A

Abhimanyu

doomed at Kurukṣetra, 46

Abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā

verses quoted, 26

Abode, Supreme

See Supreme abode, Spiritual sky, Goloka Vṛndāvana

Ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ‘rjuna.

quoted, 19

Absolute Truth

all features realized in Kṛṣṇa, 848-849

approached by process of knowledge, 630

as aim of life, 75

as ānandamaya, 399

as Bhagavān, 73, 634

as complete whole, 12

as goal of yoga, 357-358

as impersonal, 13

as internal and external, 639

as knowing proprietorship of Kṛṣṇa, 261

as Kṛṣṇa, 5, 223, 349, 371-372, 510

as objective of devotion, 775

as personal, 13, 372, 398

as source of everything, 376

compared to sun, sunshine, sun-god, 73-74

covered by māyā is called matter, 248

declared by Kṛṣṇa and Gītā, 291

defeats sense indulgence, 193-194

ignorance leads to anxiety, 285

known by self-realized, 294-295

known by spiritual master, 259-260

leads to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 164

not attained by speculation, 509

om tat sat indicates, 772-773

three features of, 73-74, 194, 513-514

Ācāryas

accept rules without alteration, 748

birth in their families fortunate, 353-354

give rules and regulations, 466

maintain individuality on spiritual grounds, 88

realization by association with, 266, 477

reclaim conditioned souls, 16

teach by example, 186

(Sec also Spiritual master, Teacher)

Ācāryavān puruṣo veda

quoted, 447

Acintya

as inconceivable, beyond material world, 419

Acintya-bheda

as duality in Kṛṣṇa, 291

as perfect knowledge of Absolute, 849

Kṛṣṇa as everything but independent, 377, 450-451, 452-453

Paramātmā divided and yet one, 640

philosophy established by Caitanya, 374

Action

according to order of Kṛṣṇa, 826-829

according to scripture, 748

as karma, 412, 789

as one with inaction, 241

as symptom of soul, 445

better than artificial renunciation, 274

better than inaction, 169

burned up by fire of knowledge, 242

conditioned soul thinks himself doer, 192- 193

entanglement avoided by steadiness, 245

equated with functions of senses, 210

five factors which bring about, 790-793

for bare necessities only, 244

freedom from, 135, 197

free from duality, 246

fruitive, abandoned by sage, 243

in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 14-15, 184, 191, 283

in mode of goodness, 798-799

in mode of ignorance, 676, 800

in mode of passion, 799

in perfection, 184

intelligent bewildered in determining, 239

in the modes and its result, 678-680

its bondage overcome by buddhi-yoga, 164

its intricacies hard to understand, 240-241

Kṛṣṇa does not aspire to its fruits, 236

living entity as cause of, 132

modes of nature force one to action, 166, 828-829

motivated by knowledge, object and knower, 794

not binding on one free of false ego, 793

not induced by spirit, 287

of great followed by others, 185

of life determine future state of being, 416

of soul related to Kṛṣṇa, 277

one must act at every moment, 166

one not entitled to fruits of, 132

on spiritual level for liberation, 267, 274, 275

out of love for Kṛṣṇa, 243-244

renounced, 183, 190, 267, 275, 285

senses, work and doer its basis, 794

strengthens knowledge, 274

to be patterned after devotees, 239

to be performed and avoided, 804

(See also Activities, Karma, Work)

Activities

according to the three modes, 15, 129, 377-378

all initiated by Paramātmā, 712

all performed by the body, 620-621, 656

Arjuna inquires about, 410

as conducted by Kṛṣṇa, 269, 456-457, 575

as deva-prakṛti, transcendental by nature, 722-723

as means to spiritual sky, 247-248, 323

as oblations to ancestors, 65

as real life of living entity, 331

as religion, economics, sense gratification, liberation, 694

as sadācāra, purified, 283

as sanātana-yoga, 268

can be changed, 10

cease on attainment of yoga, 311

conditioned soul thinks himself the doer of, 192-193

defeated without self-understanding, 111

detachment from, 194

determine type of body, 22

directed by three Viṣṇu expansions, 367

for elevation and degradation, 289

for senses beget reactions, 120

for senses perpetuate transmigration, 273-274

impossible to abandon, 789

in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 120, 124, 193, 242

in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are alone auspicious, 134-135, 352

in Kṛṣṇa consciousness on absolute plane, 120, 125, 285

in material and spiritual worlds, 159

in relation to birth and death, 108

known by those who take refuge in Kṛṣṇa, 405

leading to devotional service should be accepted, 785

material activities cease in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 311

material activities end with body, 124

material nature as cause of, 645-646

neophytes want to retire from, 238

not created by spirit, 287

of body and spirit, 443, 445

of demons and atheists baffled, 462-463

of devotee transcendental, 11, 327

of nonregulated never auspicious, 351

performed as duty, 785

performed by Janaka as example, 184-185

prescribed in Vedas, 179

purified as bhakti, 10

reactions burned by fire of knowledge, 263

renunciation of fruits brings liberation, 275

results to be given up, 243, 284, 781-782

sinful or pious not assumed by Kṛṣṇa, 288

some declare they should be abandoned, 782

spiritualized by knowledge, 259

success by contribution to spiritual, 247

two types for conditioned soul, 484

welfare activities destroyed, 66

(See also Action, Karma, Work)

Acyuta

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 842

Kṛṣṇa described as, 221

Ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ‘tha bhajana-kriyā

verses quoted, 231

Adhibhūtam

physical nature as, 414

Adhidaivatam

as universal form, 414

Adhiyajña

as Paramātmā, 414

Adhyātma-cetasā

as one who depends solely on Kṛṣṇa, 196

Adi-devam

See Supreme Personality of Godhead

Aditi

as mother of Āditya devotees, 527

Ādityas

behold universal form in wonder, 557

identified, 527

Kṛṣṇa Viṣṇu amongst, 520

shown in universal form, 544

twelve born of Nārāyaṇa, 503

Āditya-varṇam tamasaḥ parastāt

quoted, 642

Adultery

provoked by irresponsible men, 64

religious practice keeps women from, 64

Advaita

Kṛṣṇa as, 221

Advaitācārya

in disciplic succession, 29

obeisances to, 1,2

quoted, 425

Advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam

verses quoted, 220, 228

Āgamāpāyino ‘nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata

quoted, 332

Aggressors

six types that can be killed, 61

Agni

donates chariot to Arjuna, 43

Kṛṣṇa as, 521

Agnihotra yajñas

fire sacrifices ignored by artificial sannyāsīs, 308

Aham ādir hi devānām

quoted, 590

Ahaṁ bhakta-parādhīno-hy asvatantra iva dvija

verses quoted, 390

Ahaṁ brahmāsmi

as real identification, 632

realization of spirit, 405

Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ

quoted, 698

Ahaṁ sarveṣu bhūteṣu bhūtātmāvasthitaḥ sadā

quoted, 461

Aham tvaṁ ca athānye

quoted, 625

Āhāra-śuddhau sattva-śuddhiḥ sattva-śuddhau

verses quoted, 174

Āhaveṣu mitho ‘nyonyaṁ jighāṁsanto mahī-kṣitaḥ

verses quoted, 114

Aho bata śvapaco’to garīyān

verses quoted, 131, 355-356

Āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣir nāradas tathā

verses quoted, 5

Air

as breath offered as oblation, 251

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

as one of five great elements, 627

as representation of demigods, 571

breath suspension described, 254, 302-303 422

compared to soul, 658-659

generated from ether, generates fire, 110

Kṛṣṇa as outgoing and incoming, 711-712

supplied by demigods, 173, 175

suspended to prolong life in kuṁbhaka-yoga, 254

ten kinds controlled in yoga, 252

to be fixed between eyebrows at death, 420

universal form addressed as, 571

Airāvata

identified, 525

Kṛṣṇa as, 524-525

Ajam

See Unborn Ajāmila

performed duty in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 124

Ajani ca yanmayaṁ tad avimucya niyantṛ

verses quoted, 369

Ajño jantur anīṣo ‘yam ātmanaḥ sukha-duḥkhayoḥ

verses quoted, 289

Ajo nityaḥ śāśvato’ yaṁ purāṇo

verses quoted, 99

Akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāradhīḥ

verses quoted, 233

Akāra

as beginning of sound, 530

Akarma

as freedom from reaction, 242 signs of, 244

Akṣobhya

in disciplic succession, 29 All-pervading

Arjuna inquires about, 514-516

as aspect of Supersoul, 636-637

by diverse energies, 373

Kṛṣṇa as all-pervading beauty, 510

Kṛṣṇa as, 5, 432-433, 450-451, 814-815

living entities as, 105

universal form as, 570, 572

Viṣṇu as, 340

while simultaneously in Vṛndāvana, 461-462

(See also Brahmajyoti, Brahman)

Amara-kośa

dictionary cited, 518

Ambarīṣa Mahārāja

cited as example, 153-154

conquered Durvāsā Muni, 146-147

engaged all senses in Kṛṣṇa’s service, 148

his transcendental engagements described, 327

Amṛtam

narrations about Kṛṣṇa like nectar, 517

Anagha

Arjuna addressed as sinless, 719-720

Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa

supreme abode as, 432

Ānandamaya

Absolute Truth as, 399

Kṛṣṇa as transcendental to activities, 626

Ānandamaya-cinmaya planets

See Planets

Ānandamayo ‘bhyāsāt, 18, 331, 626

Ananta

as unlimited energy and influence, 569

Kṛṣṇa as serpent, 526

Ananta-brahma

opposed to vijñānaṁ brahma, 636

Anantavijaya

name of Yudhiṣṭhira’s conchshell, 46

Anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ

verses quoted, 318

Anger

Arjuna’s fear of acting in, 730

as cause of delusion, 150, 204

as demonic quality, 728-729

as gate leading to hell, 745

as manifestation of ignorance, 204

checked by execution of duty, 305

demons bound by, 737, 742

develops from lust, 149, 204, 727

engaged by Hanumān as service, 204

freedom by breath suspension, meditation, 302-303

freedom from, 142, 229-230, 301, 722, 727

in Kṛṣṇa consciousness becomes a friend, 205

living entity overcome by, 403

must be served if mind not conquered, 314

pollutes whole body, 727

surmounted by self-realized, 821

toleration of, 298

Animals

do not incur sin by killing, 15

do not understand being under mayā, 679

eaten by those in ignorance, 324-325

eat refuse of food grains, 178

family attachment found in, 80

get human life when sacrificed, 114

humans generally engaged in their propensities, 365

ignorance leads to rebirth amongst 677-678

no necessity for their killing, 727

nonregulated humans likened to, 351379

not distinguished from human in realization, 599

on lower branches of banyan, 696

sacrificed by brāhmaṇas, 816, 817

sacrificed to goddess Kālī, 175

their evolutionary progress should not be checked, 727

their submission compared to devotees’, 245

Animal slaughter

cow killing most vicious, 679

fat obtainable in milk, 761

in mode of ignorance, 679

in sacrificial fire not violence, 114

karma of, 679

no necessity for, 98, 727

prominent amongst demons, 734

sinful for man, 15

stopped by Buddha, 225

Aniruddha

as plenary expansion, 433

associates with devotees, 23

Anityam asukhaṁ lokam

quoted, 488

Annamaya

as depending simply on food for existence, 626

Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān

verses quoted, 100

Antaḥpraviṣṭaḥ śāstā janānām

quoted, 713

Anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram

verses quoted, 22

Antavanta ime dehāḥ

quoted, 110

Anthropology based on materialistic philosophy of soul, 107

Anthropomorphism

in worship of foolish leaders, 234

Aṇu-ātmā

as one of two kinds of souls, 100

Ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlyasya varjanam

quoted, 593

Anxiety

Arjuna exhorted to transcend, 129

as characteristic of Kali-yuga, 320

caused by duality, 130, 284-285

constant for those who do not know future, 498

demons filled with, 735, 736

in material existence, 6

of soul eating the fruits of the body, 103

one dear to Kṛṣṇa not disturbed by, 103, 612-613

relieved by work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 827

(See also Miseries, Suffering)

Anyābhilāṣitāśūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam

verses quoted, 387, 592

Apāna

as one of five kinds of air, 95

breathing methods, 254

Apāna-vāyu

as engaged for realization, 252

Apareyam itas tv anyām

quoted, 8

Aparimitā dhruvās tanubhṛto yadi sarva-gatās

verses quoted, 369

Āprāyaṇāt tatrāpi hi dṛṣṭam

quoted, 824

Arcanā

as engaging all senses in Kṛṣṇa’s service, 328

Arca-mūrti

See Arca-vigraha Arca-vigraha

as incarnation of Supreme Lord, 600

its worship for realization of Brahman, 405

not material, 600

worship discussed, 600

worship useless without worshiping Supersoul, 461

Arjuna

accepts all Kṛṣṇa says as truth, 6, 14, 512

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 5-6

addressed as anagha, sinless, 719-720

addressed as beloved child of Kurus, 125

addressed as best among men, 92

addressed as best of Bharatas, 208, 386, 433, 544, 653, 783, 808

addressed as best of Kurus, 256, 580

addressed as descendant of Bharata, 96, 112, 224

addressed as Dhanañjaya, 44, 134, 267, 456, 605, 803, 841

addressed as Guḍākeśa, 51, 84, 519

addressed as Lord of the Bhāratas, 377

Arjuna

addressed as parantapaḥ, chastiser of enemies, 83-84

addressed as Pārtha, 52, 101, 115, 141, 188, 417, 430, 805

addressed as Savyasācin, 564

addressed as scion of Bharata, 91, 403, 622, 831

addressed as son of Bharata, 659, 666, 671,673, 675, 718, 722

addressed as son of Kuntī, 90, 119, 170, 296, 345, 373, 427, 454, 457, 475, 480, 620, 667, 670, 745, 817, 819, 829

addressed as son of Kuru, 354, 676

addressed as son of Pāṇḍu, 729

addressed as son of Pṛthā, 75, 121, 186, 232, 258, 362, 375, 424, 464, 486, 543, 602, 728, 730, 775, 785, 804

addressed as tiger among men, 783

agrees to fight, regains memory, 15, 539-540, 842-843

anxious to see with whom he must fight, 49-50

as always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, 25, 51

as compassionate and softhearted, 54-55, 60, 69, 72, 118-119

as disciple and devotee of Kṛṣṇa, 7, 79, 81, 84, 122, 217

as friend and relative to Kṛṣṇa, 4-5, 76, 84-85, 87, 217

as ideal disciple of Gītā, 5-6, 23, 32, 81

as instrument of Kṛṣṇa in battle, 60, 564- 565

as mahā-bāhu, mighty-armed, 108

as representative of atomic soul, 90, 100

as student of Droṇācārya, 35

beholds all his friends and relatives on the Battlefield, 53

blows his transcendental conchshell, 43-44

cited by Duryodhana as heroic bowman, 36

compared to eating bird on tree of body, 102

defeated Śiva and received pāśupata-astra, 116

desires that Kṛṣṇa kill his relatives personally, 60

disciplic succession reestablished with, 4

disinterested in seeing four-armed form, 583

inquires into fate of unsuccessful yogī, 347-349

experiences symptoms of fear, 54-56

family attachment as root of his problems, 80-81

favorably influenced by Kurukṣetra, 33

fears he has offended Kṛṣṇa out of friendship, 573

foresees imminent death, 54-55

forgets Kṛṣṇa’s nature, 221

forgets kṣatriya codes, 57-58

frightened and bewildered by universal form, 558-559, 590

given military honors by Indra, 116

Hanumān and Rāma on his chariot, 48

his chariot capable of conquering in all three worlds, 43

his chariot donated by fire-god Agni, 43

his delusions and impurities, 14-15, 57-58, 73, 80-81, 86, 90, 261

his duty to fight, 63, 98, 101, 113, 115, 116, 157, 169, 280, 730

his enlightenment frustrates Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 84

his grief overwhelming, 70, 72, 81

his mind understood by Kṛṣṇa, 52

his positive attributes, 33, 51, 61, 68, 70, 79, 343, 729-730

his prayers and obeisances to universal form, 550-563, 567-578

his reluctance and refusal to fight, 49, 56-63, 69-70, 75, 77-79, 83

his senses controlled and satisfied by Kṛṣṇa, 44, 59

his victory assured, 43, 48, 50

his wife, Draupadī, daughter of King Drupada, 35

his wife Draupadī’s disrobing, 41

infamy worse for him than death, 117

inquires on behalf of common people and demons, 218-219, 515

Karṇa identified as his half brother, 38 Kṛṣṇa as, 533-534

likened to calf, 28

not equal to Kṛṣṇa, 90, 104

one who follows him is not bewildered, 240

orders Kṛṣṇa to draw chariot between the armies, 49

perplexed by Kṛṣṇa, 272

petitions Kṛṣṇa’s forgiveness and toleration, 576

placed in ignorance so Gītā could be spoken, 7, 11

present when Gītā was first spoken to sungod, 221

proclaims yoga system impossible 25 342-343

rejects theory of Vaibhāṣikas, 108

requests to see four-armed Nārāyaṇa form 577-578

significance as Pārtha, 52

significance of his great heritage as Kaunteya and Bhārata, 91

unable to solve problems without spiritual master, 81-82

wants Kṛṣṇa to kill demon of misunderstanding, 72

Arrogance

as demonic quality, 728-729

Arūpam

impersonalists stress, 372

Aryamā

Kṛṣṇa as, 526-527

Āryan

best is one who chants, 131

defined as spiritual civilization, 75

has knowledge of liberation from material bondage, 75

scriptural rules followed by, 731

Asamprajñāta-samādhi

described, 331

Asaṁśayaṁ samagram

attained by devotion, 363

Āsana

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

Asat

as nonbeing, 6

characteristic of material body, 22

sacrifice and charity as, 776-777

Āścaryo vaktā kuśalo ‘sya labdhā

verses quoted, 111

Āsīno dūraṁ vrajati śayāno yāti sarvataḥ

quoted, 639

Asita

as learned leader, 382

influences Arjuna, 831

proclaims Kṛṣṇa to be Supreme, 5,6

validates Arjuna’s praise, 510

Aṣṭāṅga-yoga

as inferior method of sense restriction, 145

as outcome of jñāna-yoga, 359

automatically practiced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 305

described by Kṛṣṇa, 302-303

Kṛṣṇa cannot be understood by, 448

more difficult than Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 303

practiced for perfections, 253

unnecessary for transfer to other planets, 603

Āsuraṁ bhāvam āśrita

as class of miscreant, 385-386

Asuras

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Aśvattha

fig tree, often worshiped, 524

Kṛṣṇa as fig tree, 524

Aśvatthāmā

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38

identified as son of Droṇācārya, 38

Aśvins

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Asya mahato bhūtasya naśvasitam etad yad ṛg-vedo yajur-vedaḥ sāma-vedo ‘tharvaṅ girasaḥ

quoted, 179

Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ

verses quoted, 316, 366

Ātatatvāc ca mātṛtvād ātmā hi paramo hariḥ

quoted, 337

Atha puruṣo ha vai nārāyaṇo ‘kāmayata prajāḥ sṛjeya ity upakramya

quoted, 503

Atharva-veda

as Kṛṣṇa, 469

as one of four Vedas, 581

emanates from Kṛṣṇa, 179

quoted, 503

Athāsaktis tato bhāvas tataḥ premābhyudañcati

verses quoted, 231

Athāto brahma-jijñāsā

one should inquire into Supreme, 204

Atheists

as sāṅkhya philosophers, 368

beyond spiritual understanding, 651

cannot have the divine vision, 580

cannot understand forms of Kṛṣṇa, 587

consider Kṛṣṇa as demigod, 234, 538

demons as, 742

discussed as āsuraṁ bhāvam āśrita, 385-386

fear universal form, resent praise of Kṛṣṇa, 568

Kapila and his atheistic sāṅkhya philosophy, 122, 123

may know Kṛṣṇa as superhuman, 219

one should disassociate from, 592

reject existence of soul, 109

their liberation, fruitive activities and knowledge baffled, 462-463

Atheists

their plans baffled by nature, 382-383

unnecessary for Kṛṣṇa to destroy them, 226

Ātmā

denotations of, 312, 410

Ātmānaṁ rathinaṁ viddhi śarīraṁ ratham eva ca

verses quoted, 344

Attachment

abandoned and overcome by sages, 133, 142, 190, 243, 283, 821

action without, 183, 282, 787-788, 798-799

as symptom of passion, 675, 801-802

cause of bondage, 133

defined, 142

equanimity as freedom from, 499

freedom from as requisite for love, 229-230

of Arjuna for material things, 56-57

of demons to sense enjoyment, 739-740

of impersonalists analyzed, 230

one without attachment fixed in knowledge, 143

overcome by devotion to Kṛṣṇa, 184, 231

overcome by regulations, 151

severe penance performed out of, 757-758

to activities by ignorant, 190, 194-195

to family on basis of skin disease, 80

to inaction not advised, 132-133

to Kṛṣṇa by hearing, 345

to Kṛṣṇa divided in three stages, 450

to Kṛṣṇa the same as detachment from matter, 277

to Kṛṣṇa via love, 605-606

to material world to be severed, 694, 698, 701

to sense objects, 149, 698

A.U.M.

See Om

Austerity

according to three modes, 759, 764-769

as quality of brāhmaṇa, 812

demonic when severe, 757-758

in goodness to please Kṛṣṇa, 767

in ignorance to destroy self or others, 769

in passion unstable, 768

necessary for explanation of knowledge. 837

not necessary in devotional service, 466

of speech, 765-766

of the body, 764-765

of the mind, 766-767

of worshiping Kṛṣṇa, brāhmaṇas, etc., 764-765

to be offered to Kṛṣṇa, 480

Austerity

useless without faith in Supreme, 776-777

Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ

quoted, 359

Avatāra

See Incarnations

Avyakta

See Unmanifest

Avyakto kṣara ity uktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatim

verses quoted, 21

Avyaya

Kṛṣṇa as inexhaustible, 401

Āyur-vedic śāstra

cited, 711

B

Bāhlīkas, 38

Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate

quoted, 290, 349

Bahv-īśvara-vādī

believers in many gods, 249

Baladeva

appears as son of Vasudeva, 534

Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa

cited, 434, 436, 624

in disciplic succession, 29

quoted, 148, 177

Bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya śatadhā kalpitasya ca

verses quoted, 94

Bali

as learned leader, 382

Banyan tree

material universe likened to, 694-699

with roots up, branches below, 20

Battlefield of Kurukṣetra

See Kurukṣetra Beauty

Kṛṣṇa as all-pervading, 510

of Kṛṣṇa described, 431

Behar

Mithilā subdivision of, 185

Bhagavad-gītā

as common scripture for whole world, 28

as essence of Vedas and most complete scripture, 3, 13, 14, 28, 32, 266

as knowing Kṛṣṇa factually, 843

as nectar, 28

as science of God, 7, 32

as subject matter for devotees, 4, 88, 838

as supreme instruction in morality, 848

as the Lord’s mercy, 7

as unique, 844

based on principles of Upaniṣads, 111

basic subjects and teachings of, 7, 9-11 26, 96, 135, 159, 632

benefits derived from, 27-28, 82, 214, 633

cannot be compared to mundane book, 88

cannot be explained or understood by the envious, 88, 443, 837

dispels ignorance, 94, 841

first spoken to sun-god, 4

for whom it is spoken, 7, 32, 85, 591

heard by mercy of Vyāsa, 844-845

higher planets attained by hearing, 840

imparted by materially uncontaminated, 10

its history traced, 214-215

its knowledge super-human, 215

likened to cow, 28

likened to Ganges water, 28

lost when disciplic chain broken, 216, 512- 513

main purpose of, 6, 11, 836, 848

method of hearing and understanding, 1, 5-7, 14, 26, 29, 32, 81, 215, 216, 268, 439, 606

mystery cleared by Arjuna’s questions, 163

not for speculation, 214-215, 229

original verses as clear as the sun, 585

part of fifth Veda, 130

related to heart of Sañjaya by Vyāsa, 844

speaker and spirit of, 3

study as worship with intelligence, 839

sung by Kṛṣṇa to dissipate lamentation, 72

summarized in Gītā-māhātmya, 32

teaching different from Buddhism, 158

unauthorized commentaries and translations, 3, 14, 88, 216-218, 385, 513

useless if speaker were forgetful, 88, 100

Bhagavān

as aim of life, 75

as apellation of Kṛṣṇa throughout Gītā, 73

as last word in realization of Absolute, 634

defined and explained, 73-74

designates Śri Kṛṣṇa, 3

His six opulences explained, 74

realization included in samādhi, 139

sometimes accepted by impersonalists, 514

understood as reality, 291

Bhāgavata-dharma

propagated by Caitanya, 385

Bhāgavata Purāṇa

See Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Bhajate

explained as service, 358-359

Bhakti

activities may appear ordinary, 10-11

as buddhi-yoga, 123

as means to freedom and Vaikuṇṭhas, 21, 433

as sāṇkhya, 123

continues after liberation, 824

defined as purified activities, 10

example of wife and lover, 25

its path not easy, 365-366

meaning of, 309

necessary for seeing universal form, 586

nine processes, śravaṇam, etc., 26

principles enable attainment of Kṛṣṇa, 27

(See also Bhakti-yoga, Devotional Service, service, worship)

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu

cited, 442

quoted, 231, 274, 340, 366, 387, 592

Bhaktir asya bhajanaṁ tadihāmutropādhi, etc

quoted, 360

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī

born in pious family, 354

cited, 489

in disciplic succession, 29

Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

born in Vaiṣṇava family, 354

in disciplic succession, 29

Bhaktivinode Ṭhākur

his summary of Second Chapter, 159

in disciplic succession, 29

Bhakti-yoga

as acting for Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, Nārāyaṇa, 689

as chanting, 424

as culmination of all yoga, 358-360

as desiring only Kṛṣṇa, 424

as highest realization method, 596

as Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 305

as means of remembering Kṛṣṇa at death, 420

as means to supreme goal, 347, 358, 427

as means to transcendental pleasure, 331

as part of yoga ladder, 311

as practical for realization, 634

as subject of Gītā, 159

defined, 507

distinguished from jñāna-yoga, 600

dṛḍha-vrata, determined faith, beginning of, 407

Bhakti-yoga

five different paths of, 425

householder allowed sex in, 322

no impediments to, 331

regulated principles advised in, 605-606

severs knot of material affection, 363

success formula given by Rūpa Gosvāmī, 333

(See also Bhakti, Devotional Service, Service, Worship)

