45
happiness via, 5.21–24, 6.20, 18.37
via hearing from Lord, 9.1, 9.2 (1–11)
highest, 2.53
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 6.10
human life meant for, 10.4 (6)
impediments to, 3.14, 3.34, 3.41
independence in, 3.18
intelligence for, 2.69
kinds of, two, 3.3
knowledge
&, 6.8
in, 5.16–18, 6.8
via, 15.11
via knowledge, 2.1, 6.37, 7.17–18
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 6.27, 6.30, 6.37
methods for, three, 3.16, 6.37
mind fixed in, 2.53–61
perfection of, as surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 18.78 (3–4)
processes for, 3.16, 6.37, 12.20
progressive alternatives in, 12.8–12
relief from suffering via, 6.20
return to Godhead via, 5.19
samādhi in, 2.44
via sense control, 4.27
sense gratification hinders, 2.29, 3.34, 6.36
stages of, 13.1
progression through, 7.19, 14.27
steadiness in, 6.18–20
Supersoul seen in, 6.29
symptoms of, 2.54–61, 2.64–65, 2.69–72, 5.16–29, 6.8–9, 6.20, 18.54
trance of, 2.53
types of attempts for, 13.25
through yoga, 3.16
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Liberation
Self-realized soul(s). See: Devotee(s); Liberated soul(s)
Sense control, 2.6, 2.58, 2.59, 2.60, 4.26–27, 4.29, 4.30, 5.7, 5.8–11, 5.13, 5.23, 6.25, 6.26, 8.12, 10.4, 12.3, 13.8 (7)
advantages of, 4.39
artificial, 3.43
via aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 2.59
via breath control, 4.27, 4.29
defined, 10.4 (4)
detachment via, 5.27
determination for, 6.24
via devotional service, 2.68, 5.26
difficulty of, 2.60, 2.62, 2.67
gradual, 6.25
happiness via, 5.23
via higher taste, 2.59–64, 2.67, 2.68
knowledge via, 4.39
Kṛṣṇa conscious, 2.58–71, 6.2, 13.8 (7)
examples of, 13.8 (7)
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness only, 2.61, 2.62, 2.63, 2.67, 2.68
Kṛṣṇa origin of, 10.4
liberation via, 5.27
via mind absorbed in devotional service, 3.42
necessity of, 3.34, 3.41, 4.29, 4.31, 5.23, 6.24, 6.26
obstacles to, listed, 5.23
peace via, 2.70–71
pratyāhāra, 6.25
impractical today, 8.12
method of, 8.12
regulation for, 3.34
via regulative principles, 2.64
for self-realization, 18.51
self-realization via, 4.27
by svāmī or gosvāmī, 5.23, 6.26
urgency of, 3.41
via yoga, 2.48, 4.29, 5.27, 6.11–18, 6.28, 8.12
See also: Austerity; Detachment; Renunciation
Sense gratification, 1.32, 2.29, 2.39 (1), 2.41–44, 2.45, 2.70, 3.8, 3.16, 3.27, 3.34, 3.40, 3.43, 4.12, 4.26, 4.27, 4.30, 4.31, 5.2, 5.22, 6.36, 8.25, 14.22, 15.1, 15.2, 16.9, 18.36
Arjuna’s fighting not, 2.71
attachment to
in mode of passion, 14.12, 18.34
mode of passion causes, 14.7
See also: Attachment
attainment of
via fruitive activity, 2.42
via sacrifice, 2.43
avoidance of
necessity of, 17.16
See also: Sense control
body for, 13.1
cause of, 2.62
compared
to eating fruits of tree, 2.22
to overeating, 4.24
to swine’s happiness, 7.15 (6)
to water, 6.36
demigods worshiped for, 4.12, 17.13
demons attached to, 16.11
desire for
renunciation of, 6.2
See also: Attachment; Desire(s), material; Lust
detachment from, 5.21
mind satisfied via, 17.16
for self-realization, 18.51
See also: Detachment; Sense control
devotees transcend, 2.55–64, 2.68–71
devotional service hindered by, 2.44
eating &, 3.13, 6.16–17
falldown via, 2.67
foolishness of, 5.22
happiness from, 3.39
as nectar then poison, 18.38
illusion of. See: Illusion
intelligence for, 2.69
intelligence lost via, 2.67
killing animals for, 16.1 (13)
Kṛṣṇa not meant for our, 1.32
Lord not responsible for, 4.14
meditation imitated for, 3.6
misery from, 5.22
peace impossible via, 2.70
reaction follows, 2.38
See also: Karma
regulated
compared to travel on royal road, 3.34
detachment from, 3.34
detachment via, 3.34
lust controlled via, 3.41
renunciation of, 6.17
in yoga, 6.4
See also: Renunciation
restriction from, 2.59
suffering as end result of, 18.38
thoughts of, 2.62
for tongue
sinful kinds of, 6.16
See also: Sense gratification, eating & . . .
transmigration facilitates, 2.13
universally desired, 3.8
Vedic
allowance for, 3.15, 3.16
injunctions restrict, 2.58
method for attaining, 2.42
work for, in passion mode, 18.27
yoga
hindered by, 6.36
restricts, 6.20
See also: Attachment; Desire(s), material; Materialism
Sense object(s)
in banyan-tree analogy, 15.2
compared
to banyan’s twigs, 15.2
to poisonous plants, 2.43
five named, 13.6
influence of, 2.62
renunciation of. See: Renunciation
utility of, 2.63
Sense organs & false ego, 7.4
Senses, 1.15, 2.62, 2.67–68, 2.70, 3.42, 3.42, 4.27, 7.19, 12.9, 13.6, 13.8 (7), 13.15, 15.1, 18.1, 18.46
center of, mind as, 3.40
compared
to enemies, 2.68
to gates, 5.13
to horses, 6.34
with Kṛṣṇa’s senses, 11.43
to serpents, 2.58, 3.42
to tips of banyan’s branches, 15.2
as constituent of action, 18.18
controlled by Kṛṣṇa, 1.15
control of. See: Austerity; Detachment; Renunciation
detachment from
despite use of, 5.8–11, 5.13
See also: Detachment
devotee transcendental to, 5.8–11, 5.13
in devotional service, use of, 2.58, 2.64, 5.8–11, 6.18, 6.26
examples of, 13.8 (7)
purification via, 12.9
as real renunciation, 13.8 (7)
eleven, named, 13.6
as factors of action, 18.14–15
as gates of body, 5.13
gratification of. See: Sense gratification
Hṛṣīkeśa owns & controls, 1.15
as imperfect, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa
directs, 1.24
Lord of, 1.22
master of, 3.27, 11.36, 18.1, 18.46
owns & controls, 1.15, 6.26
pleases, 1.15
representation of, among, 10.22
of Lord
absolute nature of, 9.26
Senses
compared with senses of living entity, 13.15
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