Bhaktyā tvananyayā śaktaḥ

quoted, 639

Bharata

Arjuna addressed as descendant of, 96, 112, 224

Arjuna addressed as scion of, 91, 403, 622, 831

Arjuna addressed as son of, 659, 666, 671, 673, 675, 718, 722

Dhṛtarāṣṭra addressed as descendant, 84

significance of name, 91

Bharata Maharāja

becomes deer in next life, 416

story of his transmigration, 354-355

Bhāratas

Arjuna addressed as best of, 208, 386, 433, 544, 783, 808

Arjuna addressed as chief of, 653

Arjuna addressed as lord of, 377

Bhāratavarṣa

earth known among demigods as, 354

Bhāva

as last stage of devotional life, 231

as preliminary stage of love of Kṛṣṇa, 231

Bhava-mahādāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam

as liberation, 330-331

Bhavambudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padam

verses quoted, 136

Bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād īsād apetasya viparyayo ‘smṛtiḥ

quoted, 322

Bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiś chidyante sarva-saṁ-śayāḥ

verses quoted, 363

Bhīma

as performer of Herculean tasks, 44

as Vṛkodara, 44

blows conchshell, 44

cited by Duryodhana as heroic bowman, 36

envied by Duryodhana, 40

killer of demon Hiḍimba, 44

likened to fig before Bhīṣma, 40

protects army of Pāṇḍavas, 39-40

Bhīṣma

as excuse for Arjuna’s not fighting, 76, 77, 113, 730

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

blows conchshell and gives Duryodhana joy, 41-42

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38

considered worshipable as superior, 77

described as grandfather of the fighters, 41

destroyed in mouth of universal form, 560

did not protest Draupadī’s disrobing, 41, 582

doomed at Kurukṣetra, 46, 566

forced by finances to side with Duryodhana, 78

his conchshell does not disturb Pāṇḍavas, 47

his support urged by Duryodhana, 40-41

knows victory will be on Kṛṣṇa’s side, 41-42

Kṛṣṇa speaks in his presence, 52

lost respectability as teacher, 78

no need for lamentation for, 89

one must follow, 240

gives protection to the army of Duryodhana, 39-40

superior to Bhīma, 40

supported Kṛṣṇa in assembly of Kurus, 400

would have spiritual or heavenly body in next life, 89

Bhoktā bhogyaṁ preritāraṁ ca matvā sarvaṁ proktaṁ trividhaṁ brahmam etat

quoted, 623

Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasām

quoted, 173

Bhṛgu

Kṛṣṇa as, 523

Bhūteśa

as controller of everything, 513-514

Bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt

quoted, 325

Bhūriśravā

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38

identified as son of the King of the Bāhlīkas, 38

Birth

amongst demonic species, 744

as one of four principles of material existence, 19

as one of six transformations of body, 99

Brahman as source of, 666

cannot be counteracted by wealth, 82

cannot be remembered by Arjuna, 220

caused by Kṛṣṇa, 497, 666-667

conquered by mind established in equanimity, 293

freedom by transcending modes, 684

fruitive activities for, 127, 134-135

in family of transcendentalists rare, 353-354

infant’s distress in womb described in Bhāgavatam, 632

its certainty and unity with death, 99, 108

its cycle according to activities, 108

its perception as evil, 630

Kṛṣṇa as deliverer from, 602-604

Kṛṣṇa can remember all His and Arjuna’s births, 220-222

none in spiritual world, 405, 427, 715

of Kṛṣṇa not ordinary, 223, 495

overcome by understanding Kṛṣṇa, 324, 642

present everywhere in material universe, 137

repetition of, 137, 426

soul not subject to, 16, 98-99,498

transcended by hearing from authorities, 652

transcended by renunciation, 136

types attained by death in modes, 677-678

(See also Transmigration) Body

See Material body, Spiritual body, Subtle body

Bondage

action without consideration of, 800

avoided by steadiness, 245

both good and evil work bind, 171

causes of, 132, 133, 204, 264, 313, 374

despite mundane knowledge, 199

disobedient doomed to, 198

in struggle for existence, 703

of demons, 729, 739-740

overcome by renunciation, knowledge and self-realization, 267, 275

overcome by service to Kṛṣṇa or spiritual master, 242, 381

overcome by work according to duty, 164, 170, 197

perpetuated by fruitive activities, 273-274, 284, 670-671

Brahmā

annihilation and creation take place at his night and day, 429-430, 455

as chief among demigods, 372, 502

as father of Bhṛgu, 523

as first living being in universe, 111

as form of passion, 756

as incarnation of rājo-guṇa,

cannot liberate, 381

as initiator of Gāyatrī, 532

as innumerable, 428

as learned leader, 382

as part of Kṛṣṇa, 304, 538, 569, 703

as grandfather, pitāmaha, 501

as secondary creator, 529

banyan tree grows from his abode, 694, 695

born from Hiraṇyagarbha, 501

calculation of his lifetime, 427-428, 455

changes his body, 715

desires to see Kṛṣṇa’s two-armed form, 586

destroyed in time, 564

does not possess full opulences, 74

exhibits four, eight, sixteen, etc., heads, 530

exists in Supersoul, 636

his prayers quoted, 214, 440-441

his progeny, 501

in disciplic succession, 14, 29, 224, 503

Kṛṣṇa as father of, 495, 571

Kṛṣṇa as manifold faced, 530

one must follow, 240

praises Kṛṣṇa’s forms and incarnations, 220-221

sitting on lotus flower in universal form, 552

subjected to influence of sense objects, 149, 381

transferred to spiritual universe at annihilation, 427, 428

undergoes thousand year penances to create, 501

uttered om tat sat, 773

Vedas originally spoken to him, 224

worshiped in goodness, 756

worships Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 74, 234

Brahma-bhūta

as freedom from contamination, 336

as joyful, desireless condition, 299, 832

as realization of Brahman, 821

attained by hearing about Kṛṣṇa, 824

attained with devotional service, 822

devotional service begins after, 448

Brahmacārī

controls mind by chanting, 250-251

Brahmacārī

his activities while living with spiritual master, 438

taught celibacy and omkāra, 421-422

Vedic study, austerity and gentleness meant for, 726

Brahmacarya

as total withdrawal from sex, 322

not possible at moment, 421-422

restricted sex in marriage same as, 322

Brahmaiva san brahmāpyeti

quoted, 689

Brahma-jana

as one who knows Brahman, 500

Brahma-jijñāsā

6, 129

Brahmajyoti

as goal of impersonalists, 22-23, 228, 368, 423, 596

as partial realization, 232, 362

as rays of Kṛṣṇa’s body, 19, 248, 360

attained if one dies when fiery god presides, etc., 435

contains spiritual planets, 19, 22, 701

covered by veil of māyā, 248, 641

covers form of Kṛṣṇa, 400

elevation to via āśramas, 439

emanates from supreme abode, Kṛṣṇaloka, 19

entered by Supersoul upon leaving body, 716

everything situated in, 248

illuminates spiritual sky, 19, 641

no spiritual diversity in, 368

plant of devotion enters, 506

sunlight emanates from, 374, 709

(See also All-pervading, Brahman, Spiritual sky)

Brahmaloka

attained by death in goodness, 677, 682

contains birth, old age, disease and death, 19, 20

elevated sannyāsīs promoted to, 428

its wonders beyond calculation, 682

one subject to fall down from, 427

roots of banyan come from, 697

sacrifice to attain, 427

survives all heavenly planets, 428 (See also Planets)

Brahman

Arjuna inquires about, 410

as a problem for meditation, 596

as concentrated transcendental knowledge, 642

as constitutional position of ultimate happiness, 690-691

as form of fire within stomach, 711-712

as Kṛṣṇa’s personal effulgence, 248, 261, 318

as mahat-tattva, 666

as object of impersonalist meditation, 278-279, 493-494, 596-597

as object of merging, 22-23, 87, 249-250, 308, 421

as origin of everything, 204

as part of complete whole, 12, 73, 291

as sacrifice, 248

as sat (being) feature, 13

as spirit soul and jīva, 159, 410, 412-413, 623, 635-636

as total material substance, source of birth, 282, 623, 666

as truth behind Viṣṇu, 756

as vijñānaṁ brahma and ananta-brahma, 636

attained by controlling senses, 256

contrasted with Parabrahman, 5, 376, 412-413

Gāyatrī as sound incarnation of, 532

identity with, 295, 405, 824

impregnated by Kṛṣṇa, 666-667

indicated by om tat sat, 772-773

Kṛṣṇa as, 5, 510-511

Kṛṣṇa as basis of, 12, 87, 291, 385, 570, 635-636, 690-691

liberation through identity with, 335-336

likened to ray of sunshine, 12

may be realized by common man, 514

methods of realization, 159, 256, 318, 405, 421, 434, 657, 688-689, 819-823

nondifferent from om or Kṛṣṇa, 423

one in modes of nature cannot transcend, 379

one who knows Him dies when fiery god prevails, 434

realization as ahaṁ brahmāsmi, 405

realization as svarūpa, 295, 405, 824

realization as vijñānamaya, 626

realization by devotional service, 688-689

realization by worship of arcā, 405

realization included in samādhi, 139

realization of different features, 421

realization takes many births, 349

realized when different identities are no longer perceived, 657

sacrifices by yogīs to, 249-250

three conceptions as prakṛti, jīva and controller, 623

work in, 179

(See also All-pervading, Brahmajyoti)

Brāhmaṇa

as division of varṇas, 24, 235-236

as head of body of Supreme, 396

as representative of mode of goodness 379, 669

as spiritual master of varṇas, 679, 723

as worthy recipient of charity, 499-500

attains heavenly planets by sacrifice, 114

born out of energy of Kṛṣṇa, 501

chants Gāyatrī daily, 532

chants om tat sat, 772

distinguished by work in modes, 812

duty unavoidable, 114

his nature and duty compared to kṣatriya’s, 202

Kṛṣṇa as well-wisher of, 679

must be given all protection, 679

one should not imitate duty of, 816

Paramātmā in heart of dog and brāhmaṇa, 337

qualities of, 80, 812

rebirth in family of, 124

seen the same as cow, elephant, etc., 292

sometimes must kill animals, 816, 817

status transcended in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 236

supposed to know about Brahman, 236

unfit as spiritual master unless Vaiṣṇava, 82

unworthy if impious, 76

worshiped as austerity, 764-765 (See also Varṇa)

Brahmaṇaḥ pathi

as path of transcendental realization, 349

Brāhmaṇa vaiṣṇava

unsuccessful yogī born into family of, 353

Brahmaṇi

as Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 282

Brahman-nirvāṇa

attained by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 158-159, 302, 305

Brahmaṇo pratiṣṭhāham

quoted, 291

Brahmaṇyatīrtha

in disciplic succession, 29

Brahmaṇyo devakī-putraḥ

quoted, 504

Brahma-saṁhitā

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

cited, 180, 261, 398, 431, 432, 454, 461, 493, 520, 575, 578, 584, 586, 594, 639, 710, 834

describes Kṛṣṇa as acyuta, 221

describes supreme abode Goloka, 19

quoted, 12-13, 74, 176, 214, 220, 228, 323, 339, 372, 451, 457, 459, 637

Brahma-saṁsparśa

as contact with Supreme, 336

Brahma-sūtra

cited, 6, 12, 780

Brahmavādī

as one of three types of transcendentalists, 22

his degree of advancement, 73

(See also Impersonalists, Māyāvādī)

Brahma-yoga

one loses taste for material pleasure in, 296

Brāhmī sthitiḥ

as liberation, 159

Bṛhad-Vaiṣṇava mantra

cited, 463

Bṛhan-Nāradīya Purāṇa

quoted, 320

Bṛhaspati

identified, 522

Kṛṣṇa as, 522

Bṛhat-sāma

Kṛṣṇa as, 531-532

Buddha

appeared to stop animal sacrifice, 225

appeared when materialism rampant, 225

as principal philosopher, 444

Buddhism

claims void after life, 158

Buddhists

view of soul, 107

Buddhi-yoga

as devotional service, 122-123, 134, 164-165

explained, 507

frees from bonds of action, 164

not inaction, 162

presented unsystematically in Second Chapter, 163

C

Caitanya Mahāprabhu

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

advises hearing and chanting, 25, 344, 422, 652, 748

as incarnation, 172, 227

as learned leader, 382

avoids women, 724

cited, 503

considered most munificent, 589

defines svarūpa, 17, 635-636, 842

delivered saṅkīrtana-yajña, 172, 176

derided by Prakāśānanda, 508

described secretly in scriptures, 227

elevates Haridāsa to nāmācārya, 356

establishes acintya-bheda philosophy, 374, 849

forbids reading Māyāvādī commentaries on Gītā, 88

gives definition of real fame, 500

harer nāma verses quoted, 320

in disciplic succession, 29

likens devotional service to seed in heart, 505-506

more tolerant than tree, humbler than grass, 415

obeisances to, 1, 2

predicts saṅkīrtana to be spread all over world, 227

propagates bhāgavata-dharma, 385

quoted, 82, 308-309, 320, 330

rejects Choṭa Haridāsa for looking at woman, 724

reply to Prakāśānanda why He chants, 131

taught by example, 186

took sannyāsa early for higher cause, 92

transcendental stage attained by mercy of, 823

wherever He was, there was Vṛndāvana, 425

Caitanya-caritāmṛta

cited, 392, 395, 424, 449, 489

plant of devotional service described in, 506

quoted, 24, 82, 125, 226-227

Calmness

created by Kṛṣṇa, defined, 497-498

Cāṇakya Pāṇḍit

proclaims women generally not intelligent or trustworthy, 64

Caṇḍāla

can be elevated by devotee, 487

situated on highest platform by chanting, 131

Candra

as appointed officer, 178

worship in goodness, 756

Candraloka

as goal, 470

Candrāyana

as austerity, 253

Capital Punishment

beneficial in absolving karma, 101

supported by Manu-saṁhitā, 101

Caste System

See Varṇa Cāturmāsya

austerity of fasting and not shaving, 253 Cause

demonic theory of, 733

knowing Kṛṣṇa as cause brings surrender, 390

Kṛṣṇa as, 12-13, 74, 126, 131, 237, 261, 367, 370-371, 375-376, 493, 535, 540, 666-668

material world nondifferent from, 282

of result of activities, 132

of spiritual and material worlds, 503-504

of universe as Paramātmā, 371

Paramātmā as ultimate, 791

universal form as, 569

when known, nothing remains unknown, 364

Cekitāna

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam

clearing mirror of mind, 330

Chandogya Upaniṣad

436

Chanting

advocated by Caitanya, 131

as best means in Kali-yuga, 131, 172-173, 320, 422

as devotional process, 424, 505-506, 603, 691

as engagement of brahmacārī, 251

as means for pleasure, 446

as means of pleasing Kṛṣṇa, 603

as means of reaching supreme destination, 131, 604

as means of remembering and understanding Kṛṣṇa, 25, 398, 415, 417-418

as sign of advanced spiritual life, 356

by demigods entering universal form, 556

by demons, 735

by Haridāsa Ṭhākur, 326, 356

cleanses the mirror of the mind, 205, 265, 732

Kṛṣṇa as, 523

not advised without philosophy, 162

of Hare Kṛṣṇa for transcendental bodv 416

of Kṛṣṇa’s glories by mahātmā, 465

of om tat sat, 772-773

(See also Saṅkīrtana-yajña)

Charity

according to three modes, 759, 769-771

as divine quality, 722, 725

as dravyamaya-yajña, sacrifice, 253

as means to purify the mind, 608

begun with word om, 773

Caitanya most munificent man of, 589

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

for pleasing Supreme Person, 775

given in goodness, 499-500, 589, 725, 769-770

given in ignorance, 771

given in passion, 673, 770-771

meant for householders, 725

purifies even great souls, 784

should never be abandoned, 782, 784

tat and sat uttered with, 774-775

useless without faith in Supreme, 776-777

will not reveal two-armed form, 587

will not reveal universal form, 580-581

Chastity

as means for entering into Brahman, 421

necessary for spiritual life, 422

not possible today, 421-422

of women necessary for good population, 64

Children

as purpose of sex, 526, 723, 725

at age of five trained as brahmacārīs, 322

attachment to, 80, 92

by-products of body, not of soul, 99

nonattachment as knowledge, 630, 633

not given freedom, 732

require protection, 64

to be made Kṛṣṇa conscious, 377, 384

Choṭa Haridāsa

rejected by Caitanya for looking at woman, 724

Cintāmaṇi-dhāma

where all desires are fulfilled, 431

Citi-śakti

as internal transcendental potency, 330-331

Citraratha

identified, 524

Kṛṣṇa as, 524

Cleanliness

as austerity of body, 764-765

as divine quality, 722, 728

ignored by demons, 731-732

injunctions for internal and external, 732

Compassion

Arjuna’s compassion befitting non-Āryans, 75, 118-119

as divine quality, 722

as knowledge, defined, 629, 631

for eternal soul, 72

for the body, 72

of Kṛṣṇa destroys ignorance, 508

Complete Whole

as pūrṇam, 14

constituents, 12

gives complete facility for complete units, 13

must possess everything, 13

not formless, 13

Conceit

as demonic quality, 728-729

Conditioned soul

activities of two types, 484

allured by modes of nature, 348

always eager for material enjoyment, 180, 301

as divine and demonic, 651, 730-731

attracted by bodily relationships, 57

cause and nature of conditioning, 293, 565, 644, 842-843

difference from Supreme, 11

eternally prone to illusion, 89-90, 104, 380

fearful due to perverted memory, 322

forgets his real self-interest, 57

four defects of, 748

his program outlined, 172

ignorance of, 798, 828

relation to material nature, 172, 180, 620-621

remains compact in body of Viṣṇu, 429

scriptures meant for, 180, 591

studies Vedas for sense gratification, 192

the mind is both his friend and enemy, 312

thinks himself the doer, 192-193

to be delivered by trained mind, 313

types of, 669-670

under laws of material nature, 304, 429-430

(See also Jīvātmā, Living Entity, Soul)

Consciousness

as basis for peace, 152

as subject for Chapter Thirteen, 619-661

as symptom of soul, 9, 94-95, 99-100, 106, 659-660

cannot come from matter, 9, 10, 521

conversion of material to spiritual, 182, 248

definition, 11

determines material body, 706

difference between supreme and individual, 100, 660

dovetailed to Kṛṣṇa, 10, 147, 238

fixed by experiencing higher taste, 145

if divine, one knows he does nothing, 281

Kṛṣṇa’s never materially affected, 10

limited to one’s own body, 94

linked to Absolute in yoga, 357-358

obscured by lust and the modes, 205, 206, 706

of devotees pure, 279-280

of living entity pervertedly reflected, 10

pervades the body, 94-96, 659-660

represented by intelligence, 628

(See also False consciousness, Kṛṣṇa con sciousness)

Controller

cosmos manifested by Kṛṣṇa’s will, 455-459

Hṛṣīkeśa as, 622-623

Kṛṣṇa as ultimate, 10, 187, 222, 455-459, 460, 642

living entity controls his own body, 705

of energies, nature and soul, 7-8, 460, 623

position of īśvaras superior, 190

Cooperation

no happiness without, 196

with the Supreme, 11-12

Cows

as symbol of most valuable food, 679

as work of vaiśyas, 813

dung considered pure, 13

given pleasure by Govinda, 44, 59

Kṛṣṇa as well-wisher of, 679

Kṛṣṇa the surabhi amongst, 525-526

must be given all protection, 679

part of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, 18

seen by sage the same as brāhmaṇa, 292

surabhi supply limitless milk, 431

their slaughter the grossest ignorance, 679

D

Daityas

identified, 527

Kṛṣṇa as Prahlāda amongst, 527

Daivim Prakṛti

divine nature, protects mahātmās, 464

Dāmodara

as plenary expansion, 433

Darśana-dhyāna-saṁsparśair matsya-kūrma-vi-haṅgamāḥ

verses quoted, 301

Darśa-paurṇamāsī

as demigod worship, 477

Dāsa-bhūto harer eva nānyasvaiva kadācana

quoted, 635

Dāsya-bhakta

service as servant, 425

Dayānidhi

in disciplic succession, 29

Death

activities bind one to, 134-135

as gateway to kingdom of God, 158

as one of four principles of material existence, 19

as one of six transformations of body, 99

as purifier on altar and battlefield, 103

bodies awarded at time of, 22

Brahmā and Brahmaloka subject to, 428

called near by imitating Śiva, 190

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

destination according to modes of nature at time of, 677-678

dishonor worse than, 117

importance of life’s thoughts and deeds at, 411, 416

inevitability of, 80, 82, 99, 108, 137, 564, 737

its cycle according to activities, 108

its perception as evil, 630

Kṛṣṇa as deliverer from, 602-604

Kṛṣṇa as Yama, personification of, 471, 526-527, 530-531

methods of transcending, 136, 293, 405, 642, 652, 684

no cause for lamentation, 89

nonexistent in spiritual world, 405, 715

prāyaścitta system of ablution before, 67

remembrance and knowledge of Kṛṣṇa at time of, 22-23, 324, 406, 415, 420, 437, 642

repetition of, 137, 426

sage callous toward, 332

soul not subject to, 16, 98, 498

transmigration at time of, 89, 433-437

Deha-dehi-vibhedo’yaṁ neśvare vidyate kvacit

quoted, 489

Dehino ‘smin yathā

quoted, 704

Demigods

Arjuna inquires about, 410

Arjuna not content with kingdom of 81

as parts of Kṛṣṇa’s body, 173, 233, 394, 552

born of Prajāpati, 731

Brahmā, Śiva, Kumāras as chief, 502

cannot equal Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa, 234

created by Kṛṣṇa, 495

do not forget Kṛṣṇa’s proprietorship, 394

five kinds worshiped by impersonalists, 756

fought by Arjuna, 116

ignorant of Kṛṣṇa’s origin and personality 366, 493, 512

Indra as chief of, 411

Kṛṣṇa as Indra amongst, 521

Kṛṣṇa as Nārada amongst, 524

Kṛṣṇa as origin and controller of, 304, 393, 406, 493, 503, 569, 590

Kṛṣṇa makes steady worship of, 393-394

long to see two-handed form, 585-587

misunderstood to be forms of Kṛṣṇa, 233, 467

motives for worship of, 18, 20, 175, 233-234, 249, 391-393, 395

necessity of sacrifice to, 173-175, 181

no obligation due them by devotee of Kṛṣṇa, 66, 120, 178

not attractive to pure devotees, 464

not impersonal, 399

obey Vedic injunctions, 731

observe battle from outer space, 568

on higher branches of banyan, 696

play songs from Sāma-veda, 531

sent forth at beginning of creation, 171

serve Kṛṣṇa, supply necessities, 173-175, 178

subjected to influence of modes and senses, 149, 811

their benefits bestowed by Kṛṣṇa, 394- 395

their boons limited and temporary, 234, 395-396

their offerings meant for Kṛṣṇa alone,475

their relation to universal form, 556-558, 568

their worship discouraged, 18, 178, 538

worshiped by darśa-paurṇamāsī, 477

worshiped by demons, 741

worshiped by one in goodness, 755-756

worshiped by unintelligent, 395-396

worshiped by yogīs, 249-250

worshipers attain their planets, 395-396, 399, 477

worshipers never reach Kṛṣṇa, 405

worship Kṛṣṇa, 187, 237, 580

vanish at annihilation, 234

Demons

Arjuna inquires for their sake, 218-219

as expert in enjoying life’s dream, 733

as subject of Chapter Sixteen, 721-749

attempt to reach higher planets by machine, 240

attracted by impermanent and unclean work, 735-736

believe sense gratification goal of life, 736- 737

blaspheme against religion, 742

bound by desires, lust and anger, 737

characteristics of, 730-747

claim lust as cause of unreal world, 733

claim to be God themselves, 738-741

confused about Kṛṣṇa, 219, 221, 397-398, 512,513

confused by Gītā, 217-218

destroyed by Kṛṣṇa’s agents, 226

directed to wisdom by spiritual master, 758

distort Kṛṣṇa and Gītā, 216-217, 219

engage in horrible works to destroy world, 734-735

envious of Kṛṣṇa, 742

fear Kṛṣṇa and flee, 568

harass devotees, 226

ignorant of duty, 731-732

ignorant of Supersoul as witness, 737

ignore Vedic injunctions, 731

illusioned by lust, pride, false prestige, 735-736, 742

Kṛṣṇa expert in killing, 411

Kṛṣṇa’s mercy to, 744

perform unauthorized sacrifice, 741

reject sacrifices, 740

secure money illegally, 737

sink to abominable species, 743-744

their liberation, fruitive activities and knowledge baffled, 462-463

think women should be free, 732

undergo torturous austerities, 757-758, 769

Uśanā the spiritual master of, 534

worshiped by one in passion, 755-756

Designations

due to lust and desire, 21 freedom from bodily, 21

Desires

actions to gratify, 799

arise from contemplating sense objects, 149

arise from mental concoction, 141

as cause of body, 646, 647, 656-657

as impediments for returning to Godhead, 395

as life symptoms, 627

as subtle form of conditioning, 288

as symptom and basis of passion, 670-671, 675

banyan tree of material world situated on, 695

cannot be stopped artificially, 141

cause surrender to demigods, 391-392

dissipated by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 141, 157, 288, 305, 392

dovetailed by Mahārāja Ambarīṣa to Kṛṣṇa’s desire, 148

eliminated through yoga, 302-303, 311, 317, 327, 332

for fruitive results deep-rooted, hard to overcome, 301

for gain discouraged, 196, 275

fulfilled by Kṛṣṇa, 288, 393, 476

generate anger, agitate mind, eyes and chest, 298

greatest enemies of conditioned soul, 211-212

Kṛṣṇa does not interfere with living entities’, 288

living entity overcome by, 403

of demons insatiable, 735, 737

of devotees dovetailed to Kṛṣṇa’s, 245

one free from them eligible for liberation, 301

peace and happiness achieved if they are tolerated, 156, 157, 298

senses instruments for gratifying, 646

their flow likened unto rivers entering ocean, 156

their quality must be changed, 157

transcended by Brahman realized, 335, 822

Determination,

as divine quality, 722, 727-728

as quality of kṣatriya, 813

characteristic of mahātmā, 465

in cutting down banyan tree, 698

in devotional service, 611-612

in mode of goodness, 806

in mode of ignorance, 807-808

Determination

in mode of passion, 807

in yoga practice, 332-333

sparrow emptying ocean example of, 333

Devadatta

name of Arjuna’s conchshell, 44

Devahūti

sāṅkhya explained to her by Kapila, 122

Devakī

as mother of Kṛṣṇa, 44, 219

Kṛṣṇa first appeared before her as Nārāyaṇa, 461, 583, 587

persecuted by Kaṁsa, 226

Devakī-nandana

meaning of name, 44

Devala

as learned leader, 382

influences Arjuna, 831

proclaims Kṛṣṇa to be Supreme, 5,6

validates Arjuna’s praise, 510

Devaloka

See Planets

Devarṣi-bhūtapta-nṛṇāṁ pitṛṇām,

verses quoted, 66, 120

Deveśa

as controller of demigods, 569

Devotees

absorption in Kṛṣṇa, 51, 338-339, 390, 411, 425, 461

accepted even when motivated, 389

activities of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa considered pure, 327

alone only fully realize Kṛṣṇa, 232, 366

as aid in hearing Gītā, 32, 439, 840

as constant companions of Kṛṣṇa, 221

as desireless for self-interest, 424

as friends to all, 279, 341, 593, 612-613

as highest transcendentalists, 73-74, 318-319, 836

as sādhu even if uneducated, 226

association with, 186, 239-241, 333, 362, 388, 404, 442, 449, 464, 487, 652, 701

attain liberation, 228, 301

attain peace, 156, 284-285

attracted to saṅkīrtana movement of Caitanya, 227

automatically have all good qualities, 54-55

aversion to sense gratification, 322, 634

bathe twice daily, 613

can accept all opulences for Kṛṣṇa’s service, 60

can conquer sleep and ignorance, 51

can create atmosphere of Vṛndāvana, 425

cannot accept pseudo incarnations, 581

can serve any of the transcendental forms 424

characteristics and qualities of, 55, 68, 140-144, 156, 279-280, 389, 403 505, 506, 611-617, 651, 821-822

charity should be given to, 589 concern for conditioned souls, 404, 516

considered saintly despite abominable actions, 483-485

contrasted with fruitive yogīs, 341-342

control of action, 10-11, 151, 244-246

control senses, 44, 144

could see universal form from other planets, 579

defined as demigods, 580

detachment from money and property, 60, 245-246, 392, 613, 615-616

do not desire spiritual planets or liberation, 424

do not feel material miseries, 302

do not need to transfer via yoga to spiritual sky, 603

do not retaliate against the wrongdoers, 60

eager to see Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, 227

engaged in serving and satisfying Kṛṣṇa, 49, 60, 150, 593, 598, 825

enter supreme abode, 23, 395-396, 423, 825

exchange opulences with Kṛṣṇa, 691

four kinds of impure devotees attain respective goals, 405

freed from all obligations by Mukunda, 66

Gītā especially meant for, 4, 28, 88, 217

give pleasure to Kṛṣṇa by ordering Him, 49

indifferent to leaving body, 255, 434-435, 437

indifferent to rituals, 138, 481

knowledge of Kṛṣṇa, 219, 221, 363, 388-389, 405, 494, 518, 568, 643

Kṛṣṇa appears especially to please, 220, 226-227, 366, 400

Kṛṣṇa especially inclined to, 62, 482, 843

Kṛṣṇa supplies their necessities, 156, 474

Kṛṣṇa tolerates no wrongs to, 60

love for Kṛṣṇa, 176, 339, 390, 546

may appear to work as ordinary men, 10-11

more kind than Kṛṣṇa, 195

must teach proper action, 185

Nārada as greatest amongst, 524

neophyte gives more attention to arca-mūrti, 461

never go to demigods for needs, 392, 395

never perish, 485

not awarded material benefits, 395

not confused by misguiding Gītā commentaries, 585

not disturbed by flowery language of Vedas, 139

not interested in seeing universal form, 581, 582-583, 590

often derided by philosophers, 508

only interested in two-handed Kṛṣṇa, 464, 582-583, 594

perform sacrifice in different modes, 176-177

pleased in discussing Kṛṣṇa’s opulences, 518

process of purification, 387

never fall down, 490

relationships with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, 4-5, 23, 232, 390, 508-509, 551

released from sin by offering food, 176

reside in sacred places, 320

rewarded according to love, 232

risk their lives to spread God consciousness, 195, 593

sacrifice everything for Kṛṣṇa, 250

see Kṛṣṇa in everyone, 461

see the earth as Vaikuṇṭha, 823

their equality of vision, 337-338, 384, 687-688, 822

their mercy as requisite, 112, 229 their plans as good as Kṛṣṇa’s, 566

think distresses to be Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 611

three classes of, 449-450

transcendental to all attachment, 151

transcendental to auspicious and inauspicious, 614-616

transcendental to four varṇas, 236

transcendental to three modes of nature, 11

(See also Sages, Spiritual master, Vaiṣṇavas)

Devotional service

advocated by Kṛṣṇa, 489

as buddhi-yoga, 122-123

as Caitanya’s wish birth after birth, 309

as constitutional position, 137

as declaration of war against māyā, 485

as disturbance if ignores scriptures, 366

as eternally existing, 447-448

as happy process, 447-466

as knowledge, 70, 264, 444, 630

as liberating force, 79, 91, 134, 136, 159, 273, 279, 381, 701

as main objective of Gītā, 596, 632, 780

as means of attaining Brahman, 688-689

as means of attaining Kṛṣṇa, 424-425, 432, 589, 591-594, 610

as method of knowing the Self, 164

as only means to see Kṛṣṇa incessantly, 639

as only way to understand Kṛṣṇa, 588-590, 823-824

as pavitram uttamam, the purest, 445

as process of detachment, 694

as result of knowing Kṛṣṇa, 502, 503-504, 718

as spiritual activity, 387, 395, 445-446, 719-720

as step toward love of Kṛṣṇa, 231

as subject for Chapter Nine, 442

as subject for Chapter Twelve, 595-617

attained after many births, 357

attained by Brahman realized, 822

automatically develops good qualifications, 616

awakens relationship with Kṛṣṇa, 4

begins with Hare Kṛṣṇa, 472

brings satisfaction like full meal, 345

by highest yogī, 358-360

can alone award peace, 305

can be rendered by any āśrama, 466

can transform lust into love, 209

clarifies Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, etc., 439

continues after liberation, 447-448

controls senses, 148, 301

delivers thousands of family members, 65-66

difficult for sensualists and miscreants, 128, 387

diminishes desire to dominate, 691

dispels dust of materialism, 509

does not deprive one of sacrifice, charity, etc., 438

easier than impersonal path, 600-601

engaged in by pious free from delusion, 404

everything directly perceived through, 446-447

five different paths of, 425

frees one from passion and ignorance, 363

fulfills all obligations, 66

guaranteed for one who explains Gītā, 838

guarantees passage to supreme abode, 433, 437, 438-439

likened to seed in heart, 505-506

necessary for happiness in renunciation, 278

necessary for seeing universal form, 586

nine processes of, 26, 345, 443, 592, 633, 691-692

nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa and His abode, 159, 719-720

nondifferent from sāṅkhya-yoga, 276

one dear to Kṛṣṇa is determined in, 611

only absolute path for self-realization, 617

precludes spiritual processes, 718-719

removes ignorance, 511

rendered by four kinds of pious men, 386-388

rendered by mahātmās, 465-466

renunciation the same as works in, 277

requires vanquishing weaknesses of heart, 720

rids one of good and bad actions, 135, 483-485

sacrifice in different modes of, 176-177

strengthened by hearing, 492

superior to inaction, 168

superior to renunciation of works, 273

superior to speculation, 272

surpasses all rituals, 65, 439

the wise should encourage the ignorant in, 191-192

transmigration transcended by faith in, 448-450

two types of, 609

vanquishes sin, 445

(See also Bhakti, Bhakti-yoga, Service, Worship)

Dhanañjaya

Arjuna addressed as, 134, 267, 456, 605, 803, 841

meaning of name, 44

Dhāraṅā

in aṣṭāhga-yoga, 303, 305

Dharma

defined, 17

principles are orders of Kṛṣṇa, 224

to be abandoned to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 835-836

(See also Religion, Sanātana-dharma)

Dharma-Kṣetra

significance of word, 32, 33

Dharmaṁ hi sākṣāt-bhagavat-praṇītam

quoted, 224, 240, 260

Dhīra

defined, 89

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

blows his conchshell, 46

expertly arranged the Pāṇḍu army, 35

not an important obstacle to Droṇācārya 36

Dhṛṣṭaketu

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

addressed as descendant of Bharata, 84

Arjuna reluctant to kill his sons, 61, 69

as father of Kurus, 32

blind physically and spiritually, 34

certain his sons could never agree with Pāṇḍavas, 34

could not expect victory, 847-848

desirous of usurping kingdom of Pāṇḍavas, 50

did not want compromise, 32

doubtful of his sons’ victory, 32

fearful of influence of Kurukṣetra on outcome of battle, 33, 34

his joy frustrated by Arjuna’s enlightenment, 84

his sons destroyed in mouth of universal form, 560

his sons disheartened by Pāṇḍava army, 48

his sons’ hearts shattered by conchshells, 47

his sons religiously blind, 34

his topics discussed form basic principle of Gītā, 32

informed by Sañjaya his plans not laudable, 46

inquires about battle from Sañjaya, 32

rejoiced to hear Arjuna’s refusal to fight, 84

responsible for catastrophe at Kurukṣetra, 46

separates sons of Pāṇḍu from family heritage, 33

Dhruva Mahārāja

attaining his planet, 840

Dhyāna

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

Dhyāna-yoga

as part of yoga ladder, 311

does not admit householder, 322

many impediments to, 331

Dhyāyaṁ stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyam

verses quoted, 126

Digestion

Kṛṣṇa as fire of, 711-712

Dik-kālādy-anavacchinne kṛṣṇe ceto vidhāya ca

verses quoted, 340

Disciplic succession

Arjuna as beginning of, 218, 511-513, 547

Disciplic succession

as criterion for spiritual master, 259-260

as means to knowledge, 14, 67, 364

begins with Brahmā, 14

begun with sun-god, 4

broken in course of time, 216

commentaries by māyayāpahṛta-jñāna outside, 385

from Kṛṣṇa to sun-god to Manu to Ikṣvāku, 214-215

Gāyatrī passed down by, 532

importance in understanding Gītā, 32, 216

must stem from Kṛṣṇa, 574

one should follow in, 80, 239-240, 266

outline given, 29

referred to by Arjuna, 67

spiritual master in it from time eternal, 268 Disease

as life symptom, 627

cannot be restricted, 633

cannot be counteracted by wealth, 82

caused by passionate food, 760-761

counteracted by offered food, 178

due to material body, 645 its perception as evil, 630

none for spiritual body, 405

one of four principles of material existence, 19

present everywhere in material universe, 137

Distress

for the ignorant, 810-811

happiness as end of, 808-809

nonpermanent, should be tolerated, 90-91

not to be considered in fighting, 120

of birth, old age, disease and death, 632-633

one dear to Kṛṣṇa equal in, 611, 612

one steady in distress is eligible for liberation, 92

result of action in passion, 678-679

senses always cause of, 810

Diti

as mother of Daitya demons, 527

Divyam (transcendental)

as quality of Kṛṣṇa, 5

Doubt

arises in heart out of ignorance, 267

Arjuna freed from, 510, 842

compared to Keśī demon, 781

destroyed by following Gītā, 267

destroyed by knowledge, 267, 291

destroys happiness in this world and next, 266

Doubt

freedom from created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

impedes God consciousness, 266

in Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 32

only Kṛṣṇa can dispel Arjuna’s, 349-350

questions of Arjuna arise due to, 411

removed by association with devotees, 439

transcended by liberated, 299

Draupadī

her disrobing and appeal for justice, 41, 582

Dravyamaya-yajña

charitable activities, 253

Dṛḍha-vrata

determined faith, as beginning of bhakti-yoga, 407

Dream

always present in all modes, 808

as natural occurrence, 808

ignorant determination bound by, 807-808

incurred by over-eating, 325

material body likened to, 110

Droṇa

addressed by Duryodhana, 35

Arjuna reluctant to attack, 77, 113, 730

as teacher of Arjuna and Pāṇḍavas, 35

awards Arjuna weapon that could kill him, 116

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

blows his conchshell, 46

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38

considered already destroyed, 566

considered worshipable as superior, 77

destined to be killed by son of Drupada, 35

destroyed in mouth of universal form, 560

forced by finances to side with Duryodhana, 78

his defects pointed out by Duryodhana, 35

his great military power not threatened by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, 36

his political quarrel with King Drupada, 35

his sister married Kṛpa, 38

imparts military secrets to Dhṛṣṭadyumna, 35

Kṛṣṇa speaks in his presence, 52

lost respectability as teacher, 78

no need for lamentation for, 89

silent during disrobing of Draupadī, 41, 582

would have spiritual or heavenly body in life, 89

Drupada

cited by Druyodhana as great fighter, 36

father of Draupadī, Arjuna’s wife, 35

his sacrifice and benediction, 35

his son Dhṛṣtadyumna expertly arranges army, 35

Drupadī

her sons blow their conchshells, 46

her sons cited by Duryodhana as great warriors, 37

Duality

Arjuna exhorted to transcend, 129

as cause of anxiety, 284-285

as simultaneous identity and individuality in Kṛṣṇa, 291

between living entities and Supreme, 623-626, 634, 636-637, 648, 716

difficult for sinful to transcend, 404

freedom from, 246, 275, 299, 699-700

Kṛṣṇa transcendental to, 457

living entity overcome by,403

must be tolerated, 130

not present in Kṛṣṇa’s body, 223

of knowledge and knower rejected by monists, 330

sacrifice unnecessary for those who have transcended, 181

sages free from, 245-246

transcended by conquered mind, 315

transcended in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 120, 125, 143, 285

Durvāsā Muni

conquered by Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, 146-147

could not check his senses out of pride, 147

Duryodhana

approaches Droṇācārya, 34

asserts his strength to be immeasurable, 39

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

Bhīṣma and Droṇa forced to take his side for financial reasons, 78

challenged Arjuna, 63

compared to unwanted plant, 33

confident of victory, 39-41

considers Pāṇḍavas’ army limited, 39

desirous of usurping kingdom of Pāṇḍavas, 50

encouraged by Bhīṣma’s conchshell, 41

envies Bhīma who can kill him, 40

feels fear upon seeing army of Pāṇḍavas 34

forces Arjuna to fight, 49

his diplomatic veneer, 34, 35

his soldiers expert and well equipped, 39

his soldiers willing to die for his sake, 39

his victory impossible due to Kṛṣṇa, 42

hopes that Bhīṣma’s and Droṇācārya’s affection for Pāṇḍavas be abandoned, 41

mentioned as king, 34

points out army to Droṇācārya, 35-39

points out defects of Droṇācārya, 35

predestined to die at Kurukṣetra, 39

referred to as evil-minded, 50

saw some of Kṛṣṇa’s universal forms, 579

urges army to support Bhīṣma, 40

warns Droṇācārya not to be lenient against the Pāṇḍavas, 35

Duṣkṛtina

as miscreants, four classes discussed, 382-386

(See also Miscreants)

Duty

action in accord with, 798-799

action in mode of nature, 132

Arjuna advised to perform, 170

as purifier, 169-170, 818

better one’s own, though faulty, than another’s, 201, 815-817

demons ignorant of, 731-732

for different varnas in lieu of meditation, 609-610

frees from bondage of action, 197

gives birth to yajña, 177

how to discharge, 196-197

inferior due to lack of knowledge, 194-195

Janaka attains perfection through, 184

necessary to control senses, 305

necessity for performance of, 133, 169, 183, 351, 785-786

never affected by sin, 816

none for Kṛṣṇa, 187

none for self-realized, 182-183

not to be abandoned despite difficulties, faults, fear, etc., 91, 113, 786-787, 817-818

of kṣatriya, 109, 113, 115

perfection by performance of, 814-815

performed in renunciation, 132, 282, 787-788

performed with attachment by ignorant, 190

prescribed according to one’s nature, 201-202

sacrifice according to, 762

self-illuminated by grace of Kṛṣṇa, 182

should not be given up without full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 199

sin incurred by neglect of, 109, 116

spiritualized by liberation, 114

spiritual master’s order as, 201-202, 827

to be performed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 238, 416-417, 835

two types discussed, svadharmas, 114

understood by scriptural regulations, 748

Dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-saṁjñair

verses quoted, 21

Dvāpara-yuga

characteristics and duration of, 215, 428

Kṛṣṇa appears at end of, 224

(See also Yuga)

Dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā

quoted, 646

Dyāv-āpṛthivyoḥ

space between heaven and earth, 556

E

Earth

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

as one of five great elements, 627

generated from water, 110

Kṛṣṇa as its original fragrance, 374-375

Ekādaśī

fasting on, 465-466

Eko devo nitya-līlānurakto bhakta-vyāpī hṛdy antarātmā

quoted, 228

Eko’pi san bahudhā yo’vabhāti

verses quoted, 340

Eko vai nārāyaṇa āsīn na brahmā na iśāno nāpo nāgni samau neme

verses quoted, 504

Elements

all-pervading, 432-433, 451, 569, 814-815

as inconceivable, 400-401, 419

as means of perceiving Kṛṣṇa, 373-374

generation of, 110

twenty-four, 13 Energy

all manifestations manifested and sustained by Kṛṣṇa’s, 12, 285, 452, 468-469, 501, 644

attracts those hovering on mental plane, 55

can be ordered by Kṛṣṇa to release conditioned soul, 381

described as prabhā, 96

difference and nondifference from energetic, 93-94

Energy

distributed as opulences, 518

divided into three parts, 23

eight separated material energies, 367-368

enables planets to float in space, 710

eternality of, 380, 430

from the heart unexplained by scientists, 102

inferior energy includes gross and subtle, 369

internal and external discussed, 388, 814-815

Kṛṣṇa always in superior, 495

Kṛṣṇa as controller of, 460

Kṛṣṇa as soul of mahat-tattva, 519

Kṛṣṇa its origin and dissolution, 370-371

living entity as superior, 369-370

living entity seated on machine made of, 830

modes of nature as manifestations of Kṛṣṇa’s, 377-378

of Kṛṣṇa as annamaya, prāṇamaya, jñāna-maya and vijñānamaya, 626

of Kṛṣṇa difficult to overcome, 380-381

pleasure in discussing Kṛṣṇa’s, 518

relation of living entity to three types of, 309

set loose as mahat-tattva, 455

spiritual as basis for material, 371, 831

spread as a tree spreads roots, 372

transcendental path as war on illusory, 347-348

transferral to spiritual energy at time of death, 23

works as a shadow, 383

wound up at end of millennium, 455

Enjoyer

See Puruṣa

Entity, living (jīva) See Living entity

Envy

Arjuna never envious of Kṛṣṇa, 442

as cause of disregarding teachings, 198

as cause of jeering Kṛṣṇa, 463

as characteristic of materialist, 613

cause of lower birth, 743

disqualifies one to comment on Gītā, 443

eradicated by understanding Supersoul, 599

freedom from covetousness as divine quality, 722

knowledge not to be explained to one envious of Kṛṣṇa, 837

Kṛṣṇa envies no one, 482

none in true yogi, 245, 341

of Kṛṣṇa and Gītā, 88, 197-198, 385, 403, 742, 837, 840

of worker in passion, 801-802

one dear to Kṛṣṇa not subject to, 611

teaching should be followed without, 197

Equanimity

as sign of realization, 293 created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

defined as freedom from attachment and aversion, 499

in regarding well-wisher, friend and enemy, 317

in viewing pebbles, stones and gold, 316

mind established in, 293

of one transcendent to modes of nature, 687-688

of one very dear to Kṛṣṇa, 611-612, 615-616

Eṣa u hy eva sādhu karma kārayati taṁ yame-bhyo lokebhya unninīśate

verses quoted, 288

Eṣo ‘ṇurātmā cetasā veditavyaḥ

verses quoted, 95

Ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam

verses quoted, 74

Eternality

of both spiritual and material natures, 380

of devotional service, 16-17, 447-448, 634

of existent confirmed, 93

of jīva and spirit world, 15-16

of Kṛṣṇa and individual soul, 86-88, 98, 105

of living entity’s conditioning, 380

of Vedas and Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 197

realized in merging, 601

Ether

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

as one of five great elements, 627

from it air generates, 110

Kṛṣṇa as sound in, 373

Evaṁ manaḥ karma vaśaṁ prayuṅkte avidyayāt-many upadhīyamāne

verses quoted, 273

Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rajarṣayo viduḥ,

verses quoted, 3, 29

Evaṁ prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ,

verses quoted, 363, 448

Expansions

See Plenary expansions

F

Faith

according to position of heart, 754-755

according to three modes, 753-756

advised in all Vedic scriptures, 776

as dṛḍha-vrata, determined, 407

as quality of highest yogī, 358

assattva, always comes from goodness, 754

as subject of Chapter Seventeen, 751-777

blind faith not elevating, 753

created by association with devotees, 449

defined as trust in the sublime, 125

determines form of sacrifice, 258

in demigods made steady by Kṛṣṇa, 393-394

in devotional service, 265, 448-450

in hearing Gītā, 439, 840

in ignorance, 764

in Kṛṣṇa and spiritual master reveals knowledge, 360

in Kṛṣṇa and Vedas, 79, 197, 228, 291,597

in Kṛṣṇa divided in three stages, 450

in pure goodness, 754-755

Kṛṣṇa as, 530

lacking in demons, 731, 737

matures to love of God, 777

necessity of, 265-266, 332-333, 776-777

of one very dear to Kṛṣṇa, 617

to perform action, 794

False consciousness

attempts to be lord of matter, 412

causes and characteristics of, 11

conditioned soul thinks himself the doer, 192-193

due to dualities of delusion, 403

in Arjuna, 56-58

one in it likened to ass, 208

typical activities of, 195

(See also False Ego)

False Ego

acquired due to lusty intelligence, 208

action according to, 799

as attachment to bodily designations, 21, 287, 379

as binding force, 11, 703

as constituent of body, 627-628

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

brings ruination, 827

defined, 11,632

demons bewildered by, 742

due to illusion and duality, 370, 403

freedom from, 196, 283-284, 611, 630, 821

in Arjuna, 14-15, 828

includes ten sense organs, 368

makes one forget relationship with Kṛṣṇa, 193

makes one think himself the doer, 193

one is not slayer who is not motivated by, 793

one should abandon desires born of, 332

one who is devoid of it can attain peace, 157

severe penance performed out of, 757-758

work free from, 800-801

(See also False consciousness)

Fame

as motivation to religion, 630

created by Kṛṣṇa, defined, 497, 500

equanimity in, 615-616

Kṛṣṇa as, 530

Family

affection for them overwhelms Arjuna with grief, 84

as nothing but Kṛṣṇa, 468-469

attachment described as skin disease, 80

attachment in passion, 671, 675

connections accepted by ignorant, 195

danger of destroying traditions, 63, 66-67

delivered by one in devotional service, 65-66

difficulty in sannyāsī’s renouncing, 92

elder members should not be slain, 63

everyone working to maintain, 308

hellish situation created by unwanted population, 65

ignores oblations to ancestors when corrupt, 65

no obligation due them by devotee of Mukunda, 66

offering respect to forefathers imperative, 138

process for happiness in, 633

purificatory process in, 63

regulations obeyed by Kṛṣṇa, 188

role in training transcendentalists, 353-354

should be abandoned if spiritual impediment, 633

tradition of helping forefathers by offering prasādam, 65

women corrupted when irreligion prominent, 64

Fasting

as determined activity, 465-466

demonic when severe, 757-758

for political goals condemned, 757-758

how to conduct, 499

should be observed as scriptures recommend, 325

Fear

advancement protects one from most dangerous type of, 124

alleviated by reading Bhagavad-gītā, 27

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

defeated by refuge in Kṛṣṇa, 47

due to materialism, 498, 613

duty not to be abandoned out of, 786

freedom by breath suspension, meditation, 302-303

freedom from as requisite for love, 299-230

generals would think Arjuna motivated by, 118

ignorant determination bound by, 807

in Arjuna upon seeing friends and relatives, 54-56

Kṛṣṇa enjoins Arjuna not to fear, 835-836

of Arjuna of universal form, 577, 590

realized souls free from, 47, 56, 142, 322

Fire

as evidence of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 709

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

as one of five great elements, 627

as sacrifice ignored by artificial sannyāsīs, 308

ompared to living entity, 205

covered by smoke compared to work, 817-818

eath during time of, 434-435

does not illumine supreme abode, 701

generated from air, generates water, 110

its splendor comes from Kṛṣṇa, 709

Kṛṣṇa as, 467-468

Kṛṣṇa as Agni, 521

Kṛṣṇa as digestion, 711-712

Kṛṣṇa as its heat, 374-375

living entities found in, 668

lust compared to, 206

needed for digestion, 375

of knowledge burns material reactions, 263

sacrifice to Brahman offered in, 249-250

universal form addressed as, 571

will annihilate everything in time, 530

Food

according to three modes, 15, 759-761

annamaya as dependence on, 626

as method for attaining Kṛṣṇa, 592, 605

cannot be manufactured by man, 175

cows as symbol of most valuable, 679

digested by fire of Kṛṣṇa, 711-712

eatables in mode of goodness listed, 175

eating controlled by prasādam, 255

eating remnants frees one from sin, 65, 176

four kinds of, 712

its purpose, 760

Kṛṣṇa accepts a leaf, flower, fruit or water, 478-479

made palatable by moon’s influence, 711

not to be renounced, 150, 786

offerable and unofferable, 324-325, 478-479

offered only to Kṛṣṇa by devotees, 178

offered to ancestors, 65

produced from rain and sacrifice, 177, 257

purifies existence, refines memory, 174

sanctified by sacrifice, 174

scarcity counteracted by saṅkīrtana-yajña, 178

sinful for sense enjoyment, 176-177, 178

taken by brahmacārī under spiritual master’s orders, 438

temperance advised, 324-326

types eaten by humans, 178

when offered, immunizes body, 178

(See also Prasādam)

Forgiveness

as divine quality, 722

created by Kṛṣṇa, should be practiced, 497

Form (of Kṛṣṇa)

always fresh like young man, 578

always manifest to devotees, 220

appeared at His birth, 495

as arca-vigraha not material, 600

as innumerable, 221, 228, 578

as object of meditation, 22, 27, 51 349 416, 834

as sac-cid-ānanda, 399

can be perceived on transcendental platform, 638

cannot be understood through senses, 316

compared to sun, 402

covered by yoga-māyā, 400

demigods and devotees long to see twohanded form, 582-583, 585-587

derided by fools, 459-461

eternally existent, 224

glorified by mahātmās, 465

indicated by arūpam, 372

manifested in material world, 19

misunderstood as material, 230, 397-399, 463

proof of its spirituality, 401-402

saumya-vapuḥ most beautiful, 584

strikes wonder in Sañjaya, 846-847

Śyāmasundara most beloved, 594

the original appears every millennium, 222

the temporary and eternal discussed, 589-590

two-armed and four-armed forms discussed, 222-223, 583-584

two-armed and four-armed forms revealed, 583

two-armed as origin of all forms, 584, 589-590, 593-594

two-armed cannot be seen by Vedic study, penance, charity or worship, 587-588

unlike ordinary living entity, 187 unmanifested form pervades universe, 450-451

worship of personal form advised, 597, 598

(See also Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha)

Freedom

from doubt and delusion, created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

from illusion, prestige, lust, etc., 699-700

from miseries by samādhi, 330

of Kṛṣṇa,to act in any way, 224

only possible by understanding Kṛṣṇa, 381

women and children should not be given, 732

Friendship

between Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa, 84-85, 550-551, 573, 577, 833-834

between Paramātmā and jīvātmā, 102-103, 649

Kṛṣṇa friend of all living entities, 153, 469-470

of devotee with Kṛṣṇa, 4, 482-483

with Kṛṣṇa attained by following Arjuna, 834

with Kṛṣṇa conquers sleep and ignorance, 51

(See also Relationships)

G

Gadādhara, Ācārya

obeisances to, 2

Gandharvas

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Kṛṣṇa as Citraratha amongst, 524

on higher branches of banyan, 696

Gāṇḍiva

Arjuna’s bow slips from his hand, 55

Ganges

as sacred river, 320

emanates from feet of Kṛṣṇa, 28

its waters compared to Bhagavad-gītā, 28 Kṛṣṇa as, 528

Gāñja (marijuana)

smoked by pseudo-devotees of Śiva, 190

Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra

begetting children in godly atmosphere, 723

Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

as puruṣa-avatāra, 519

Brahmā born from His navel, 569

enters all universes, 367, 456

lies on serpent Vāsuki, 552

Garga Upaniṣad

quoted, 80,454

Garuḍa

Kṛṣṇa as, 527

Kṛṣṇa rides on him, 603

makes ocean return sparrow’s eggs, 333

Gaurakiśora

in disciplic succession, 29

Gāyatrī

discussed, 532

Kṛṣṇa as, 531-532

Ghosts

forced to remain in subtle bodies, 65

released by offering of prasādam, 65

their worshipers may become rakṣas or yakṣas, 477

worshiped by one in ignorance, 755-756

worshiped in conditioned state, 776

worshiped in trees, 756

worshipers of ghosts take birth amongst ghosts, 477

Ghrāṇaṁ ga tat-pāda-saroja-saurabhe

verses quoted, 147

Gītā-māhātmya, 32

Godāsa

as servant of senses, 335 Goddess of fortune

hundreds of thousands serve Kṛṣṇa, 431

Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ

quoted, 19, 323, 637

Goloka Vṛdāvana

all affairs conducted from, 433

as chief Vaikuṇṭha planet, 701

as original planet, 20

as personal abode, 461-462

as ultimate goal, 592

attained by love of Kṛṣṇa, 439

Brahman-realized persons cannot reach,405

description of, 431-432

devotees enter, 423

devotees do not want to be transferred to, 593

nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa, 432

no return from, 426, 700-701

not illumined by sun, moon, electricity, 700-702

plant of devotion enters, 506

reached by knowing Kṛṣṇa, 323-324, 406

surabhi cows in, 526

(See also Spiritual sky, Supreme abode, Vṛndāvana)

Goodness

action in, 132, 798-799

action in the mode purifies, 678

as manifestation of Kṛṣṇa’s energy, 377-378

as mode of nature, 8

as purest form of existence, 677

austerity in mode of, 767

charity in mode of, 769-770

charity, sacrifice and penance must be in, 772

conditions one to concept of happiness, 669-670, 672-673

death in the mode leads to higher planets, 677, 681-682

determination in, 806

enables one to adopt right activities, 10

expected of brāhmaṇa, 202

faith in pure goodness, 754-755

food in mode of, 760-761

happiness in, 809

illuminating characteristics of mode, 669- 670

importance of education in mode of, 680-681

in pure vāsudeva state one can understand God, 674

knowledge develops from, 680-681

knowledge in, 796

manifestations experienced through knowledge, 674-675

material world not in pure goodness, 754

must be attained to understand Kṛṣṇa, 749

one in the mode worships demigods, 755-756

position steadied by devotional service, 363

renunciation in, 787-788

sacrifice in mode of, 762

sometimes defeats passion, 673-674

transcended by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 776

transcendental if pure, 754

understanding in, 804

Viṣṇu worshiped by those in mode of, 175

worker in, 800-801

(See also Modes of nature)

Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī obeisances to, 1

Gosvāmī

as one who controls mind, 335

birth in their families fortunate, 353-354

defined as one who can control senses, 298

knows happiness of transcendental senses, 335

Govardhana Hill

lifted by Kṛṣṇa, 533

one cannot imitate by lifting, 189-190 Govinda

as He appears in Goloka Vṛndāvana, 431-432

as pleasure of senses and cows, 459

as plenary expansion associates with devotees, 23

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 59, 83

Kṛṣṇa as primeval, 74

living, entity should satisfy His senses, 59-60

meaning of name, 44, 59-60

santas in love with, 176

seen by eyes anointed with love, 339, 451

Grace

Arjuna convinced of Kṛṣṇa’s, 540

as means of understanding Kṛṣṇa, 221 543

buddhi-yoga attained by, 122

enables digestion of food, 712

illuminates duty, 182

of Kṛṣṇa can prolong or diminish life, 375

of Kṛṣṇa carries out everything automatically , 617

of Kṛṣṇa enables Arjuna’s seeing everything, 552

of Kṛṣṇa enables happiness, 142

of Kṛṣṇa gives opportunities for perfection, 355

of Supersoul enables transmigration, 102

spiritual body attained by, 704

supreme abode attained by, 825, 831

Greed

as gate leading to hell, 745

Gṛhastha

charity, self-control and sacrifice meant for, 725-726

perfection by restriction, 250-251

performs sacrifices for further enlightenment, 438

Guḍākeśa

Arjuna as, 84, 519

meaning of, 51, 519

Guṇa

meaning rope, 380

H

Hanumān

cooperated with Lord Rāma, 48

his wrath engaged as service, 204

on Arjuna’s flag, 47-48

Happiness

all living entities search after, 18

arising from sleep, illusion, etc., 810-811

as conditioning concept, 669-670

as enemy of sense enjoyer, 207

as eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, 141

as life symptom, 627

Brahman as constitutional position of, 690-691

by concentration on Kṛṣṇa, 295, 335-336

by food in the mode of goodness, 760-761

by saṅkīrtana-yajña, 177

by surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 369, 393

cannot be restricted, 633

due to material body, 645

enjoyed by factual experience, 299

enjoyed even in the body, 684

enjoyed in action for Kṛṣṇa, 242

enjoyed when desire to dominate diminishes, 647

flickering when derived from Vedic principles, 473

impossible in this life or next without sacrifice, 256

impossible without peace, 152

in devotional service, not mere renunciation, 278

in Kṛṣṇa, 82, 341

in mode of goodness, 675, 808-809

in mode of ignorance, 810-811

in mode of passion, 679, 809-810

in perceiving self in samādhi, 330

in sense control, 285, 298

in spiritual sky, 18, 20, 257, 439

its worth questioned by Arjuna, 59

Kṛṣṇa does not desire heavenly, 237

Kṛṣṇa the cause, 57, 82

like nectar in beginning, poison at end, 809-810

like poison in beginning, nectar at end, 809

living entity completely dependent in, 289

materially sought by fruitive workers, 352

money cannot bring, 681

none in this world or next for doubting soul, 266

nonpermanent, arises from sense perception, 90-91

not attained by whimsical action, 746-747

not gained by killing kinsmen, 61

not possible without faith, 266

not to be considered in fighting, 120

of senses known by gosvāmī, 335

on basis of sense gratification, 121, 208

one dear to Kṛṣṇa equal in, 611, 612

one falls down from it when pious activities expire, 83

one steady in happiness is eligible for liberation, 92

on sensual plane discussed, 128

process for family, 633

sacrifice of material, 348

sages not elated by, 142, 155

seems elusive to Arjuna on Battlefield, 57

should be tolerated, 90-91, 130

strange to commit sin to enjoy, 68

transcended by conquered mind, 315

within for perfect mystic, 299

Harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā

verses quoted, 55

Hardwar

as sacred place, 320

Hare Kṛṣṇa

as best process to make home pleasant, 633

as best sacrifice, 726

as devotional service, 265, 424, 472, 505, 606, 691

as easy path to elevation, 748

as engagement of brahmacārī, 251

as escape from creation and destruction, 429

as internal potency dancing on the tongue, 605

as mantra for whole world, 28

as means of pleasing Kṛṣṇa, 603

as means of understanding Kṛṣṇa, 398

as means to control tongue, 632

as meditation, 344, 417-418

as purest representation of Kṛṣṇa, 523

as remembering process, 415, 417, 425

chanted for transcendental body, 416, 484

chanted 300,000 times daily by Haridāsa Ṭhākur, 356

contains om, 423

for internal cleanliness, 265, 631, 732

for reaching supreme destination, 423, 604

its chanting the only way in Kali-yuga, 422

pleasure derived from chanting, 446

progress by hearing, 652

promulgated by Caitanya in Benares, 508

protects devotee from falldowns, 486

should be chanted without stoppage, 486

Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam

verses quoted, 320

Harer nāmānukīrtanam

as engagement of brahmacārī, 251

Haridāsa Ṭhākur

elevated to nāmācārya, 356

resists Māyā Devī, 149

suffered to spread God consciousness, 593

would not eat until 300,000 names chanted, 326

Haṭha-yoga

as childish way to satisfy Supreme, 651

many impediments to, 331

meant for controlling five kinds of air, 95

one must die at suitable time in, 434

practiced for perfections, 253

process of yoga breathing described, 254

He kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho

prayer, 2

Hiḍimba

demon killed by Bhīma, 44

Himalayas,

Kṛṣṇa as, 523

Hiraṇyagarbha

Brahmā born out of, 501

Hiraṇyakaśipu

killed by Kṛṣṇa, 744

performed penances in ignorance, 769

persecuted son, 226

plans baffled by material energy, 383

Hṛṣīkeśa

as Lord of total senses, 49, 335, 622-623, 815

as plenary expansion, 433

as sacred place, 320

could understand purpose of Arjuna’s surveying army, 51

ignorant man forgets, 193

indicates Kṛṣṇa knows everything, 52

Kṛṣṇa as, 47, 52, 84, 780

significance of address, 44, 780-781

universal form addressed as, 568

Human life

as chance to conquer lust, 206

as most valuable asset, 80

as regulated and nonregulated, 351

begins with varṇāśrama-dharma, 114

can be prolonged or diminished by Kṛṣṇa, 375

400,000 human species, 384

generally engaged in eating, sleeping, defending, and mating, 365

guaranteed for one in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 124

love of God its highest perfection, 209

many forms extant on other planets, 500

meant for āśramas, not sense gratification, 250

meant for realization, 6, 181, 206, 214, 384, 407

meant for sacrifice and purification, 175, 747

not meant for merely toiling hard, 15

not properly used by miser, 80

only loophole out of material life, 256

perfected in association with Lord, 15-16

Humility

as knowledge, defined, 629-630

as qualification for sannyāsī, 724-725

I

Ignorance

all conditioned entities born in, 798

action in, 676, 678-679, 800

Arjuna placed in, 7

as attachment to results, 127, 190

as cause of higher and lower natures, 626

as cause of sin, bondage and suffering 256, 264, 287

as demoniac, 728-729, 738, 749

as manifestation of Kṛṣṇa’s energy, 377-378

as mode of nature, 8

as thinking the body to be the self, 195

austerity in mode of, 769

bewilders and covers knowledge, 288

causes delusion, ends in madness, indolence, sleep, 325, 671-673, 676, 680-681

causes one to try to adjust to world, 136-137

charity in mode of, 771

conquered by Arjuna, 51

defined as not knowing Kṛṣṇa, 229

determination in, 807-808

disobedient doomed to, 198

dispelled by Gītā, devotion and guru, 93, 94, 135, 268, 363, 508-511, 720, 841

duty abandoned in, 115, 786

effects of the mode discussed, 671-672, 676

equated with sleep, 51 food in mode of, 760-761

four signs of, 195

gives rise to doubts, 267

happiness in, 810-811

hellish worlds destination of those in, 681- 682

impedes realization, 266, 723

knowledge in mode of, 797-798

lamentation as a sign of, 72

leads to rebirth in animal kingdom, 677, 678

lust a symbol of, 207

makes one think Kṛṣṇa responsible, 289

manifest as wrath, 204

misguides one in identifying soul and Supersoul, 111-112

one in the mode worships ghosts, 755-756

renunciation in mode of, 786

sacrifice in mode of, 764

Śiva as incarnation of tamo-guṇa, 381

sometimes defeats goodness and passion, 673-674

understanding, in, 805

worker in, 802-803

(See also Modes of Nature, Nescience, Sleep)

Īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā

verses quoted, 283

Ikṣvāku

forefather of Raghu dynasty, 215

instructed via disciplic succession, 4, 214-215, 240

Ilāvartavarṣa

earth known formerly as, 354

Illusion

See Māyā

Imaṁ-vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam

verses quoted, 3

Imitation

of another’s duty dangerous, 201-202

of Kṛṣṇa discouraged, 189-190

Imperfections

four basic imperfections of mundaner, 14

one with the four basic imperfections can not teach, 88

Impersonalists

agree on eternality of soul, 93

as indirectly Kṛṣṇa conscious, 318

as monopolizers of Vedānta-sūtra, 780

Brahman their object of meditation, 596

cannot account for senses, 44

cannot actually see universal form, 581

cannot be mahātmās, 465

cannot enjoy life, 150

cannot relish transcendental service, 232

cannot see Kṛṣṇa due to brahmajyoti covering, 400

cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, 366, 518

cease activities out of fear, 242

deride temple worship, 461

do not even follow Śaṅkarācārya, 398

for the, Kṛṣṇa cannot eat, 150, 479

frightened by retained personality, 230

ignorant of violation of Kṛṣṇa’s law, 404

liberation is Supreme for them, 183

maintain Brahman takes form of jīva, 413

maintain Kṛṣṇa has no form, 372, 397-399

merge into brahmajyoti, 22-23, 230, 232, 249-250, 368, 423, 824

prefer to vibrate om, 374

return to material universe, 150, 232

risk not realizing Absolute, 601

sacrifice identity by merging, 249-250

sometimes accept Kṛṣṇa as Bhagavān, 514

their attachments analyzed, 230

their degree of advancement, 73

their leader, Śaṅkarācārya, accepts Kṛṣṇa, 234

their liberation difficult and temporary, 228

their renunciation imperfect, 150

worship five kinds of demigods, 756

worship themselves as Supreme, 467

(See also Brahmavādī, Māyāvādī)

Impersonal Realization

actually no conflict with personalism, 374

against nature of blissful spiritual self, 601

as incomplete, 12-13, 318, 362

as means of attaining Kṛṣṇa, 598-599

as step to complete realization, 398, 690-691

beneficial if there is no pure devotee, 617

can be attained by senses, 493

difficult for common man, 599-601

easier than understanding Kṛṣṇa, 365

in beginning tendency toward, 390-391

its degree of advancement, 73

Kṛṣṇa last word in, 366

risk of falling from, 691

supported by Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, 372

theory of merging rejected, 87

theory of void rejected, 211, 323

those in modes cannot rise above, 379

through diverse energies, 373-374

Impregnation

process of, 413

Inaction

as cessation of material activities, 310

discouraged, 132, 162

inferior to action, 169

intelligent bewildered in determining, 239

no freedom from reaction, 165

one must know it, 240-241

symptom of ignorance, 671-672, 676

the intelligent see it as one with action, 241

the same as work in full knowledge, 272

Incarnations

appear on schedule, 222-224, 227

as arca-vigraha, Deity, 600

as manifestations of internal energy, 460

as puruṣa manifestations, 519

as six types of avatāras, 227

Caitanya advents in Kali-yuga, 227

can advent anywhere, 225

cited in Purāṇas, 517

criterion established by universal form, 542

descriptions given in Bhāgavatam, 74, 590

false claims as, 190, 385, 581, 741

information given in Brahma-saṁhitā, 220-221

Kṛṣṇa as source of, 74, 227-228, 261, 540, 590

Kṛṣṇa descends with rise of irreligion, 222, 224

mission of, 16, 225-226

named, 360

of material qualities of Kṛṣṇa, 529

of rājo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa, 381

primary and secondary, 225

should not be accepted if not in scriptures, 225

Independence

as fragmental quality, 702

given Arjuna to do as he wishes, 832

given to everyone, 393

Kṛṣṇa does not interfere with living entities’, 288

limited to supreme will, 394

misuse of, 204, 268, 649, 742

of living entity partial, 204

proper use of, 849

to control body, 705

as eternal fragmental parts, 702-704

Individuality

essential to bhakti-yoga, 689

eternality asserted by Kṛṣṇa, 86-88, 104, 121

its annihilation hellish, 822

kept even after liberation, 121, 250, 290, 665

maintained on spiritual grounds, 87-88, 824

of Kṛṣṇa and living entity, 13, 121, 290, 349

present in oneness, 714

sacrificed in fire of Brahman, 249-250

Indra

as appointed officer, 178

attainment of his planet, 396

born from Nārāyaṇa, 503

chief of administrative demigods, 411

gives Arjuna military honors, 116

his priest Bṛhaspati, 522

his worship discouraged by Kṛṣṇa, 18

Kṛṣṇa as, 521

Kṛṣṇa as Bṛhat-sāma sung to, 531-532

sacrifices for, 249

worshiped in goodness, 756

Indraloka

as abode of Indra, 522

as goal, 470, 472

soma drinkers take birth on, 472

Indriyāṇi hayānāhur viṣayāṁs teṣu gocarān

verses quoted, 344

Intelligence

as constituent of body, 627-628

as neighbor of spirit soul, 208

as one of eight separated energies, 367, 368

as sitting place of lust, 207-208

compared to driver of car of body, 344

controlled by meditation and breath suspension, 302-303

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

defined as power of analyzing things in perspective, 497

frees one from bondage of works, 121

generally not possessed by women, 64

given by Kṛṣṇa to understand Vedas, 713

in buddhi-yoga, 507

indifference ensues liberation of, 137

in passion perverse, 805

Kṛṣṇa as, 375-376, 530

lost or misdirected by demonic, 383, 734

necessity of being fixed in Kṛṣṇa, 26, 152, 154, 291, 416, 604

need not be highly developed to attain Kṛṣṇa, 27

of Arjuna bewildered, 163

of irresolute many-branched, 125

of one dear to Kṛṣṇa agrees with Him, 611

people in general have little, 127

perfectly controlled by sage, 244

self transcendental to, 211

sometimes overcome by mind, 343-344

steady when senses restrained, 147, 153, 154

strengthens mind, 211

study of Gītā as worship with, 839

superior to mind, inferior to soul, 210

to fix one in trance, 334

two classes of intelligent men, 155

used only for purification, 283

vyavasāyātmikā, 125

when lost, one falls into material pool, 150

Interplanetary Travel

no mechanical arrangement necessary, 19-20

Intoxication

as demonic pursuit, 736

as resort of those frustrated in passion, 681

as shelter of frustrated impersonalists,230

for yogī contradictory, 331

in mode of ignorance, 672

Irreligion

corrupts women, 64

developed at death of family elders, 63

Kṛṣṇa descends when there is rise in, 224

results from destruction of family tradition, 63

Īśāvāsya

as formula for peace, 153, 304

cited in Īśopaniṣad, 282

complete renunciation necessitates awareness of, 274

everything used for satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, 157

Kṛṣṇa proprietor of universe, 14, 153, 261

Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam

quoted, 157

Īśopaniṣad

cited, 282

Īśvara

See Controller

Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ

verses quoted, 12-13, 74, 234, 365, 372, 459

Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtāṁ hṛd-deśe ‘rjuna tiṣṭhati

quoted, 337

Īśvarāṇāṁ vacaḥ satyaṁ tathaivācaritaṁ kvacit

verses quoted, 189 Īśvara Purī

in disciplic succession, 29

J

Jaḍabharata

as name of Bharata Mahārāja, 355

Jagai

typical narādhama, delivered by Nityānanda, 384

Jagannātha

in disciplic succession, 29

Jagat-pate

Lord of the universe, 513-514

Janaka

as learned leader, 382

attained perfection through duty, 184

one must follow, 240

self-realized, father of Sītā, 184-185

Janaloka

elevation to, 472 Janārdana

as plenary expansion, 433

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 62, 162, 516

Janmādyasya yato ‘nvayād itarataś ca

quoted, 204, 473, 814

Japa

as best process, 480

as presentation of evidence in logic, 529

Jayadharma

in disciplic succession, 29

Jayadratha

considered already destroyed, 566

willing to die for Duryodhana, 39

Jayatīrtha

in disciplic succession, 29

Jesus Christ

sacrificed his life to spread God consciousness, 593

Jīva

See Conditioned Soul, Jīvātmā, Living Entity, Soul

Jīva Gosvāmī

in disciplic succession, 29

obeisances to, 1

warns that Kṛṣṇa should be respected in all, 461

Jīvātmā

situated with Paramātmā on tree of body, 100, 102-103

(See also Conditioned Soul, Living Entity, Soul)

Jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi

quoted, 290

Jñāna-kāṇḍa

as sacrifice for knowledge, 259

Jñānam

as knowledge of self, 209

Jñānamaya

development to thinking, feeling and willing, 626

Jñānaṁ parama-guhyaṁ me yad-vijñāna-samanvitam

verses quoted, 209

Jñānasindhu

in disciplic succession, 29

Jñāna-yoga

as difficult path, 331, 600

as means of linking with Absolute Truth, 358

as outcome of karma-yoga, 359

as part of yoga ladder, 311

as subject of Gītā, 159

defined, 507

difference from bhakti-yoga, 600

does not admit householder, 322

leads to bhakti-yoga, 305

one cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by, 448

one must die at suitable time in, 454

third-class devotee’s tendency toward, 450

Jñānī

as best of the pious, dear to Kṛṣṇa, 388-389

comes to devotional service when frustrated, 387

confused in attempt to understand Kṛṣṇa, 365

considered to dwell in Kṛṣṇa, 389-390

the supermost, one who thinks of Kṛṣṇa, 26

Juṣtaṁ yadā paśyaty anyam īśam asya

verses quoted, 103

Jyotīṁṣi viṣṇur bhavanāni viṣṇuḥ

verse quoted, 93

Jyoti-rūpaṁ sarnpadya svena

verses quoted, 716

Jyotiṣṭoma

Kṛṣṇa as, 468

sacrifice for higher planets, 127

K

Kaivalyam

as constitutional position, 330

as oneness with Supreme, 330

Kāla

as presiding deity of time, 434 Kālī

her worship recommended for meat-eaters, 175

Kali-yuga

Caitanya incarnation for, 227

chanting as method for, 131, 172-173, 320, 422

characteristics and duration of, 215, 428

characteristics of people in, 131, 320

yoga system difficult in, 308, 342-343

Kalki

vanquishes demons, 428

Kalpas

reckoning of, 428

Kalpa-sūtras

as part of study for sacrifice, 581

Kāmais tais tair hṛt-ajñānāḥ prapadyante ‘nya- devatāḥ

verses quoted, 18

Kāmaṁ ca dāsye na tu kāma-kāmyayā

verses quoted, 148

Kaṁsa

always thinking to kill Kṛṣṇa, 489, 593

killed by Kṛṣṇa, 226, 744

Kṛṣṇa addressed as enemy of, 138

persecuted Vasudeva and Devakī, 226

Kaṇāda

as principal philosopher, 444

Kandarpa

Kṛṣṇa as god of love, 525-526

Kapila

as imposter and expostulator of atheistic

sāṅkhya, 122-123

as learned leader, 382

as principal philosopher, 444

His sāṅkhya identical with Kṛṣṇa’s, 123

Kṛṣṇa as, 524

one must follow, 240

the incarnation, expounded true sāṅkhya 122-123

Kāraṇodakaśāyl Viṣṇu

as puruṣa-avatāra, 519

Karau harer mandira-mārjanādiṣu

verses quoted, 147

Karma

able to be changed, 9, 10

accrues for those not renounced, 789

birth according to, 456, 458, 668, 705

causes transmigration, 10, 412

defined as not eternal, 9, 10

denied by demons, 737, 739

employing its result for a good cause, 610

freedom from, 197, 237, 242, 263, 631

how one enjoys or suffers, 8-9

in relation to time and the modes of nature, 8

meant for yajña, 383

none for acts commanded by Paramātmā, 791

of killing, 679

of sin analyzed, 445

places one in modes of nature, 625-626

roots of banyan tree bound to, 696-697

sinful reactions negated by Bhagavad-gītā, 28

wealth as result of, 739

(See also Action, Activities, Work)

Karma-kāṇḍa

activities for sense gratification, 130

as fruitive sacrifice, 259

portions of Vedas discussed, 127-138

sacrifices as Kṛṣṇa, 468

to encourage gradual realization, 130

Karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā

verses quoted, 321

Karma-yoga

as action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, subject for Chapter Five, 271-305

as beginning of path to bhakti, 359

as buddhi-yoga, 122-123

as means of linking with Absolute Truth, 358

as subject of Chapter Three, 161-212

as subject of Gītā, 159

better for Kaii-yuga than sāṅkhya-yoga, 308

defined, 507

no impediments to, 331

nondifferent from sāṅkhya-yoga, 276

one cannot understand Kṛṣṇa by, 448

one must die at a suitable time in, 434

third-class devotee’s tendency toward, 450

Karmīs (Fruitive workers)

as worker in passion, 801-802

awarded results by Kṛṣṇa, 232

come to Kṛṣṇa in time of distress, 387

determination of, 807

may be elevated to higher planets, 352

Karṇa

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38

considered already destroyed, 566

destroyed in mouth of universal form, 560

identified as half brother of Arjuna, 38

would think Arjuna fearful, 118

Karṣati

as struggle for existence, 705

Kārttikeya

born of Śiva and Pārvatī, 149

Kāśirāja

blows conchshell, 46

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Kaṭha Upaniṣad

cited, 210, 427, 626, 716

quoted, 86-87, 99, 100, 111, 371

Kaunteya

significance of name, 91

Kavis

as those who think thoroughly, 534

Kena Upaniṣad

cited, 511

Keśāgra-śata-bhāgasya śatāṁśaḥ sādṛśātmakaḥ

verses quoted, 95

Keśava

as plenary expansion, 433

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 162

Keśī

Kṛṣṇa addressed as killer of demon, 56, 780

Keśinisūdana

significance of address, 780-781

Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja

attained Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 158

Kibāvipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya

verses quoted, 82

Kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā

verses quoted, 27

Knowledge

as destroyer of doubts, 267, 291

as jñānam and vijñānam, 209

as lamp destroying darkness of ignorance, 508-509

as mature fruit of all mysticism, 264

as perfection of religion, eternal, and joyful, 444-448

as purifier leading to love, 229-230

as quality of brāhmaṇa, 812

as realization, 157-158, 347

as śruti, hearing, 718

as subject for Chapter Four, 213-269

as sublime and pure, 264, 444-448

as superlative in Gītā, 13, 32, 215

as the body, the knowable, vijñānam, 643

as understanding devotional service, 643

as vipaścit, in relation to soul, 99, 126

as way of perceiving Supersoul, 651

awarded in buddhi-yoga, 122

Brahman as concentrated, 642

brings liberation, 79, 91, 228-229, 264

brings peace, 264, 265

brings perception and enjoyment of the self, 264, 444-448, 665

burns up fruitive action, 242-243, 263

cannot be delivered by one with the four imperfections, 14, 341

concerning self and Kṛṣṇa, 268, 622-623

covered by ignorance, 94, 288

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497, 712-713

developed in mode of goodness, 669, 680-681, 796

develops to meditation, 609

enables sinners to cross ocean of miseries, 262

equalizes vision, 292

extraneous endeavors not necessary for, 123

for understanding transmigration, 89, 706-707

greater than sacrifice of possessions, 258

hardly anyone interested in, 365

imparted by spiritual master through disciplic succession, 14, 67, 259-260, 290, 364

imparted to Arjuna, 70, 104, 833

illuminates gates of body in goodness, 674-675

in mode of darkness, 797-798

in mode of passion, 797

in three modes, 665, 798

its cultivation advised, 609

its cultivation as divine quality, 722, 724- 725

its detailed constituents, 629-634

its doors open to all, 27

jñāna not sufficient for liberation, 274

Kṛṣṇa as living force, 521

Kṛṣṇa as object of, 362, 468-469, 834

Kṛṣṇa knows past, present and future, 401-402

likened to fire, 243, 263

makes sacrifice transcendental, 258-259

materialistic knowledge, 82, 199, 316, 444

men of little knowledge attached to Vedas, 127

more important than religion, 86

most confidential given to deliberate upon, 832

necessary to execute purposes of Vedas, 131

necessity of purification and sense control for, 79, 91, 144, 388-389

no one knows Kṛṣṇa, 401-402

not possible in material body, 22

not to be explained to those not austere, devoted, etc., 837

of everything, 364, 419

of Kṛṣṇa as governing principle at time of death, 406

of Kṛṣṇa’s opulence, 261, 500, 502

of matter and spirit, 86, 364, 497, 535

of oneness in quality, difference in quantity, 275

of pretenders and atheists, 167, 462-463

of sāṅkhya philosophy discussed, 85-121

of yoga discussed, 121-158

one in perfection called dhīra, 89

Paramātmā as knowledge, its object and goal, 641-642

perfection and purpose of, 125-126, 131, 258-259, 262, 310, 650, 748

perfect when one is unattached, desireless, 143, 242

related to action, 101, 111, 274, 304-305, 794

related to surrender, 84, 290, 358, 390-391

related to Vedic scriptures, 13-14, 252, 266

revealed by faith in Kṛṣṇa and spiritual master, 360

reveals everything like the sun during day, 289-290

satisfaction by, 316

the most confidential as subject of Chapter Nine, 441-490

useless if selfishness remains, 310

veiled and destroyed by lust, 207-209

work merges into, 246, 258

Kṛpa

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior 38

married ‘s Droṇācārya’s sister, 38

Kṛpana (miser)

as one who enjoys fruits of work, 134

described as not solving problems of life 80

does not know how to utilize riches, 135

overly affectionate for family, etc., 80

thinks he can protect family from death 80

Kṛṣṇa

as Absolute Truth, 5, 12, 349, 510

as acyuta, 221, 842

as advaita, 221, 489 as Agni of Vasus, 521

as air, fire, water and moon, 571

as air of life, 711-712

as all-pervading, 5, 248, 450-451, 510,537-538, 555, 570, 572

as Ananta amongst Nāga serpents, 526

as Arjuna of the Pāṇḍavas, 533-534

as Aryamā of departed ancestors, 526-527

as aśvattha fig tree, 524

as author of Vedas, 14, 24, 179-180, 712-714

as basis of everything, 338, 469-470

as beginning, middle and end of all, 519, 529

as benefactor and well-wisher of all, 304

as beneficiary of all sacrifice, 173, 175, 177-178

as Bhagavān, 73-74

as Bhṛgu the sage, 523

as Bhūteśa, 513-514

as Bṛhaspati the priest, 522

as Bṛhat-sāma, 531-532

as butter, fire and offering, 467-468 as Caitanya, 172

as cause of all causes, 12-13, 74, 126, 569

as cause of material happiness, 57

as Citraratha amongst Gandharvas, 524

as compiler of Vedānta, 712-714 as complete whole, 12, 14

as conclusive truth among logicians, 529

as controller (iśvara) of everything, 7-8, 187, 304, 471, 571

as creation and annihilation, 469-470

as creator, maintainer, annihilator, 122, 171, 180, 235, 452-456, 485, 501, 503-504, 562, 640-641, 666-667

as creator of Brahmā, Śiva and demigods, 495

as death, 471, 526, 530-531, 559

as deliverer from birth and death, 602-604

as descendant of Vṛṣṇi, 203

as Devakī-nandana, 44

as difficult to know, 6, 219, 365, 366

as dual word among compounds, 530

as elephant Airāvata, 524-525

as eternal, 86-88, 555

as far away, yet near to all, 639

as father of Brahmā and all beings, 14, 16, 189, 385, 468-469, 501, 571, 574

as fire of digestion, 711-712

as flower-bearing spring, 531-532

as friend, 76, 300, 469-470

as gambling of cheats, 533

as Ganges River, 528

as Garuḍa bird, 527

as Gāyatrī verse, 531-532

as Govinda, 44, 59-60, 83

as healing herb, 467

as heat of fire, life of all that lives, 374-375

as Himalayas, 523

as Hṛṣīkeśa, 44, 47, 49, 51, 52, 84, 568

as immortality, 471

as impartial, 237, 289, 293, 337, 456-457, 482

as Indra, 521

as inexhaustible, 401

as infallible, 49

as Janārdana, 62, 162, 516

as japa chanting, 523

as Kandarpa, god of love, 525-526

as Kapila the sage, 524

as Keśava, 162

as Keśiniṣūdana, 56, 780-781

as knower of all and object of knowledge, 228, 349, 468-469, 570

as Kuvera, 521

as letter A, 530

as lion among beasts, 527

as Lord of the universe, 513-514

as lotus-eyed, 540-541

as Mādhava, husband of goddess of fortune, 43, 62

as Madhusūdana, 44, 59, 72, 77, 342, 410-411

as mahātmā, 569

as Maheśvara, background of māyā, 380

as maintainer of religion, 33, 554

as maintainer of the people, 67

as manifold faced Brahmā, 530

as mantra, transcendental chant, 467-468

as Marici of the Maruts, 520

as master of all mysticism, 844-845

as Meru mountain, 521

as mind and living force, 521

as monarch amongst men, 524-525

as morality, 534-535

as Nārada amongst sages, 524

as nondifferent from His names, 25, 423, 523

as November and December, 531-532

as object and embodiment of realization, 13, 232

as ocean, 522

as om vibration, 373-374, 423, 468-469, 523

as only God for whole world, 28, 576

as original fragrance of earth, 374-375

as original spiritual master, 29, 81, 84, 214-215, 260, 574

as origin of lust, 204

as origin without beginning, middle or end, 555

as Pārtha-sārathi, 44

as pavitram (pure), 5

as penances of all ascetics, 374

as perpetually happy, 18

as pleasure for cows and senses, 18, 44, 59

as Prahlāda, 527

as proprietor, 14, 261, 300

as prowess of powerful men, 373, 375

as purifier, 468-469, 510

as Puruṣottama, Supreme Person, 410, 419, 510, 513-514, 717

as Rāmacandra, 48, 528 as resting place, 337-338, 371, 453-454, 469-471, 570

as ritual and sacrifice, 467-468

as Ṛk, Sāma and Yajur Vedas, 468-469, 521

as rod of chastisement, 534-535

as sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ, 12-13, 74, 221

as seed-giving father, 667

as seed of all existences, 375-376, 469-470, 530, 535

as Self (Supersoul) in hearts of all, 10, 52, 337-338, 519

as sex life, 377

as shark amongst fishes, 528

as simultaneously one yet different, 233, 337-338, 377, 450-451

as silence, 534-535

as Śiva of Rudras, 521

as Skanda the general, 522

as soul of mahat-tattva, 519

as sound in ether, 373

as source of Brahman, 75, 87, 385

as source of incarnations, 74, 227, 493

as source of Supersoul, Paramātmā, 75, 100, 385

as speaker of Gītā, 32

as spiritual science of Self, 529

as splendor of the splendid, 533

as strength of strong, 377

as superior, 85, 87, 90, 574

as supreme abode, 5, 469-470, 510

as supreme authority, 72, 219

as Supreme Brahman, Parambrahman, 5, 376, 510-511

as supreme enjoyer, 5, 12, 18, 300

as supreme goal, 469-470, 554

as Supreme Personality of Godhead, 3, 6, 73, 510, 554, 570

as supreme transcendental consciousness, 9, 10

as sun and moon, 214, 520, 555, 709

as surabhi amongst cows, 525-526

as Śyāmasundara, 19, 360

as taste of water, light of sun and moon, 373-374

as thunderbolt amongst weapons, 525-526

as time, 527, 530, 563

as transcendental to modes, time and space, 11, 14, 219, 236-237, 378-379, 569-570

as Ucchaiḥśravā the horse, 524-525

as unborn, 5, 222, 494

as Uśanā, 533-534

as Varuṇa, god of aquatics, 526

as Vāsudeva or Vṛṣṇi, 44, 533-534

as Vāsuki, chief of serpents, 525

as victory, adventure and strength, 533

as Viṣṇu, 28, 247, 367-368

as Viṣṇu of Ādityas, 520

as Vyāsa, 533-534

as well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas, 679

as wind, 528

as wisdom of the wise, 534-535

as Yādava, 573

as Yama, lord of death, 526-527

as Yaśodā-nandana, 44

as yogeśvara, 542-543, 847

as young man eternally, 223, 578

being and nonbeing in, 471

blows His conchshell, 43-44

can speak by breathing air, 179-180

characteristics and reasons for advent, 7 16, 18-19, 189, 223, 226

compared to witnessing bird on tree of body, 102

concentration on, 24-27, 51

controls Arjuna’s senses, 44

denied and derided by demons, 19, 733

descriptions of, 431-432, 834

determined to kill miscreants, 60

dissipates lamentation, 72

does not violate scripture, 187

draws up chariot between the armies, 51

engages one in pious and impious activities, 289

enters each planet and keeps it in orbit, 710

everyone follows His path, 232

expansions named and described, 433

extends His hand to accept offerings, 637, 638

forms of, 13, 220-221, 223, 583-585, 836

free to act in any way, 224

had many grandchildren at Battle, 223

His deeds performed as natural sequence, 187

His mind, body and Self are identical, 221, 489

indemnifies all reactions to sin, 28

kills combatants before battle, 60

known only through mercy of pure devotee, 112

likened to vaidurya stone, 221

milks the cow of Bhagavad-gītā, 28

named according to His activities, 44

never brings misfortune to anyone, 62

never lost to one who sees Him everywhere, 338-339

never manifest to foolish and unintelligent, 400

not a manifestation of universal form or Viṣṇu, 593-594

not responsible for activities of living entities, 237

not subject to illusion, 87, 290

not subject to prescribed work, 186, 456-457

opulences of, 5, 74, 288, 491-538, 543

performed all rules of householder, 188

plays veṇu, His flute, 431

relationships with devotees, 4-5, 25, 49, 171, 232

relation to Arjuna discussed, 84-85

resides eternally in Goloka, 19

reveals Himself to devotees, 366

reveals universal form, 546-547

senses of, 28, 81, 180, 187, 638

sets example by work, 186, 188

should not be imitated, 189-190

speaks Gītā for guidance of mankind, 32

supplies all raw resources, 175

tolerates no wrong to His devotee, 60

transcends fallible and infallible, 717

treats everyone as friend, 292

uproots the unrighteous at Kurukṣetra, 33

worshiped as austerity, 764-765

Kṛṣṇa consciousness

above brāhmaṇa status, 236

above flowery language of Vedas, 139

activity and work in, 134-135, 162, 164, 183, 191, 238, 827-828, 843

as Absolute Truth, 164

as best process to make home pleasant, 633

as best yoga, 133-134, 147, 303, 360

as Caitanya’s requisite for spiritual master, 82

as consequence of surrender, 84

as culmination of knowledge, 258-259 as duty of everyone, 308

as fearlessness, 322, 754

as means to spiritual kingdom, 247-248

as most direct method of realization, 349

as only way of understanding Kṛṣṇa, 402

as peaceful, 83, 153, 264

as purificatory process, 135, 238, 357

as purified consciousness, 11, 706

as samādhi, trance, 51, 139, 143, 340, 422-423, 471, 593

as saṅkīrtana-yajña, 172

as sense control, 145, 201, 212, 318

as service, 126, 318, 335

as spiritualizing material world, 305

as spread by incarnations, 225

as transcendental to modes, 130, 379, 616, 680, 682, 776

as yajña, 170, 180-181

attained by help of Kṛṣṇa, 474

attained by nine activities of devotion, 443

attained upon hearing Gītā, 846

begins by understanding source of light, 709

can be attained in a second or a million births, 158

can transform lust into love of God, 209

characteristics of, 138, 140, 141, 143, 152

compared to yoga-yajña and svadhyāya-yajña, 253

compared with speculation, 164

dependent on spiritual master, 126

different yogas steppingstones to, 362

difficult for inexperienced, 127

endears one to all, all to one, 279

faith in, 125, 266

freedom of action in, 182, 202, 281

frees one from family, etc., 125

guarantees higher birth, 124

in buddhi-yoga, 122-123

its beginning compared to fire, 205

its highest perfection, 125, 157

its jurisdiction extends everywhere, 374

may appear on sensual plane, 151

necessary for complete renunciation, 274

no duality in, 120, 285

no loss even for the fallen, 166

path cleared by Arjuna’s questions, 163

revived in next birth, 124, 351, 354-355

serves aims of jñāna and yoga, 310

should be learned from beginning of life, 209

solves all problems, 257

spread in India by Caitanya, 227

three classes of men in, 449-450

transcends śabda-brahma, 138

various stages analyzed, 231’

Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja

in disciplic succession, 29

mentioned as author, 226

Kṛṣṇaloka

See Goloka Vṛndāvana, Spiritual sky, Supreme abode

Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam

quoted, 3, 590

Kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo

verses quoted, 220

Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅopāṅgastra- pārṣadam

verses quoted, 172

Kṛtavarmā

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53 willing to die for Duryodhana, 39

Kṣara

defined, 89-90

Kṣatriya

Arjuna deviating from his duties as, 57, 75

as arms of Supreme, 396

as varṇa, 24, 108, 235

attain heavenly planets, 114

born out of energy of Kṛṣṇa, 501

cannot attack unarmed or unwilling foe, 69

cannot engage in any other occupation, 58

distinguished by work in modes, 812

duty of, 76, 78, 91, 109, 113-115, 187, 728, 816

eligibility for entering sun, 57-58

happy with unsought battle, 115

his fighting transcendental, 730

his nature and duty compared to brāhmaṇa’s, 202

in mode of passion, 379

Kṛṣṇa performs duty of, 187

meaning of word, 113-114

not to lament for gross body, 72

qualities of, 813

requires a kingdom for subsistence, 58

should not be cowardly, 61, 113

should not refuse battle or gamble, 63, 115

sun-god as their father, 215

tradition of tiger-fighting, 114

(See also Varṇa)

Kṣatriyo hi prajā rakṣan śastra-pāṇiḥ

verses quoted, 115

Kṣetra

as field of body, 620, ff.

Kṣetrajña

as knower of body, 620, ff.

Kṣetrāṇi hi śarīāṇi bījaṁ cāpi śubhāśubhe

verses quoted, 623

Kṣiṇe puṇye martyalokaṁ viśanti

verse quoted, 83

Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu as puruṣa-avatāra, 519

diffused in all atoms, 367, 456

Kulaśekhara Mahārāja

quoted, 411

Kumāras,

as chief demigods, 502

as learned leaders, 382

one must follow, 240

rose from impersonal realization to devotion, 690-691

Kumbhaka-yoga

air suspension to prolong life, 254

Kuntī

Arjuna addressed as son of, 90, 119, 170 296, 345, 373, 427, 454, 457, 475, 480, 485, 620, 667, 670, 745, 817, 819, 829

as mother of Karṇa, 38

as mother of Yudhiṣṭhira, 46

her prayers quoted, 400

significance of Arjuna as her son, 52

Kuntibhoja

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Kūrma Purāṇa

quoted, 489

Kurukṣetra

as ancient sacred place of pilgrimage, 32-33

compared to paddy field where unrighteous are uprooted, 33

envisioned by Sañjaya in Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s room, 33

influence on outcome of battle, 33

no one killed there spiritually, 280

significance of word, 33

the battle inevitable by Kṛṣṇa’s will, 109

Kurus

Arjuna addressed as best of, 256, 580

Arjuna addressed as son of, 125, 354, 676

Dhṛtarāṣṭra their father, 32

only Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons claimed as, 33

pointed out to Arjuna by Kṛṣṇa, 52

signs indicate the whole dynasty to be killed, 46

their victory dependent on Bhlṣma, 41

Kūṭastha

describing the soul as steady, 99

Kuvera

Kṛṣṇa as, 521

worshiped in conditioned state, 776

L

Lakṣmaṇa

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

Lakṣmīpati

in disciplic succession, 29

Lalitā, Śrī

obeisances to, 2

Lamentation

as unnecessary, 72, 87, 89, 97, 106-110, 112

cannot be driven away by material wealth, 82-83

dissipated by Kṛṣṇa, 72, 83, 103, 614

dissipated by spiritual master, 102-103

ignorant determination bound by, 807

transcended by sage, 85-86, 294, 822

unbecoming to Arjuna, 75, 103

Leaders

Gītā meant especially for, 214, 216

king considered representative of God, 525

lead society into chaos when blind, 66-67

their refusal to surrender discussed, 382-383

their responsibilities to teach, 185-186, 214

what the great does, others follow, 185

worshiped by foolish, 234

Liberation (mukti)

all resources should be used for, 175

as attained by ancient sages, 238

as brahmi sthitiḥ, 159

as difficult, 228, 380

as freedom from material energies, 370

as gateway to eternal life with Kṛṣṇa, 90

as goal of auspicious activities, 352

bhakti continues after, 824

by accepting authority of Vedas, 228-229

by awareness of relationship with Kṛṣṇa, 300

by being killed by Kṛṣṇa, 593, 744

by desire to serve Kṛṣṇa, 442

by equanimity of mind, 245, 293

by haṭha-yoga, 302-303

by knowing action and inaction, 239, 241

by knowing Kṛṣṇa’s nature, 228-229, 495

by knowledge, 79, 246, 263-264, 291, 372, 650, 660-661

by purifying mind, 174, 313, 330-331, 825

by renounced action, work, 114, 121, 133, 171, 197, 242, 261-262, 273-275, 283-284, 299, 481, 722-723

by sacrifice, 174, 257-258, 301, 726

by service to devotees, 404

by surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 369, 642

by working in buddhi-yoga, 123

defined, 11, 824-825

for one who knows the three Viṣṇus, 367

from death by refuge in Kṛṣṇa, 405

from material bondage characteristic of Āryans, 75

frustrated by cycle of activities, 108

given by Mukunda, 66

impersonalist theories of, 87, 122, 183, 330

individuality retained after, 89-90, 104, 121, 290, 331, 824

in oneness in spiritual world, 715

jñāna, knowledge, not sufficient for, 274

necessary for knowing past, present, future, 401

none for one attached to world, 694-695

not possible in mode of passion, 671

of demons and atheists baffled, 462-463

of devotees, 150, 255, 301

pure devotee does not hanker for, 424

qualifications for, 79, 92, 154, 729

sannyāsa as step to, 92

Śiva affirms that only Viṣṇu can grant, 381

soul may remain in brahmajyoti or go to Vaikuṇṭha, 105

spiritual body manifest at, 703

through identity with Brahman, 335-336

transcended by love of Kṛṣṇa, 339

upon reaching spiritual sky, 701

via love for service to Vāsudeva, 274

while within material body, 286

Literature

materialistic, 23-24

one need read only Bhagavad-gītā, 28

one tires of mundane, 517

Living entity

accompanied and directed by Supersoul, 10, 100, 654

all exist in Supersoul, 636

all sent forth at beginning of creation, 171, 456

always changing bodies, 10, 89, 621

as aṇu, atomic, 288, 419

as Brahman, 5, 410, 412-413, 635-636

as cause of sufferings and enjoyments, 288, 645-646

as combination of body and its knower, 653

as consciousness, 9-10, 625-626, 659-660

as cooperator, 11-12

as divine and demonic, 730-731

as eternal, 9, 15, 96, 621, 635, 644

as individual, 13, 121

as marginal energy, 309, 412, 649, 849

as moving and inert, 376

as part of Kṛṣṇa, 8, 104, 131, 157-158, 204, 261-262, 279, 413, 450-451, 702-704

as son of Kṛṣṇa, 16, 180, 381

as subordinate to Kṛṣṇa’s control, 78, 90, 94, 196, 289, 369

as superior energy, 8-9, 23, 93, 261, 309, 337-338, 369-370, 469, 644, 702-703

as vijñānaṁ brahma, 636

attains immortality in love for Kṛṣṇa, 339

by nature full of knowledge, 288

cannot be desireless or senseless, 157

cannot decide his next body, 22

carries conceptions from body to body, 704-705

compared to passenger in machine, 344, 830

conscious of only one body, 10, 622

constitutional position (svarūpa) as servant, 7, 9, 16-18, 209, 241, 338, 359, 842

covered by lust, 204-205, 207

created according to past deeds, 456

distinguished from Supersoul, 90

each is an individual soul, 89

entanglement in modes of nature, 8, 237, 369, 379-380, 647, 668

equality of all seen by yogī, 341

equality to Kṛṣṇa in quality, not quantity, 7-8, 74, 137, 287, 370

fallible and infallible, 714-715

four basic imperfections of, 14

hankers after pleasure, 12, 18

highest perfectional stage of, 131

his consciousness pervertedly reflected, 10, 380

his faith according to modes, 754-755

his happiness in service to Kṛṣṇa, 18

his independence partial, 204

his memory compared with Kṛṣṇa’s, 221

his senses part of Kṛṣṇa’s senses, 44

Kṛṣṇa benefactor and well-wisher of all, 304

maintained by Kṛṣṇa, 87, 535, 648

meets good and evil amongst various species, 647

millions of species arise from sensual pleasures, 644

nature of his conditioning, 7-8, 24, 172, 237, 262, 288-290, 304, 380, 403, 644, 647

necessary for growth, 653

neither the slayer nor is slain, 97-98

never born and never dies, 16-17

never supremely conscious, 9

not proprietor nor controller of body’s actions, 287, 646

originally spiritual, pure, 203

out of thousands one tries for perfection, 365

overcome by duality of desire and hate 403

pervades creation, lives in all elements, 105

process of impregnation, 413

qualified as light, 97

responsible for his own acts, 237

senses satisfied as much as deserved, 60

six basic changes of, 531, 715

species number 8,400,000, 384

spirit the same in all, 645

struggles hard with senses, 129, 702-704

struggles with nature and sustains universe, 369

thinks himself lord, 290, 304, 647

types of conditioned beings, 669-670

unmanifest, manifest and unmanifest, 109, 429-430

(See also Conditioned Soul, Jīvātmā, Soul)

Lokāyatikas

maintain materialistic view of soul, 107

Lokyate vedārtho ‘nena

quoted, 716 Love

action for Kṛṣṇa out of, 243

Love

analyzed as bhāva and premā, 231

as attachment to Kṛṣṇa, 605-606

as means of seeing Kṛṣṇa, 339, 451, 507, 584, 639

as necessary for thinking of Kṛṣṇa, 516

as not doubting Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy, 300

attained through work and service, 607

exchanged in original form as Kṛṣṇa, 590

for Kṛṣṇa attained by knowledge, 229-230, 389-390

for Kṛṣṇa dormant in heart, 606

for Kṛṣṇa in advanced stage, 439

for service to Vāsudeva for liberation, 274

Kṛṣṇa accepts love of offering, 447

Kṛṣṇa as Kandarpa, god of, 525-526

matures from faith, 777

of devotees make them forget Kṛṣṇa is God, 546

of Kṛṣṇa as apex of devotion, 506

of Kṛṣṇa as ultimate goal, 777

of Kṛṣṇa distributed freely by Caitanya, 589

of Kṛṣṇa perverted as lust, 209

of Kṛṣṇa transcends liberation, 339

relationship not possible with universal form, 582-583

transformed into lust, 204

Lust

as all-devouring, sinful enemy, 204, 206

as cause of demigod worship, 18, 395

as cause of false ego, 208

as gate leading to hell, 745

as perversion of love for Kṛṣṇa, 204, 209

as symbol of ignorance, 207

as symbol of sin, 208

born of contact with passion, 204

can be conquered in human form, 206

causes bondage to material world, 204

causes designations and attachments, 21

covers living entity, 205

covers pure consciousness and knowledge, 206-209

demons bound by, 735-737, 742-743

demons claim it as cause of world, 733

develops from attachment to sense objects, 149

due to misuse of independence, 204 freedom from, 205, 208, 211, 363, 392, 699, 821

given vent through senses, 210

its origin is Kṛṣṇa, 204

later transformed to wrath, 204

must be served if mind not conquered, 314

never satisfied, burns like fire, 206

senses, mind and intelligence its sitting places, 207-208

severe penance performed out of, 757-758

trees condemned due to, 206

M

Mad-bhaktim labhate parām

quoted, 336

Mad-bhakti-prabhāvena sarvendriya-vijaya-pūrvikā svātma dṛṣṭiḥ sulabheti bhāvaḥ

quoted, 148

Madhai

typical narādhama, delivered by Nityānanda, 384

Mādhava

as plenary expansion, 433

in disciplic succession, 29

significance of name, 62

Mādhavendra Purī

in disciplic succession, 29

quoted, 138

Madhu

demon killed by Kṛṣṇa, 44, 72, 411

Mādhurya-bhakta

service as conjugal lover, 425

Madhusūdana

Kṛṣṇa as, 59, 72, 77, 342, 410-411

meaning of name, 44, 72

Madhvācārya

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

as learned leader, 382

in disciplic succession, 29

Mādhyandi-nāyana-ś m ti

quoted, 703

Mahā-bāhu (mighty-armed)

meaning of address, 108

Mahābhārata

as diversion for mind, 767

contains topics discussed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Sañjaya, 32

describes Caitanya, 227

for less capable people, 24

Gītā part of, 28, 130, 215

Mahābhūta

the five great elements, 627-628

Mahā-brahman

twenty-four elements as, 666

Mahārāja Ambarīṣa

See Ambarīṣa Mahārāja

Maharloka

as goal, 470, 472

Mahātmā

as one who comes to Kṛṣṇa for any purpose, 389

cannot be manufactured, 465

develops through association with devotees, 464

fully engaged in devotional service, 464

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 569

never returns to material world, 426

protected by divine nature, 464

receives transcendental messages from realized devotees, 426

symptoms of, 426, 464-466

who surrenders to Kṛṣṇa is very rare, 390

Mahat-tattva

as cause of cosmos, 644, 666

covers brahmajyoti in material world, 641, 701

created by Mahā-Viṣṇu, 367

entered by Mahā-Viṣṇu, 455

Kṛṣṇa as soul of, 519

Mahā-Viṣṇu

as soul of mahat-tattva, Supersoul, 519

creates material energy, 367, 529

does not attract pure devotees, 464

Kṛṣṇa as cause of, 540, 589

lies in Causal Ocean and breathes universes, 455-456

material nature absorbed in, 644

Mahā-yajña

Kṛṣṇa as, 468

Maheśvara

supreme controller, background of maya, 380

Mā hiṁsyāt sarvā bhūtāni

quoted, 98

Maithuṇya-āgāra

the shackles of sex life, 207

Mama yonir mahad brahma

quoted, 282

Māṁ. hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ‘pi syuḥ pāpa- yonayaḥ

verses quoted, 27

Māṁ tu veda na kaścana

quoted, 366

Mana eva manuṣyānāṁ kāraṇaṁ bandha-mokṣayoḥ

verses quoted, 313

Maṇipuṣpaka

name of Sahadeva’s conchshell, 46

Manmanā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ

quoted, 848

Mantra

Kṛṣṇa as, 467-468 Manu

age of the current, 215

as learned leader, 382

born out of Kṛṣṇa’s mind, 501

in disciplic succession, 214-215, 239-240

instructed by sun-god, 4

Kṛṣṇa appears in eighth, 224

one must follow, 240

Manu-saṁhitā

states women should not be given freedom, 732

still followed as lawbook, 186, 732

supports capital punishment, 101

Mānuṣaṁ rūpam

Kṛṣṇa originally two-handed, 584

Manu-smṛti

cited, 206, 384 Marīci

Kṛṣṇa as, 520

Marriage

as purificatory ceremony, 784

as restricted sex life, 200, 251, 257, 322, 765

as vivāha-yajña should be encouraged, 784

nonattachment to wife as knowledge, 630, 633

now imaginary in society, 732

Maruts

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Kṛṣṇa as Marīci of the, 520

Material body

acquired according to work, 97, 273

analytical study in Second Chapter, 72

as adhibhūtam, 414

as cause of action, 656, 790-791, 830

as cause of pleasure and pain, 94, 287, 645

as source of miseries, 22, 137, 287, 300

as subject for Chapter Thirteen, 619-661

belongs to Kṛṣṇa, 283-284

cannot be acquired by ghosts, 65

cannot know past, present, future, 401

changes of, 10, 93, 99, 102, 414, 621,628, 715

compared to car driven by intelligence, 344

contrasted with spiritual body, 230

destined to die, 86, 96-97

determined by consciousness, 706

difference from soul, 72, 86, 113, 221, 658-661

false identification with, 195, 285-286, 600, 657

four demands of, 331-332

freedom from, 21-22, 110, 283-285, 294, 511, 611

has individual capacity to lord, 623

immunized by offered food, 178

its changes do not affect soul, 99

its constitution, changes, origins, and and knower explained, 624, ff.

its gates illumined by goodness, 674-675

its necessities allowed by rules, 200

killing of it not encouraged, 98

known as kṣetra, the field, 620, ff.
likened to city of nine gates, 285-286

likened unto a machine and dream, 110, 656, 830

living entity its enjoyer, 644

maintained by demigods, 173

materialistic view of its development, 107

must be maintained by work, 24, 169

ext body decided by higher authorities, 22

not a fixed type, 222

of twenty-four elements, 627-628, 661

one forgets when he quits, 713

one must act in accordance to form of,646

one should not grieve for, 72, 106

one who knows it called ksetrajña, 620- 621, ff.

perishes at liberation, 703

plurality does not refer to, 88, 261

relation to senses, 156, 210, 620-621, 646, 706

relation to Supersoul (Paramātmā), 100, 102-103, 622-624, 648-649

relation to the modes, 130, 193, 292, 687

soul as basis of, 94-97, 166, 371, 519

subsists on food grains, 177

taken from 8,400,000 species, 412

theory of oneness with soul, 797

tortured by demoniac, 757-758

transmigration of, 89, 704-705

Material existence

a source of perplexity for everyone, 80

by its cessation one attains supreme abode, 323

due to sin and ignorance, 256, 351

envious cast into ocean of, 743

four principles of, 19

its problems cannot be counteracted by wealth, 82-83

likened to forest fire, 80

likened to tossing ocean, 287

problems solved by Bhagavad-gītā, 27-28

threefold miseries do not exist for devotee, 152

Material nature (prakṛti)

absorbed in Mahā-Viṣṇu, manifest by mahat-tattva, 644

as basis of existence, 653

as beginningless, 644

as captivating force, 89-90, 102, 111, 192-193, 203, 369, 380, 818

as energy of Kṛṣṇa, 9, 23

as eternally mutable, 9, 414

as immediate cause of creation, 237, 457- 458, 666-668

as not conscious, 9

as subject for Chapter Thirteen, 619-661

can instantly destroy one’s wealth, 83

causes and carries out activities, 192-193, 645-646

comes from root of banyan tree, 695

compared to universal form, 544

complete in itself, 13

composed of twenty-four elements, 13, 627-628

consists of three modes, 8, 668

controlled by Kṛṣṇa, 7-9, 93-94, 304, 367-368, 380, 457-458

creates 8,400,000 species, 645

definition, 8-9

demons claim it as cause of manifestation, 733

difference from living entity, 9

fashions body according to desire, 830

frustrates plans of atheists, 382-383

impregnated by glance of Kṛṣṇa, 180, 458

Kālī its ghastly form, 175

in contact with living entity since time immemorial, 287

Kṛṣṇa is not subject to, 378

liberation attained by understanding, 650

mahātmā not under control of, 464

not the cause of birth, 667

punishes those who misuse it, 175

temporary aspects, 15

transformations of living entities due to, 644

working according to plan, 565

Material sky

See Material universe Material universe

all entities fallible in, 714-715

Material universe

analyzed into twenty-four elements, 651

Arjuna inquires about, 410

as chance to return to Godhead, 172

as combination of kṣetra and kṣetrajña, 666

as cosmic form of Kṛṣṇa, 414

as manifestation of Brahman, 282

as manifestation of three modes, 282

as only one quarter of creation, 22

as reflection of the spiritual, 20, 391, 695, 831

as temporary energy, 13, 367, 488

breathed by Mahā-Viṣṇu, 455-456

called the shackles of sex life, 207

complete in itself, 13

contains trillions of planets, suns, etc., 22

created for sacrifice, 172

created to fulfill lust, 204

demonic theories concerning, 733

develops due to Paramātmā, 371

different universes in creation, 21, 501, 709

entered by Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, 367, 456

enters Kṛṣṇa’s nature at end of millennium, 454-455

four miseries present everywhere, 19-20, 137, 426-427, 488

heated by Kṛṣṇa’s radiance, 555

inauspicious aspects of, 20, 136-137, 143, 367, 495

its connection with Kṛṣṇa discussed, 458

its contaminations counteracted by prasādam, 178

its duration analyzed in yugas and kalpas, 428

Kṛṣṇa as father, mother, support and grandsire of, 468-469

Kṛṣṇa as governing principle of, 406, 454

Kṛṣṇa its only sanctuary, 570

Kṛṣṇa its origin and dissolution, 370-371, 455-456, 503-504

likened to banyan tree, 20, 694-698

likened to ocean of nescience and forest fire, 263

likened unto water in hoofprint of calf, 136

manifested on basis of spiritual energy, 371

many thousands seen in body of Kṛṣṇa, 550

pervaded and supported by Kṛṣṇa, 450-451, 453-454, 537-538

plant of devotion pierces its covering, 503

sustained by living entity, 369

Viṣṇu as the soul within, 276

worshiped as form of Kṛṣṇa, 467

Mathurā

as sacred place, 320

Mat-paraḥ

as under Kṛṣṇa’s protection, 826

significance, 148

Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiṁcit asti dhanañjaya

quoted, 291, 590

Māyā

as bodily difference of living entities, 261

as contamination of material infection, 331

Brahmā and Śiva under her influence, 381

an be escaped by knowledge and devotion, 91

cannot cover the Supreme, 402

causes forgetfulness, 384

compared to rope binding man, 380-381

conditioned soul always prone to fall into, 104

covers brahmajyoti as material veil, 248

defined as sense of separated existence from Kṛṣṇa, 261, 535

deludes Arjuna, 90

difficult to overcome by theoretical knowledge, 199

disqualifies a teacher, 90

gives threefold miseries, 749

her last snare, 122, 842

illusioned mentality of demons, 738-740

impersonalists think everything, 398

indifference ensues extrication from, 137

its background is the supreme magician 380

Kṛṣṇa allows living entity to fall into, 393

living entity’s contact with, 305, 403

manifest in mode of ignorance, 676

of Arjuna dispelled, 539-540, 842

separated from soul at time of liberation87

service either to Kṛṣṇa or, 602

veils knowledge of self, 209

Viṣṇu her only master, 381

Māyā devī

resisted by Haridāsa Ṭhākur, 149

Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram

quoted, 733

Māyāṁ tu prakṛtim vidyān māyinaṁ tu maheśvaram

quoted, 380

Māyā mugdha jiver nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñān

verses quoted, 24

Māyātita paravyome savāra avasthāna

verses quoted, 227

Māyāvādī

argue that individuality is material, 87-88

cannot explain how soul is illusioned, 104

explanation of Gītā forbidden and misleading, 88

quote from Bhāgavatam, 461

render temporary devotional service, 447

sannyāsīs compared with Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs, 278-279

their renunciation incomplete, 274

their study of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam troublesome, 278

theory of merging not supported by Kṛṣṇa, 87

theory of oneness of soul not maintained, 89

think Kṛṣṇa loses identity in expansions, 261

think Kṛṣṇa’s form material, 398

worship themselves as Supreme, 467

(See also Brahmavādī, Impersonalists)

Māyayāpahṛta-jñāna

as class of miscreant, 385

Mayi sannyasya karmāni

quoted, 282

Meditation

automatic from beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 311

better than knowledge, 609

for realization of Brahman, 405

Kṛṣṇa as goal of, 301-302, 321, 417-418

made possible by nine forms of devotion, 362

method of sitting for, 321

not possible for the disturbed, 320

of eightfold yoga system considered fruitive, 311

on Brahman problematic, 596

on form and name of Kṛṣṇa 27, 416

on Supersoul, 328, 340, 651

on the Supreme Person as knower of all, oldest, etc., 419

on Viṣṇu, not void, advocated, 148, 419

pretenders make show of, 167-168

tortoise maintain offspring by, 301

Memory

change of body makes one forget, 221

Kṛṣṇa as, 530

limitations of man’s, 222, 322

of Arjuna regained by Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 842

of living entity compared with Kṛṣṇa’s, 220-221, 401-402

refined by sanctified food, 174

revived by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, 417-418

(See also Remembering process)

Menakā

misleads Viśvāmitra into sex, 146

Mercy

action explained out of, 240

Arjuna questions out of, 516, 576

as appearance in original form, 223

as means for understanding Kṛṣṇa’s plan, 566

enables Arjuna to see everything, 545, 842

in Kṛṣṇa’s killing demons, 744

in placing demons in lower species, 744

Kṛṣṇa known by, 112, 232, 253, 398

māyā overcome by, 842-843

miscreants delivered by, 227

miseries accepted as mercy of Kṛṣṇa, 142, 194

obtained by following regulations, 151

of devotee necessary for liberation, 229

of Kṛṣṇa as deliverer, 381, 603

of Kṛṣṇa as everything, 391

of Kṛṣṇa seen in difficulties, 611

of Kṛṣṇa to devotees, 396-397, 424, 494

Saṣjaya hears Gītā by mercy of Vyāsa, 844-845

sannyāsī dependent on, 723

shown to speculators, 493

sun, moon and fire evidence of, 709

withheld from demoniac, 744

Merging

as a reward of sacrifice, 256

as hellish for devotee, 822

as process of impersonal liberation, 228, 230

as sacrifice, 249-250

as spiritual annihilation, 339

as theory of demonic miscreants, 463

compared to green bird entering green tree, 824

eternality but not bliss realized in, 601

impersonalist conceptions misleading, 824

into Supreme Brahman, 22-23

via Patañjali yoga system, 253

with Brahman as self-interest, 308

Meru

Kṛṣṇa as, 521

sometimes movable, not as great as Himalayas, 523

Mīmāṁsā-sūtras

as part of study for sacrifice, 581

Mind

as both friend and enemy, 312, 314

as cause of bondage and liberation, 313, 703

as constituent of body, 627-628

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

as restless and unsteady, 27, 335, 342-344

as sitting place of lust, 207-208

austerities of, 766-767

by its control one attains supreme abode, 323

causes fall of sages, 146

compared to driving instrument of car of body, 344

concentration on Kṛṣṇa, 27, 196, 280, 291, 327, 335, 344-345, 411, 416, 418, 597, 604

control of, 146, 152, 154, 244, 279-280, 302-303, 317-318, 321, 335, 344-346, 418, 766-767, 806, 821

does not degrade one who sees Supersoul in all, 655

engagement of, 210, 299, 328

fixed on lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, 327, 411

in equanimity, conquers birth and death, 293

in relation to senses, 153, 167-168, 207-210, 250-251, 332, 706, 766-767

in samādhi, 26, 128-129, 248, 330

in yoga, 133, 302-303, 312-314, 319-320, 362

its mirror cleansed by chanting, 205

its peace attained through renunciation, 609

Kṛṣṇa as, 521

Kṛṣṇa’s mind and Self nondifferent, 452

may be panic-stricken at death, 411

meditation on Self, 141, 328, 330, 334-335

method of fixing it on Kṛṣṇa at death, 420

must admit superior dictation, 315

no goal without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 153

not disturbed by flowery language of Vedas, 139

of Arjuna overwhelmed, 56-57, 70

of man of discrimination carried off by senses, 146

of one dear to Kṛṣṇa agrees with Him, 611

purification of, 283, 608

uieted by identity with Brahman, 335

self transcendental to, 211

should be used to understand necessity of human life, 498

sometimes overcomes intelligence, 343-344

steadiness as sthīra-buddhi, 294

strengthened by intelligence, 211

superior to senses, inferior to intelligence, 210

Supersoul reached for one who has conquered, 315

symptoms of sages with steady minds, 142

when agitated, impersonalists fall down, 150

when distorted worships demigods, 391-392

Miscreants

annihilated by Kṛṣṇa, 226

as duskṛtam, lowest of mankind, 226

cast into demonic wombs, 743

delivered by mercy of Kṛṣṇa, 227

devotional service difficult for, 387

four classes discussed, 382-386

have no good qualifications, 486

Kṛṣṇa as their rod of chastisement 534-535

Kṛṣṇa never manifest to unintelligent, 400

their false views and frustrations discussed 462-463

Yama chief punisher of, 527

Miseries

accepted as mercy of Kṛṣṇa, 142

causes of, 22, 57, 296-297, 341, 372, 749

discussed as perplexities, 80 even Brahmā not free from, 428

freedom from, 111, 136, 152, 258, 262 304, 326, 330, 442, 822, 831

from the highest planet to the lowest, 426-427

in mode of passion, 678-679, 681

known only to one’s own body, 94

mahātmās never return to, 426

material universe as temporary and full of 488

minimized to lowest by mercy of Kṛṣṇa, 142

not as severe in mode of goodness, 669

not felt by devotee, 302

sages not disturbed by threefold, 142

undergone if one not purified before death, 67

(See also Anxiety, Suffering)

Misers

See Kṛpana

Mithilā

Janaka King of, 185

Modes (of nature)

acquired by soul, 166

action and activity in relation to, 15, 166, 285, 287, 678-680, 683, 798-800, 829

all living entities deluded by, 199, 378-379, 811

Arjuna exhorted to transcend them, 129

as conditioning and binding, 192-195, 664, 668-673, 691, 795

as manifestations of Kṛṣṇa’s energy, 377-378

association with, 753

as subject of Chapter Fourteen, 663-692

as they apply to varṇas, 235, 379, 487, 812

austerity according to, 759, 764-769

charity according to, 759, 569-771

come from root of banyan tree, 695

conditioned soul allured by, 348

contaminate knowledge, 665

contaminate living entity, 668

death in, 677-678

destinations of those situated in, 681-682

determination according to, 806-808

difficult to overcome, 380-381

elevation in, 753

enjoyed by living entity, 647

faith according to, 753-756

food according to, 759-761

happiness according to, 808-811

interaction of, 673-674

knowledge according to, 796-798

Kṛṣṇa transcendental to, 11, 377-378, 570, 683

manifest and nourish material world, 282, 696

nothing beyond, 683

Paramātmā their master, 637-638

process of transcending, 11, 21, 202, 650, 687-689, 719

related to material body, 130, 687

results developing from, 680-681

sacrifice according to, 175, 759, 762-764

soul beyond, 658

Supersoul transcendental, jīva not, 625-626

symptoms of, 674-676

understanding according to, 803-805

unmanifested as pradhāna, 628

Vedas deal mainly with, 129

workers according to, 800-803

work of one unattached to, 246

(See also Goodness, Ignorance Passion)

Mokṣa-dharma

quoted, 504

Monism

as misleading, 369-370

as worship of oneself as Supreme, 467

considered atheistic, 651

does not accept transcendental pleasure, 330

its impersonalist contention untrue, 399

not supported, 105, 824

as evidence of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 709

Moon

as one of Kṛṣṇa’s eyes, 555

attained by sacrifice and fruitive activities, 435-436

does not illumine supreme abode, 700-702

higher beings on, 436

its splendor comes from Kṛṣṇa, 709

Kṛṣṇa as, 520, 710-711

moves under Kṛṣṇa’s order, 454

nourishes vegetables, 709, 710-711

Paramātmā source of light in, 641

positions at times of leaving body, 434-435

soma-rasa drunk on, 436

universal form addressed as, 571

Mūḍhas

fools deride Kṛṣṇa’s human form, 459-461

as miscreants discussed, 383-384

Muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ

quoted, 366

Mukti

See Liberation

Mukti-pradātā sarveṣāṁ viṣṇur eva na saṁśayaḥ

quoted, 381

Muktir hitvānyathā rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ

quoted, 262

Mukunda

as giver of mukti, 136

one who takes shelter of Him has no other obligation, 66, 120

santas in love with, 176

Mukunda-liṅgālaya-darśane dṛśau

verses quoted, 147, 327

Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad

cited, 96, 511

quoted, 95, 102-103

Muni

See Sages

N

Na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye

verses quoted, 308

Nāga

Kṛṣṇa as Ananta amongst serpents, 526

Na hi jñānena sadṛśam

quoted, 290

Naimiṣāraṇya

sages of, 516

Naitat samācarej jātu manasāpi hy anīśvaraḥ

verses quoted, 189

Na jāyate mriyate vā vipaścin

verses quoted, 99, 635

Nakula

blows his conchshell, 46

Name

benefits of chanting, 131, 205

chanted 300,000 times daily by Haridāsa Ṭhākur, 326, 356

chanting as best means in Kali-yuga, 172, 173, 320

chanting sign of advanced spiritual life, 356

glorified by mahātmās, 465

impersonalists afraid of addressing Kṛṣṇa by, 374

of Kṛṣṇa according to His activity, 44

of Kṛṣṇa and Himself nondifferent, 25, 605

of Kṛṣṇa cannot be understood through senses, 316

of Kṛṣṇa not sectarian, 18

of Kṛṣṇa object of concentration, 27, 51

om tat sat uttered in conjunction with, 772-773

should not be chanted without knowing philosophy, 162

to be chanted for transfer to Kṛṣṇaloka, 417

why chanted by Caitanya, 131

world becomes joyful upon hearing Kṛṣṇa’s, 568

Namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya

verses quoted, 679 Nanda Mahārāja

discouraged from worshiping Indra, 18

Nandana-kānana

gardens of sensual delights, 128 Nārada

as greatest devotee in universe, 524

as spiritual master of Vyāsa, 350-351, 845 his entry into devotional service, 446-447 in disciplic succession, 29

influences Arjuna, 831

Kṛṣṇa as, 524

one must follow, 240

proclaims Kṛṣṇa to be Supreme, 5, 6, 397 validates Arjuna’s praise, 510-511

Nārada-pañcarātra

must be obeyed in devotional service, 366 quoted, 340

Narādhama

as miscreant, lowest of mankind, discussed, 384-385

cast into demonic wombs, 743

Nārāyaṇa

Arjuna requests to see form of, 577-578

as one of main forms, 578, 834

associates with devotees, 23

bhakti-yoga rendered to, 689

both inside and outside, 639

demigods born from, 503-504

demigods cannot be equal to, 234

does not possess full opulences, 74

four-handed form is eternal, 589

four-handed, presides over Vaikuṇṭha planets, 577

Kṛṣṇa appears before parents as, 223, 583

one does not become as good as, 165

supreme enjoyer, expansion, 418, 433

transcendental to material world, 234

Nārāyaṇād brahmā jāyate, nārāyaṇād prajāpatiḥ prajāyate

verses quoted, 503

Nārāyaṇaḥ paro devas tasmāj jātaś caturmukhaḥ tasmād rudro ‘bhavad devaḥ sa ca sarvajñatāṁ gataḥ

quoted, 504

Nārāyaṇīya

quoted, 603 Narottama

in disciplic succession, 29

Nāsau munir yasya mataṁ na binnam

quoted, 142

Naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā

verses quoted, 363

Na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko, etc.

verses quoted, 19

Na tasmāt kaścid me priyakṛt tamaḥ

quoted, 341

Na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate

verses quoted, 187

Nava-dvāre pure dehī haṁso lelāyate bahiḥ

verses quoted, 286

Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛ-loke

verses quoted, 297

Nayāmi paramaṁ sthānam arcirādi-gatiṁ vinā

verses quoted, 603

Nehābhikrama-nāśo ‘sti pratyavāyo na vidyate

verses quoted, 27

Nescience

destroyed by knowledge, 262-263, 289-290, 313

driven away by spiritual master, 290

entraps living entity, 289

follows everyone like tiger, 7

how to rescue one fallen in its ocean, 72

in thinking oneself the doer, 193

its last snare in thinking oneself God, 290

Kṛṣṇa not prone to, 290

(See also Ignorance, Sleep)

Nirguṇa

Kṛṣṇa as, 378, 638

Nikhileṣu avasthāsu jīvanmukta sa ucyate

quoted, 340

Nimbārka Svāmī

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

Nimitta-mātram evāsau sṛjyānāṁ sarga-karmaṇi

verses quoted, 237

Nirānanda

See Miseries

Nirmama

devotee does not identify with body, 611

nothing is mine, 196

Nirmāna-moha

means to attain spiritual sky, 21

Nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣā

verses quoted, 21

Nirukti

Vedic dictionary cited, 121-122

Vedic dictionary quoted, 128-129

Nirvāṇa

means ending materialistic life, 158

related to clearing of the mind, 330-331

spiritual activities after, 331

Nitya-baddha

as eternally conditioned, 380

Nityānanda

as incarnation of God as divine master, 384

delivered Jagai and Madhai, 384

in disciplic succession, 29

obeisances to, 1, 2

Nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ

quoted, 110

Nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām

quoted, 13, 87, 234, 371, 716

Niyama

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

Nonbeing

See Asat

Nondevotee

approach to Gītā compared to bee licking honey bottle, 88

Arjuna inquires for, 218-219

cannot practice bhakti, 365-366

cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, 365, 397-398, 823

has no good qualifications, 486

his contamination not washed off, 392

Kṛṣṇa never manifest to unintelligent, 400

Nonviolence

as ahiṁsā, defined, 98, 498-499, 727

as austerity of body, 764

as divine quality, 722, 727

as knowledge, defined, 629, 631

as mundane activity, 195

as personal attachment, 184

birth and death do not support war, 108

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

diplomacy in politics but not principle, 114

expected of brāhmaṇa. 202

in sacrifice of Hare Kṛṣṇa, 523

one in knowledge cannot kill or cause killing, 101

principles established by Buddha, 225

should be given up by Arjuna, 76, 115

violence not encouraged, despite soul’s immortality, 113

Nṛhari

in disciplic succession, 29

Nṛsiṁha

as expansion, incarnation, 220, 236, 360, 578, 702

Nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma yad-indriya-prītaya āpṛṇoti

verses quoted, 273

O

Old age

cannot be counteracted by wealth, 82

freedom by transcending modes, 684

its perception as evil, 630

Kṛṣṇa never depicted in, 223

liberation by refuge in Kṛṣṇa, 405

none for spiritual body, 405, 715

one of four principles of material existence, 19

present everywhere in material universe, 137

Om

as means for entering into Brahman, 421

as supreme combination of letters, 423

contained in Hare Kṛṣṇa, 423

Kṛṣṇa as, 373-374, 468-469, 523

not different from Brahman and Kṛṣṇa, 423

preferred by impersonalists, 374

sacrifice, charity, penance begun with, 773

used in sacrifice, 772-773

used to indicate Absolute Truth, 772-773

Om ajñāna timirāndhasya

prayer to spiritual master, 1

Om ity etad brahmaṇo nediṣṭaṁ nāma

quoted, 772

Om tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam

quoted, 772, 773

Omkāra

See Om Om tat sat

the vibration discussed, 772-775

to perfect all activities, 775

Opulences

displayed wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, 847

full in spiritual world, 702

Kṛṣṇa gives only indication of, 536

Kṛṣṇa owns all wealth and energy, 638

of Kṛṣṇa beget devotion, 502

of Kṛṣṇa exchanged with devotee, 691

of Kṛṣṇa known through Bhāgavatam and Gītā, 502

of Kṛṣṇa limitless, 517-518, 536

of Kṛṣṇa not understood by impersonalists, 518

of Kṛṣṇa, subject of Chapter Ten, 491-538

pure devotees not interested in Kṛṣṇa’s, 546

the six major, 492

whatever is opulent represents Kṛṣṇa’s opulence, 537

P

Padam āvyāyām

See Goloka Vṛndāvana, Spiritual sky, Supreme abode

Pādau hareḥ kṣetra-padānusarpaṇe

verses quoted, 148, 327

Padmanābha

as plenary expansion, 433 in disciplic succession, 29

Padma Purāṇa

cited, 445

quoted, 297, 316, 366

Pain

caused by passionate food, 760-761

created by Kṛṣṇa, defined, 497-498

one dear to Kṛṣṇa free from, 613-614

Pañcāgni-vidyā

sacrifice to enter Brahmaloka, 427

Pāñcajanya

name of Kṛṣṇa’s conchshell, 44

Pañca-mahābhūta

gross elements come from root of banyan, 695

Pāñcarātrikī

devotional regulations of Vaiṣṇavas, 278

Pāṇḍavas

as affectionate students of Droṇācārya, 35

belong to same family as sons of Dhṛtaraṣṭra, 33

encouraged by blowing of transcendental conchshells, 44

guided by direct instruction of Kṛṣṇa, 48

knew Kṛṣṇa to be Supreme, 400

Kṛṣṇa as Arjuna amongst, 533-534

not disturbed by enemy conchshells, 47

pious since birth, 34

their army considered limited by Duryodhana, 39

their confidence in Kṛṣṇa, 47

their victory assured because of Kṛṣṇa 43

Pāṇḍu

Arjuna addressed as son of, 47, 429

his sons favorably influenced by Kurukṣetra, 33

his sons’ great army pointed out by Duryodhana, 34-35

his sons the object of Dhṛtaraṣṭra’s inquiry, 32

his sons separated from the family heritage, 33

the King married to Kuntī, 38

Parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto yāvanna jijñāsata ātma tattvam

verses quoted, 273

Parabrahman

as personal source of everything, 376

compared to Brahman, 412-413

Parag-ātmā

as soul attached to sense enjoyment, 251-252

Paramam

as one full in six opulences, 492

Paramaṁ padam

as the eternal abode, 831

Paramaṁ puruṣaṁ (Supreme Person)

object of meditation, 27

Paramātmā

appears to be divided but is not, 640

as adhiyajña, 414

as cause of action, 712, 790-791, 792-793

as companion of living entity, 100, 102-103, 288, 624, 646, 654, 710

as enjoyer and proprietor of body, 648

as knower in all bodies, 622-624

as knowledge and goal of knowledge, 13, 641-642

as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, 367, 368

as localized aspect of Absolute Truth, 73

as Mahā-Viṣṇu, 519

as master of modes of nature, 626, 637-638

as partial realization, 12, 139, 232, 291, 318, 362, 398, 690

as present in hearts of all entities, 10, 90, 292-293, 321, 337, 340, 394, 402, 414, 815

as protector of sannyāsī, 723-724 as smaller than the smallest, 419

as source of all senses yet without senses, 637-638

as source of light, beyond darkness, 641-642

as support and maintainer of universe, 276, 371, 537-538, 637-638, 648-649, 710, 715-716

can understand desires of living entity, 288

demons ignorant of Him as witness, 737

devours and develops all, 640

directs wanderings of all, 830

does not cause one to sin, 203

dwells also within atoms, 232, 710

enters brahmajyoti upon coming out of body, 716

equal in all, 337, 340, 655

fulfills desire of soul as a friend, 102

His grace enables transmigration, 102

His hands, legs, eyes, faces, etc., everywhere, 636-637

is never destroyed, 654

Kṛṣṇa as, 52, 318, 340, 393, 414

Kṛṣṇa as source of, 12, 75, 100, 385, 644

liberation attained by understanding, 650

methods of perception, 651

not eternal in spiritual world, 368

realization of, 349, 514, 599

realized through yoga, 122, 314-315, 321, 330, 339

should be respected in all, 461

superior to knowledge of Brahman, 832

the misguided think it one with soul, 111-112

theory of reflection applied to, 90

tortured by demoniac, 757-758

ultimate will invested in, 791

Paramātmāvādī,

as indirectly Kṛṣṇa conscious, 318

as one of three types of transcendentalists, 22

his degree of advancement, 73

(See also Yogī)

Param Brahma (Supreme Brahman)

distinguished from Brahman, 5

Kṛṣṇa declared to be, 510-511

(See also Brahman)

Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān

verses quoted, 5, 590, 831

Param dhāma

See Goloka Vṛndāvana, Spiritual sky, Supreme abode

Parameśvaram

interpretations of word, 654

Paraṁ padam

no miseries, 136

Paramparā

See Disciplic succession

Parantapaḥ

chastiser of enemies, name of Arjuna, 83-84

Parāśara Muni

explains the word Bhagavān, 74

great authority, father of Vyāsadeva, 74

quoted, 115, 492, 625

Parāśara-smṛti

quote on kṣatriya’s duty, 115

Paraśurāma

a brāhmaṇa but acted as kṣatriya, 202

Parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate

verses quoted, 187

Paratattva

as supreme reality, 291

Pareśānubhūti

as spiritual satisfaction, 345

Parīkṣit Mahārāja

as righteous king, 525

Pārtha

Arjuna addressed as, 52, 101, 115, 141, 188, 417, 430, 805

significance of word, 52

Pārtha-sārathi

meaning of name, 44

Parts

all beings are part of Kṛṣṇa, 261

cooperation with the whole, 11-12

defined as atomic sparks of Kṛṣṇa’s rays, 96

difference from whole, 93-94, 275

eternally separated, 714

living entities as eternal fragmental, 702- 704

one with Supreme qualitatively, 99

prone to be extinguished when out of fire, 104

Pārvatī

agitates Śiva for sex, 149

Skanda her son, 522

Passion

action in, 670-673, 678-679, 799

as demoniac mode, 749

as impediment to liberation, 723

as manifestation of Kṛṣṇa’s energy, 377-378

austerity and penance, in mode of, 757-758, 768

Brahmā as incarnation of rājo-guṇa, 381

cause of lust, 204

charity in mode of, 770-771

determination in, 807

diminished by devotional service, 336, 363

earth destination of those in, 681-682

entire material world in mode of, 671

food in mode of, 760-761

grief develops from, 680-681

happiness in, 809-810

knowledge in, 797

leads to rebirth amongst fruitive workers, 677

must be raised to goodness, 204

quieted by identity with Brahman, 335

renunciation in mode of, 786

sacrifice in mode of, 763

sex as its basis, 670-671

sometimes defeats goodness, 673-674

symptom of attachment, desire, hankering, endeavor, 675

understanding, in, 805

worker in, 801-802

worship in mode of, 755-756

Pastimes

cannot be understood through senses, 316

displayed by Kṛṣṇa on earth are prototypes of those in His abode, 19

exhibited by Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, 18, 227

glorified by mahātmās, 465

of Kṛṣṇa always thought of by devotee, 51, 517

Pāśupata-astra

weapon received by Arjuna, 116

Patañjali

yoga system discussed, 251-252

yoga system for merging, 253

Patiṁ patīnāṁ paramaṁ parastād

verses quoted, 187

Patiṁ viśasyātmeśvaram

quoted, 172

Patir gatiś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇi-sātvatāṁ

verses quoted, 172

Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalam

quoted, 447, 761

Paundram

name of Bhīma’s conchshell, 44

Pauruṣa

quoted, 716

Pavitram

See Pure

Pavitram Uttamam

devotional service as, 445

Peace

as quality of brāhmaṇa, 812

as tranquility, a divine quality, 722

attained by devotees, 154, 284-285, 323, 424, 485

attainment through control and surrender 156-157, 265, 315, 609, 831

attainment through Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 82-83, 87, 152-153, 304, 681

destroyed by Kṛṣṇa’s not working, 189

enjoyed within self by knowledge, 264

formula for, 304-305

impossible in mode of passion, 681

its basic principle, 157-158

through identity with Brahman, 335

Penance

as candrāyana and cāturmāsya, 253

as severe austerities for enlightenment, 252

as tapas, austerity, a divine quality, 722, 726

before surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 599

begun with word om, 773

created by Kṛṣṇa, defined, 497, 499

demonic when severe, 757-758

for pleasing Supreme Person, 775

for purification recommended, 297 in goodness, 767

in ignorance to destroy self or others, 769

in passion unstable, 768

in vānaprastha life, 438

Kṛṣṇa as penance of ascetics, 374

Krṣna as purpose and enjoyer of, 153, 304

necessary for acceptance of Kṛṣṇa, 112

not necessary for advanced devotee, 138

not necessary in devotional service, 466

of speech, 765-766

of the body, 764-765

purifies even great souls, 784

should never be abandoned, 782, 784

tat and sat uttered with, 774-775

to be performed according to Vedic principles, 589

undergone by Brahmā for one thousand years, 501

while studying under spiritual master, 438

will not reveal two-armed form, 587

Personality

as ultimate attribute of Supreme, 13

confirmed by Kṛṣṇa’s memory, 401-402

Kṛṣṇa as greatest, 715, 717

of Kṛṣṇa not lost in all-pervasiveness, 451, 541

of Kṛṣṇa not understood by sages and demigods, 493, 512

of Supreme affirmed, 419

retained after liberation frightens impersonalists, 230

unintelligent think Kṛṣṇa assumes, 397-399

Personality of Godhead

See Supreme Personality of Godhead

Pestilence

caused by unwanted population, 64

Philanthropy

accepted as step to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 608

as material engagement of Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, 278-279

in mode of passion, 673

yogī is best philanthropist, 341

Philosophy

deals with mental activities, not source, 368

in modern age no knowledge of, 652

pretenders speak on, 167

seven principal philosophers in India, 444

without religion mental speculation, 164

Piśāca

as black arts, 477

Pitṛloka

Kṛṣṇa as offering to, 468

Planets

ānandamaya-cinmaya float in rays of brahmajyoti, 19

Brahmaloka survives all upper systems, 428

cannot be forcibly approached by machine, 83, 682, 740

cannot be made by living entity, 371

described in Vedic literature, 21

disturbed at seeing universal form, 558

divided into three systems, 20

earth belongs to middle system, 20

elevation to higher systems, 20, 105, 114-115, 127, 427, 840

float in air by Kṛṣṇa’s energy, 419

Goloka Vṛndāvana supreme planet in spiritual sky, 20

held in fist of universal form, 710

higher systems sought by drinking soma, 472

if killed, Arjuna would attain heavenly planets, 119

in Kṛṣṇa’s body, some made of earth, gold, jewels, etc., 550

innumerable within each universe, 501

in spiritual sky self-illuminated, 19, 323, 701

Kṛṣṇa as controller of, 304, 454, 710-711

Kṛṣṇa spread throughout, 555

living entities found in all, 667-668

materialists interested in promotion to higher, 348

moon and sun belong to higher system, 20

more in spiritual sky than in material universe, 22

of demigods attained by worshipers, 395-396, 399, 477

of Kṛṣṇa attained by devotees, 23, 395-396, 399

of trees, 526-527

one is subject to fall down from higher, 427

one transferred to hellish planets if not purified, 67

others have other forms of human life, 500

places of misery from highest to lowest, 19, 426-427

ruled by Nārāyaṇa manifestations, 433, 577

sacrifice for elevation to higher, 127-128, 253, 413

sensual comforts on higher systems, 257, 472, 473

unsuccessful yogī born on higher, 352-353

upper systems as head of Kṛṣṇa, 414

(See also Brahmaloka)

Pleasure

all living entities search after, 18

as ultimate goal of yoga, 331

created by Kṛṣṇa, 497

derived from kingdoms not permanent, 61-62

from chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, 446

given by Kṛṣṇa to cows and senses, 44

greater in serving, 49

in hearing and glorifying Kṛṣṇa, 59-60, 297, 407, 506, 518

in Pātañjali yoga system, 330

in studying Gītā, 439

known only to one’s own body, 94

Kṛṣṇa as the reservoir of, 18

not accepted by monists, 330

not grasped by one dear to Kṛṣṇa, 614-615

of hard labor available to hogs, 297

of senses have beginning and end, 296-297

of Supreme Self only should be thought of, 334

relished by sage, 155, 295

sensualists attracted to, 128

should be in that which favors Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 498

Plenary expansions

accept puruṣa incarnations, 519

as Viṣṇu-tattva, 702-703

bhakti-yoga rendered to, 689

devotees associate with, 23

directing material energy, 367-368

Kṛṣṇa does not lose identity in, 261

Kṛṣṇa not different from, 578

Kṛṣṇa origin of all, 74, 93

likened to leaves of tree, 433

millions and millions of four-armed, 433

Paramātmā as, 622

some named, described, 433

Plurality

of individual souls maintained, 86-88

Population

as varṇa-saṅkara, unwanted, 64-65, 189

basis for peace when good, 64

considered 99.9 percent narādhama, 384

enough food by sacrifice despite increase, 257

foolish in Kali-yuga, 131

Kṛṣṇa’s plan to reduce, 843

rules for peaceful, 189

Potencies

Kṛṣṇa knows Himself by, 513

Potencies

of Godhead must be immense, 13

of Kṛṣṇa cannot be surpassed, 717

of Kṛṣṇa realized by discussion, 442

Prabhā

defined as superior energy of Kṛṣṇa, 96

Pradhāna

as unmanifested modes of nature, 282, 628

Pradhāna-kṣetrajña-patir guṇeśaḥ

quoted, 635

Pradyumna

as plenary expansion, 433

associates with devotees, 23

Prahlāda

as example of toleration, 631

as learned leader, 382

Kṛṣṇa as, 527

one must follow, 240

persecuted by father, 226

Prajā-pati

as Viṣṇu, 172

Prajāpatiṁ ca rudraṁ cāpy aham eva sṛjāmi vai tau hi māṁ na vijānīto mama māyā-vimohitau

quoted, 504

Prakāśānanda

asks Caitanya why He chants, 131

derided Caitanya, 508

Prakāśaś ca karmaṇy abhyāsāt

quoted, 446

Prakṛti

See Material nature

Prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parāṁ jīva bhūtām

verses quoted, 8

Prāṇa

as one of five kinds of air, 95

Prāṇaiś cittaṁ sarvam otaṁ prajānām

verses quoted, 95

Prāṇamaya

realizing Supreme in life forms, 626

Pranāva

See Om Prāṇa-vāyu

senses as functions of, 252

Prāṇāyāma

breathing process discussed, 254

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

Prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ

verses quoted, 274, 318

Prasādam

as best type food, 761

Prasādam

as diet for suffering patient, 345

as means to control tongue, 632

as method for attaining Kṛṣṇa, 592

as principle of bhakti-yoga, 606

automatically reduces eating, 255

counteracts contamination of material nature, 178

fitness of foodstuffs discussed, 326

frees forefathers from ghost bodies, 65

Kṛṣṇa accepts a leaf, flower, fruit or water, 478-479

Nārada freed from sin by taking, 446

not taken by Haridāsa Ṭhākur until rounds chanted, 326

one should eat only, 325

palatable long after preparation, 761

recommended by Caitanya, 748

taken by devotee, rejected by nondevotee, 150

(See also Food)

Pratyag-ātmā

as withdrawal from activities, 251-252

Pratyāhāra

as end of sense activity, 334

as withdrawal of senses from objects, 422

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

Prayāg

as sacred place, 320

Prayāścitta

system of ablution before death, 67

Predestination

Kuru dynasty doomed at Kurukṣetra, 39, 46, 60, 109

universal form reveals destruction of soldiers, 560-561, 563-566

Premā

as real love of Kṛṣṇa, 231

Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti

quoted, 176, 339

Pretenders

better to execute duty than become socalled yogī, 199

demoniac as, 729

deny value of tapasya, austerity, 726,

do not restrain mind from sense objects, 167

inferior to one in controlled life, 168

Kṛṣṇa did not want Arjuna to become one, 169

living at cost of others, 169-170

make show of meditation, 167

manufacture own process, 260

Pride

as demonic quality, 728-729, 735-736

as impediment to surrender, 699-700

demons bewildered by, 742

sacrifice performed out of, 763

severe penance performed out of, 757-758

Proprietorship

false sense of, 700

freedom from personal possessions, 318-319

Kṛṣṇa as proprietor of everything, 14, 244, 261, 341, 622, 701-702

of body by Paramātmā, 648

of Kṛṣṇa as formula for peace, 304

of Kṛṣṇa cited in Īśopaniṣad, 282

of Kṛṣṇa not forgotten by demigods, 394

renunciation of, 157, 196, 244-245, 252, 274, 611

sacrifice of knowledge greater than, 258

Pṛthā

Arjuna addressed as son of, 75, 121, 186, 232, 258, 362, 375, 424, 464, 486, 543, 602, 728, 730, 775, 785, 804-806

as Kṛṣṇa’s aunt, 76

significance of Arjuna as her son, 52

Pseudo-religions

based on materialistic philosophy of soul, 107

Puṇya

as original, 375

Puṇya-karmaṇām

as great sacrifice, 840

Pūraka

as breathing process, 254

Purāṇas

accept Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

as diversion for mind, 767

as historical records, 24, 517

as part of study for sacrifice, 581

as representative of Kṛṣṇa, 529

celebrate glories of Supreme, 713

cited, 504

must be obeyed in devotional service, 366

validate Arjuna’s praise, 511

Pure (pavitram)

Kṛṣṇa as, 5

Purification

as a gradual process, 202

as aim of human life, 747

as divine quality, 722-724, 812

body, mind, intelligence and senses used for, 283

by action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 169-170, 274, 278, 445, 818

by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, 418, 446

by food in mode of goodness, 760-761

by knowledge of Kṛṣṇa, 229-230

by Kṛṣṇa of one who hears of Him, 363

by remembering Kṛṣṇa, 486

by transcending lust, anger and greed, 745-746

Kṛṣṇa as purifier, 468-469

marriage for, 784

necessary before chanting, 356

necessary before sannyāsa, 165

of dirty things in heart, 238

of four kinds of pious men, 387-388

of mind by charity, 608

of senses via bhakti-yoga, 606

om tat sat vibrated for, 775

process practiced by yogī, 356-357

sacrifice for, 184, 782

via prāyaścitta system of ablution, 67

Pūrṇam

See Complete Whole

Purujit

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Puruṣa (enjoyer)

as controller of everything, 367-368, 419

as Nārāyaṇa, Vāsudeva, 417-418

as subject for Chapter Thirteen, 619-661

described as active by Kapila, 122 incarnations, 519

Kṛṣṇa as, 5, 11-12,18

Mahā-Viṣṇu as first puruṣa incarnation, 455

Paramātmā as, 648

Puruṣārtha

as religiosity, economics, sense gratification and merging, 330

Puruṣārtha-śūnānāṁ guṇānāṁ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyam svarūpa-pratiṣṭhā vā citi-śaktir iti

quoted, 330-331

Purusottama

as plenary expansion, 433

in disciplic succession, 29

Kṛṣṇa as, 410, 513-514

R

Rādhārāṇī, Śrīmatī

obeisances to, 2

Raghu

Ikṣvāku the forefather of its dynasty, 215

Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

obeisances to, 1

Raghunātha Gosvāmī

in disciplic succession, 29

obeisances to, 1

Rahūgaṇa Mahārāja

discovers Bharata Mahārāja, 355

Rājendra

in disciplic succession, 29

Rajo-guṇa

Brahmā as incarnation of, 381

Rakṣa

worshipers of ghosts may become, 477

Rakṣasas

Kṛṣṇa as Kuvera of, 521

Rāma

appears in Raghu dynasty, 215

as expansion of Kṛṣṇa, 48, 236, 578, 702, 834

as incarnation, 220, 360

as righteous king, 525

bhakti-yoga rendered to, 689

defeated Rāvaṇa, 48, 61, 226, 744

everyone wanted to live in His kingdom 61

His servant Hanumān engages his wrath 204

Janaka His father-in-law, 185

known also as Personality of Godhead 297

Kṛṣṇa as, 528

never showed cowardice, 61

Ramante yogino’nante satyānanda-cid-ātmani

verses quoted, 297

Rāmānujācārya

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

as learned leader, 382

explains words sanātana, 16

maintains individuality on spiritual grounds, 88

Yāmunācārya in disciplic succession from, 397

Rasa

See Friendship, etc., Relationships

Rāsa-līlā

imitators of, 190

Raso vai saḥ; rasam hy evāyaṁ labdhvānandī bhavati

quoted, 691

Rāvaṇa

as example of demon, 740

attempts to build staircase to heaven, 740

defeated by Rāma, 48, 61, 226

kidnapped Rāma’s wife and chastised, 61

killed by Kṛṣṇa, 744

plans baffled by material energy, 383

Reality

as Paratattva, supreme, 291

denied by demons, 733

its eternality confirmed, 93

understood as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, 291

Realization

aim of human life, 181

a myth to materialists, 195

as buddhi-yoga, 162

as consequence of surrender, 84

as knowledge, 316, 336, 630

attained by chanting, 131, 320

basis and purpose of, 131, 347

by controlled senses, 168, 251-252, 298

by escaping lust, anger and greed, 745-746

by speculation and devotion, 164

characteristics of, 21, 72, 293, 821

destroyed by lust, 208-209, 296

determination for, 92

difficulty in, 259, 320, 346

direct and indirect processes, 610

gradual development, 130

happiness conducive to, 809

highest perfection as servant of Kṛṣṇa, 139

Kṛṣṇa as object of, 131, 232

likened to staircase, 634

love of Kṛṣṇa beyond, 339

necessary for spiritual sacrifice, 268

offered in form of Upaniṣads, 130

on basis of nonexistence of material body, 110

out of thousands one tries for, 365

preliminary need of desire for, 231

rogress by following devotees, 186

senses stumbling blocks to, 200

sought by three paths, 347

taught by analytical study of body and soul, 72

three stages of, 690

through purification of work, 818

undisturbed trance of, 139

what happens to one who abandons, 347

yoga a ladder for, 310-311

Rebirth

See Transmigration

Recaka

as birth process, 254

Reincarnation

See Transmigration

Relationships

accepted by Kṛṣṇa, 85

Arjuna fears he offended Kṛṣṇa out of friendship, 573, 577

attained by mahātmās, 465

between Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa change from friendship to wonder, 550-551

between jīvātmā and Paramātmā, 102-103

between Kṛṣṇa and devotees, 4-5, 49, 131, 390, 482-483, 573

characteristics of one dear to Kṛṣṇa, 611-617

forgetfulness causes change of bodies, 102

in five different paths of service, 425

in love for Kṛṣṇa, 339

Kṛṣṇa as reservoir of all, 551

Kṛṣṇa may be treated as son, husband, friend, etc., 576

of cowherd boys with Kṛṣṇa, 546

to Kṛṣṇa in everything, 391

to Kṛṣṇa only known through spiritual master, 290

understanding begets indifference to ritual, 138

with Kṛṣṇa in spiritual sky, 232

with Kṛṣṇa remove ignorance, 93

(See also Friendship, etc.)

Religion

abandon all religion to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 835-836

Arjuna advised to sacrifice body for, 97

Arjuna’s arguments based on, 81-82

as distinguished from sanātana-dharma, 16-18

as quality of brāhmaṇa, 812

cannot be manufactured, 240

considered irreligion in ignorance, 805

demons blaspheme, 742

discussed in terms of time and circumstance, 225

Relationships

established by Kṛṣṇa, 33, 188, 224, 226, 240, 260

evolves from types of faith, 755

fruitive result in, 807

its principles best cause for fighting, 113

its principles must be followed for knowledge, 91

keeps women from adultery, 64

knowledge as perfection of, 444

Kṛṣṇa as maintainer of, 554

Kṛṣṇa descends when there is decline in, 224

not as important as knowledge, 86

passion misguides one in, 805

principles enable good population to prevail, 64

principles in Vedas, 224

solves economic problems, 256-257

some enter it for fame, 630

without God is not religion, 384

without philosophy fanaticism, 164

(See also Dharma, Sanātana-dharma)

Rāmādī mūrttiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan

verses quoted, 220

Remembering process

at time of death by yoga, 415, 420

chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa for, 415

comes from Kṛṣṇa, 712-713

frees one from sinful bondage, 138

in attaining Kṛṣṇa, 24-26, 417-418, 424- 425

limitations of man’s, 222

not possible for impure, 415

of lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, 327

when bewildered, intelligence is lost, 150

(See also Memory)

Renunciation

according to three modes, 783, 786-787

Arjuna inquires into, 272, 780-781

artificial, 150

as divine quality, 722

as incomplete without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 165, 273-274, 278, 318

as knowledge, defined, 630-632

as step to liberation in sannyāṣa, 92

as way to attain peace of mind, 609

better than knowledge and meditation, 609

by one dear to Kṛṣṇa, 614

for maintenance not approved, 169-170

highest perfectional stage, 818-819

its perfection as subject of Chapter Eighteen, 779-849

its results obtained by self-control, 818-819

Kṛṣṇa as master of, 848

necessitates awareness of īśāvāsyā, 274

of action, 136, 267, 275, 285, 781-782

of work good for liberation, 273

the same as devotion and yoga, 277, 309

Repetition

necessary for understanding, 106

symptom of ecstasy, not literary weakness, 555

Ritual

all surpassed by devotional service, 439

considered end in itself by ignorant,195

devotees indifferent to, 138

imperative for neophytes, 138

Kṛṣṇa as, 467-468

meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa, 191-192

of Vedas likened unto leaves of banyan, 695

performed for material motives, 762

pure devotees not confined to, 192, 355, 481

useless without faith in Kṛṣṇa, 138, 776-777

Ṛk Veda

as one of four Vedas, 581

emanates from Kṛṣṇa, 179

Kṛṣna as, 468-469

Rudra

came from Brahmā, 501

Kṛṣṇa as Siva, 521

shown in universal form, 544

the eleven born of Nārāyaṇa, 503

Rūpa Gosvāmī

cited, 437

considered Caitanya most munificent, 589

explains yukta-vairāgya, 481

in disciplic succession, 29

prayer and obeisances to, 1

quoted, 274, 283, 318, 333, 340, 366, 592

slept only two hours a day, 326

 

S

Śabda-brahma

considered attained by Haridāsa Thākur, 356

transcended by one in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 138

Śabdādibhyo’ntaḥ pratiṣṭhānāc ca

quoted, 712

Sac-cid-ānanda-rūpāyam kṛṣṇāya

quoted, 459

Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha

absent in material bodies, 22

atheists may know, 219

body attained upon thinking of Kṛṣṇa at death, 22

body unchangeable, not forgetful, 221

Kṛṣṇa’s body as, 12-13, 22, 74, 399, 459, 638

Kuntī prays to see, 400

Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha

manifested to discourage speculation, 19

(See also Form of Kṛṣṇa)

Sacrifice

according to three modes, 176-177, 759, 762-764

already performed by one chanting, 131, 356

Arjuna inquires about the Lord of, 410-411

as Brahman, 248

as charity, 253

as divine quality, 722, 726

as haṭha-yoga breath control, 254

as impersonal merging, 249-250

as karma-kāṇḍa and jñāna-kāṇḍa, 259

as means of attaining moon, 435-436

as means to higher planets and Vaikuṇṭhas, 114, 127-128, 248, 255-256, 412-413, 427

as means to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 112, 181, 191-192, 268, 607-709

as puṇya-karmaṇām, 840

as purpose of material universe, 172

as yajña, Viṣṇu, 170

as yoga-yajña, 253

bestows wealth, enjoyment, 171, 178, 181, 256-257

cycle of, 413

for purification and sense control, 181, 184, 250, 255-256, 782, 784

Kṛṣṇa as, 467-468

Kṛṣṇa as jyotiṣṭoma and mahāyajña, 468

Kṛṣṇa as ultimate object and enjoyer of, 170-171, 173, 175, 196, 304, 475-476, 775

marriage as vivāha-yajña, 784

materially contaminated, 181, 258-259, 268, 763, 776-777, 781-782

meant for householder, 726

no happiness in this or next life without, 256

not easy in Kali-yuga, 173

of animals, 114, 816, 817

of comforts, tapomaya-yajña, 253

of everything for Kṛṣṇa, 250, 633

of food releases one from sin, 176

of knowledge greater than of possessions, 258

of material happiness, 348 of material possessions, 252

of studying Vedic literature, 253

of work culminates in knowledge, 258

om tat sat uttered during, 772-775

pañca-mahāyajña for ordinary men, 175

produces rain and thus grains, 177

rejected by demons, 740

related to work and duty, 170, 177, 247, 249-250, 257, 607-609, 762, 816-817

saṅkīrtana-yajña as, 173, 726

sent forth at beginning of creation, 171

sex as, 251

should never be abandoned, 782, 784

sinful not to perform, 180

spiritualizes atmosphere, 248

sustained by Kṛṣṇa, 406

takes different forms according to faith,258

to Brahman by yogīs, 249-250

to demigods discussed, 173-175, 249-250

to encourage gradual realization, 130-131

transcendence situated in, 179

ultimately leads to liberation, 174

unauthorized, 741-764

unnecessary for transcendentalists, 138, 181

will not reveal universal form, 580-581

Sadācāra

purified activities, 283

Sad eva saumya

773

Sādhaka

as candidate for liberation, 154

Sādhu

See Devotees, Sages, Vaiṣṇavas Sādhyas

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ

prayer quoted, 1

Sa evāyaṁ mayā te ‘dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purā-tanaḥ

verses quoted, 3

Sages

action and work of, 183, 199, 238, 243-244

agree on eternality of soul, 93

as sādhu if Kṛṣṇa conscious, 226

as twenty-five patriarchs of the universe, 501

attain to perfection by supreme wisdom, 664

cannot equal Kṛṣṇa, 350

cannot kill or cause killing, 101

characteristics and symptoms of, 140-144, 155, 183, 194, 294-297, 299, 301, 687-688, 821

cited by Kṛṣṇa as authority, 625

conclusions on existent and nonexistent, 93

debts cancelled to them if surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, 120

definition of muni, 142

do not know Kṛṣṇa’s origin or personality, 493

drink the nectar of Bhagavad-gītā, 28

even greatest fall, 146

equality of vision, 292, 316-317

happiness of, 295, 678

in full knowledge, 242

in universal form, 552

know distinction between body and soul, 85-86

know Kṛṣṇa as purpose of sacrifice, 304

know the self slays not nor is slain, 97 Kṛṣṇa as Bhrgu amongst, 523

Kṛṣṇa as Nārada amongst, 524

Kṛṣṇa the source of, 493

Nārada develops desire for devotion by association with, 446

need not observe ritual, 192

no obligation due them by devotee of Mukunda, 66

not bewildered by transmigration, 89

not contradictory to śāstra or spiritual master, 496

pufiried by devotion, achieve Kṛṣṇa, 278

seven great born out of Kṛṣṇa’s mind, 501

should set example for ignorant, 190-192, 194-195

sthita-dhī-muni different from ordinary muni, 142

take refuge in Kṛṣṇa, 136

their day is night for all beings, etc., 155

validate Arjuna’s praise, 510

way of entering into Brahman, 421

worship Kṛṣṇa knowing Him as source, 503-504”

(See also Devotees, Spiritual Master, Vaiṣṇavas)

Sahadeva

blows his conchshell, 46

Śaibya

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Saintliness

not befitting Arjuna on Battlefield, 61

Sakhya-bhakta

service as friend, 425

Śakuni

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

Śalya

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

willing to die for Duryodhana, 39

Samādhi

activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in, 598

as absorption in Kṛṣṇa, 51, 248, 315, 318

as beyond influence of dualities, 143

characteristics described, 330-331

defined, 128-129

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

includes realization of Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, 139

Kṛṣṇa consciousness best way to, 422-423

mind should be fixed in, 334

not possible for materialists, 129

of one self-realized, 821

trance by complete knowledge, 301

two kinds described, 331

Sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ

quoted, 366

Samāna

as one of five kinds of air, 95

Samāna-vāyu

as engaged for realization, 252

Samāne vṛkṣe puruṣo nimagnaḥ

verses quoted, 103

Samāśrita ye padapallava-plavam

verses quoted, 136

Sāma veda

as one of four Vedas, 581

emanates from Kṛṣṇa, 179

Kṛṣṇa as, 468-469, 521

rich in beautiful songs, 531

Samprajñāta-samādhi

described, 331

Samyag ādhīyate ‘sminn ātmatattva-yāthātmy-am

quoted, 128

Sanaka

born from Brahmā, 501

Sananda

born from Brahmā, 501

Sanātana

born from Brahmā, 501

Sanātana-dhama

See Goloka Vṛndāvana, Spiritual sky, Supreme abode

Sanātana-dharma

breaking of its tradition brings chaos, 66-67

described, 16-18

distinguished from religion and faith, 16-17

non-sectarian and unchangeable, 16-18

of the living entity, 15

set forth welfare activities, 66-67

(See also Dharma, Religion)

Sanātana Gosvāmī

in disciplic succession, 29

inquires about svarūpa, 17

obeisances to, 1

Sanātana-yoga

as subject of Fourth Chapter, 268

Sanatkumāra

became devotee by eating tulasī, 447

born from Brahmā, 501

Sandhyā-vandana bhadram astu bhavato bhoḥ snāna tubhyaṁ namo

verses quoted, 138

Śāṇḍilya

as principal philosopher, 444

Sāndīpani muni

teacher of Kṛṣṇa, 77

Sañjaya

asked about battle by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 32

as secretary of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 32

by grace of Vyāsa could see universal form, 549

could envision Kurukṣetra in Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s room, 33

Gītā related to his heart by Vyāsa, 844

recalls Kṛṣṇa’s form with wonder, 846-847

student of Vyāsa, 33, 845

thrilled by Gītā, 844, 846

understands the motives of Dhrtarāṣtra’s inquiries, 34

Śaṅkara

as Śiva, 521

Śaṅkarācārya

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3, 365

accepts Vedānta-sūtra, 791

as author of Śārīraka-bhāṣya, 278

impersonalists do not follow, 398

maintains Kṛṣṇa is beyond creation, 234

Saṅkarṣaṇa

as plenary expansion, 433

Sāṅkhya philosophy aim of, 276

analytical knowledge declared completed, 121

declares causes of action, 790-791

defined by Vedic dictionary, 121

discussed by Kṛṣṇa, 85-121

distinguished from philosophy of atheist

Kapila, 122-123

expounded by Lord Kapila, 122-123

its first process and conclusion, 277

Kapila’s and Kṛṣṇa’s identical, 123

meaning of sāṅkhya, 791

Sāṅkhya philosophy

nondifferent from karma-yoga and devotion, 123, 276

studied by Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, 278

study as sacrifice, 253

twenty-four elements the subject of 13, 368

Sāṅkhya-yoga

as difficult for this age, 347

as subject matter for Chapter Six, 307-360

for speculators and philosophers, 164

inferior to karma-yoga in Kali-yuga, 308

presented unsystematically in Second Chapter, 163

Saṅkīrtana-yajña

and Kṛṣṇa consciousness go well together, 172

as easiest and best sacrifice, 173 176, 726

Caitanya predicts it spread all over world, 227

inaugurated by Caitanya, 176

necessary for happiness, 177

ecommended for Kali-yuga, 172-173

saves one from food scarcity, 178

(See also Chanting)

Sannyāsa

abandons fruitive work, 781-782, 788

accepted upon purification, 165

Arjuna inquires into purpose of, 780-781

as disturbance to social order, 165

as eligible for entering sun, 57-58

as head of varṇāśrama institution, 723

as painstaking situation, 92

as spiritual master of brāhmaṇa, 723

as step to realization, 92, 167, 250, 438-439

as worthy recipient of charity, 500

begs from door to door, 724-725

counterfeited by demons, 741

definition of, 481, 496, 819

distributes knowledge to householders, 724-725

duties of, 500, 724-725

Māyāvādī sannyasīs compared with Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs, 278-279

forbidden relationship with women, 724

may perform marriage ceremony, 786

must be convinced of Paramātmā protection, 723-724

must be fearless, dependent on Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 723-724

never accepted by kṣatriyas, 114

promoted to Brahmaloka, 428

should not discourage others to marry, 784

taken by Caitanya for higher cause, 92

works for whole, not the part, 308

wrongly ignore fire sacrifices, 308

Sannyāsa-yoga

meaning of, 309-310

Śānta-bhakta

service in neutrality, 425

Śāntas

See Devotees

Sarasvatī

worshiped for education, 393

Śārīraka-bhāṣya

as commentary on Vedānta-sūtras, 278

Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja

verses quoted, 28, 604

Sarva-gataḥ

all-pervasiveness of the living entities,105

Sarvam etad brahma, tasmād etad brahma nāma-rūpam annaṁ ca jāyate

quoted, 282

Sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava

verses quoted, 5

Sarvaṁ jñāna-plavena

quoted, 290

Sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ

quoted, 791, 831

Sarvasya prabhum īśānaṁ sarvasya śaraṇam bṛhat

quoted, 642

Sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādam

quoted, 638

Sarvātmanā yaḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyam

verses quoted, 66, 120

Sarva-yoniṣu.. . ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pita

quoted, 16

Śāstras

above four defects of living entity, 748

as guide to action, 792, 804

austerities not mentioned in, 757-758

cited by Kṛṣṇa as authority, 625

demonic reject, 731, 742, 752

followed by divine, 730-731, 746-749, 752

Gītā best of all, 266

most confidential part of, 719

must be followed by teacher, 186

not contradicted by spiritual master or sage, 496

not violated by Kṛṣṇa, 187

recommend worship to demigods, 393

sacrifice in defiance of, 764

statements should be upheld by, 766

their injunctions purify the soul, 166

those who doubt them do not attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 266

useless without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 166

worker in ignorance works against, 802

Sat

used in sacrifice to satisfy Supreme, 772-773, 775

used to indicate Absolute Truth, 772-773

Satisfaction

as characteristic of devotee, 611

by food in mode of goodness, 760-761

created by Kṛṣṇa, defined, 497, 499

of the mind, 766-767

with anything,

Ṣaṭ-karma-nipuṇo vipro mantra-tantra-viśāradah

verses quoted, 82

Sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ vāsudeva-śabditam

quoted, 756

Sātyaki

blows his conchshell, 46

Satyavatī

Vyāsadeva the son of, 716

Satya-yuga

characteristics and duration of, 428

Saumadatti

another name for Bhūriśravā, 38

Saumya-vapuḥ

as most beautiful form, 584

Śaunaka

cited, 516

Sa vā eṣa brahma-niṣṭha idaṁ ṣarīraṁ marttyam atisṛjya

quoted, 703

Sa vai manaḥ Kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ

verses quoted, 147, 324, 327, 336, 344

Savyasācin

Arjuna addressed as, 564

meaning of the word, 565

Science of God

analyzes position of God and His energies, 367

can be understood in pure goodness, 674

explained in Bhagavad-gītā, 7, 32

instructed via disciplic succession, 214-215

known by one situated in transcendence, 294

Kṛṣṇa as, 529

one who has mastered it is spiritual master, 82

understood through devotional service, 363

Scripture

See Śāstra

Sectarianism

described as changing of faiths, 17-18

Self

Arjuna inquires about, 410

Arjuna exhorted to be established in, 129

as controller of mind and lower self, 211, 335

as eternal nature of living entity, 412

as sufferer or enjoyer of mind and senses, 344

does nothing, 281, 656

dwelling in body, cannot be slain, 97, 112

enjoyed by dint of knowledge, 264

happiness attained by steadiness in, 336

its pleasure only should be thought of, 334

known by speculation and devotion, 164

Kṛṣṇa as Self in hearts of all, 519

most easily understood through Gītā, 112

no bondage for one firmly situated in, 267

no duty for one who takes pleasure in, 182

perception of, 328, 330, 334, 444

sacrificed in fire of Brahman, 249-250

satisfaction in, 141

transcendental to senses, mind and intelligence, 211

two classes of men who realize, 164

Self-control

as divine quality, 722, 725, 812

as knowledge, defined, 629, 631

created by Kṛṣṇa, defined, 497-498

meant for householders, 725

results of renunciation obtained by, 818-819

Self-interest

as Viṣṇu, 57

defined as submission to Kṛṣṇa, 57

everyone working for, 308

goal to reach Viṣṇu, 168

pure devotee has no desire for, 424

Self-realization

See Realization Sense gratification

arises from mental concoction, 141

Arjuna’s not fighting based on, 121

as activity of material body, 156, 687

Sense gratification

as cause of work and bondage, 122, 200, 237, 256, 297, 620

as demonic engagement, 127-128, 155, 167, 176, 734, 736-737

as symptom of attachment, 142

as vain life, 180

avoided by sages, 193-194, 295-296, 309, 311-312

begets reactions, 120

can divert devotee, 153

dangerous even if regulated, 145, 200-201

destroys peace, 157, 285

discouraged, 149, 171, 334

elevation from, 129, 242

excludes samādhi, 129

fruitive result in, 807

full knowledge devoid of, 242

in mode of passion, 671, 675

its happiness an enemy, 207

its spirit current a long time, 200

people engrossed in, 111, 273

renounced, 630-632

restriction of, 145, 250-251, 257

Vedas studied for, 127, 192

when finished, realization offered, 130

work devoid of, 124, 326

worship of leaders for, 234

Senses

actually spiritual but exhibited in matter, 638

Arjuna had complete control of them, 79

as basis and cause of action, 790-791, 794

as cause and constituents of material body, 627, 646, 706

as controlled by Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, 147-148, 327

as functions of the prāṇa-vāyu, 252

as instruments for gratifying desires, 646

as one of principal gross creations, 368

as part of banyan tree, 695-696

as sitting place and outlets of lust, 207-210

attraction to, 149, 200, 313

can carry away the intelligence, 146, 153

cannot be controlled artificially, 149, 154

cannot perceive all stars, 21

cannot perceive or understand Kṛṣṇa, 316, 366, 451, 518, 542-543, 639

compared to horses pulling car of body, 344 control in yoga, 319-320, 422

control of, 146-148, 151, 164, 168, 254-255, 279-280, 301, 332, 599, 632, 806

described as strong and impetuous, 146

engagement of, 26, 144, 149, 151, 153-281, 327-328, 417

false ego bewilders due to misuse of, 193 given pleasure by Kṛṣṇa, 44, 59-60

happiness derived from, 90-91, 809-810

how acquired, 208

knowledge and intelligence through restraint of, 79, 154

Kṛṣṇa as controller of, 44, 49, 622-623

likened to serpents, 144, 211, 823

likened to limbs withdrawn by turtle, 144

living entities struggle hard with, 702-704

mind the center of, 207-208

most people servants of, 144

most uncontrollable is the tongue, 632

of Arjuna dried up by grief, 81

of Kṛṣṇa, 180, 187, 479, 575, 638

one is happy if he can tolerate urges of, 298

one who delights in them lives in vain, 180

only gratified to keep body fit, 632

purification via bhakti-yoga, 332, 606

regulated in marriage, 257

sacrifice of, 250-252, 255, 256

satisfied by satisfying Govinda’s senses, 59-60

self enjoys through transcendental senses, 330

self transcendental to, 211, 281

shutting out objects by trance, 302-303

Śiva and demigods subjected to influence of, 149

stumbling blocks to realization, 200

subduing them required for peace, 265

superior to matter, inferior to mind, 210

their activities temporary, 194

their contact source of misery, 296-297

their enjoyment ultimate for demons, 736-737

their forces delineated, 298

their servant called godāsa, 335

the Supersoul their source, 637-638

unaccountable by impersonalists, 44

used only for purification, 283

worship of unmanifest beyond, 598-599

Serpents

as Vāsuki, bed of Garbhodakaśāyī, 552

in universal form, 552

Kṛṣṇa as Ananta amongst Nāgas, 526

Kṛṣṇa as Vāsuki amongst, 525

Service

as aim of sacrifice, 258

as bhajati, 359

as buddhi-yoga, 134

as identity, svarūpa, 17-18

as liberation from mode of passion, 336

as step to love of Kṛṣṇa, 607

enables approach to supreme abode, 21, 137

frees one from five causes of work, 281

if not rendered, one falls down, 359

in material world for money, 606

in relationship with Kṛṣṇa, 49

not to be directed to demigods, 18

one must become servant of servant, 133-134

presupposed oneness with Kṛṣṇa, 822

rendered by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna and devotee, 49

rendered by mahātmās, 465

reveals name, form, quality and pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, 316

to Supreme by jīva eternal, 634

with purified senses called Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 335

(See also Bhakti, Bhakti-yoga, Devotional Service, Worship)

Sex

allowed only in bhakti-yoga, 322

as attraction of demons, 735-736

as basis of mode of passion, 670-671

as center of all activities, 207

as downfall of Viśvāmitra, 146

as happiness in passion, 810

as highest material pleasure, 296

as Kandarpa, god of love, 526

as Kṛṣṇa’s shackles, 207

as necessity for conditioned soul, 200

as worship in ignorance, 756

celibacy as austerity of the body, 764-765

contraception condemned, 725

demons claim it as cause of the world, 733

discouraged for yogi, 200, 296, 321-322, 327, 331

for propagation of children, 377, 723, 725

in household life, 251, 322, 725

Kṛṣṇa as, 377

Śiva agitated by Pārvatī, 149

Yāmunācārya spits at the thought, 146, 295-296

Siddhis

perfection for yogīs, 331

Śikhaṇḍī

blows his conchshell, 46

Simplicity

as austerity of body, 764-765

as austerity of the mind, 766

as divine quality, 722, 726-727

as knowledge, defined, 629-631

for all orders of life, 726-727

Sin

analyzed in Padma Purāṇa, 445

Arjuna free from, 720

Arjuna questions why one is impelled to, 203

Arjuna’s fear of incurring, 61-62

as vikarma, 179

causes of, 68, 133, 180, 203, 256

cleansed by sacrifice, 103, 255

freedom through identity with Brahman, 335

freedom through mode of goodness, 669

incurred by unoffered food, 65, 176-178, 324-325

in form of seed and as fructified, 445

in relation to work and action, 101, 116, 239, 244, 282, 816

Kṛṣṇa promises to deliver Arjuna from, 835-836

Kṛṣṇa takes charge of one’s past, 604

liberated free from, 299

lust as symbol of, 208

not assumed by Supreme Spirit, 288

not due to Supersoul, 203

not incurred by killing six types of aggressors, 61

not incurred by one with equanimity, 120

not the nature of the living entity, 203

prāyaścitta system of ablution before death, 67

strange to commit sin for happiness, 68

transcended by devotional service, 300, 404, 445, 511

transcended by spiritual knowledge, 138, 262-264, 494-495, 840

Śiśupāla

spoke against Kṛṣṇa, 400

Śiṣyas te ‘haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam

quoted, 122

Sītā

as goddess of fortune,

Rāma’s eternal consort, 48

Janaka her father, 185

kidnapped by Rāvaṇa, 61

Śiva

affirms that liberation only possible by Viṣṇu, 381

agitated for sex by Pārvatī, 149

as chief demigod, 502

as destroyer of total material elements, 529

as father of Skanda, 522

as incarnation of tamo-guṇa, Cannot liberate, 381

as learned leader, 382

as part of Kṛṣṇa, 304, 538, 703

beholds universal form in wonder, 557

born of Brahmā, 569

created by Kṛṣṇa, 495, 504

defeated by Arjuna, 116

desires to see Kṛṣṇa’s two-armed form, 586

does not possess full opulences, 74

drank an ocean of poison, 190, 525

his wife Ūma worshiped, 393

in universal form, 552

Kṛṣṇa as, 521

one must follow, 240

should not be imitated, 190

subjected to influence of sense objects, 149, 381

worship in goodness, 756

worships Kṛṣṇa, subservient to Him, 234

Śiva-viriñci-nutam

quoted, 234

Skanda

identified, 522

Kṛṣṇa as, 522

Sleep

conquered by devotee, 51

conquered by Guḍākeśa, 519

equated with ignorance, 51

happiness from, 810-811

one in mode of ignorance addicted to, 672

Rūpa Gosvāmī sets ideal, 326

six hours sufficient, 325, 672

temperance advised, 324-326

(See also Ignorance, Nescience)

Smaraṇam

as thinking of Kṛṣṇa, 489, 511

Smṛti

cited, 13, 337, 703

quoted, 237, 635 Social orders

See Varṇa

Somadatta

beheld by Arjuna on Battlefield, 53

her son Bhuriśravā cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38

Somarasa

drunk for immortality, 128

drunk on moon, 436

its drinking as indirect worship, 472

Soul

also called Brahman, 410

as aṇu-ātmā, minute particle, and vibhu- ātmā, Supersoul, 100

as distinct from Viṣṇu-tattva, 95

as minute, 94-97, 106

as pratyag-ātmā and parag-ātmā, 251-252

bewildered, thinks himself the doer, 192-193

cannot be severed from original Soul, 104

cannot kill or be killed, 97-98, 101

can only be understood through Vedas, 106, 113

compared to bird on tree of body, 102-103

compared to sunlight, 96-97

degraded by lust, anger and greed, 745

denied by demons, 733

described as amazing, not understood, 111-112

does not create fruits of action, 287

equated with consciousness, 94-95, 99-100, 106, 659-660

eternally fragmental, 89-90, 104

floats in five kinds of air, 95

general characteristics of, 89, 98-100, 104-106, 210, 445, 658, 661

has no by-products, 99

has nothing to do with material world, 277

impregnated into prakṛti by glance of Kṛṣṇa, 122

in heart of all, 89, 94-96, 292, 337

its nature active, 166

Kṛṣṇa is Soul of all souls, 196, 569

makes direct contact with Kṛṣṇa, 210-211

must be understood for solution to miseries, 111

of material world is Viṣṇu, Supersoul, 276

philosophies denying its existence, 107

plurality of individual souls an eternal fact, 88

realizes eternality but not bliss in merging, 601

related to intelligence, 208, 210

relation to material body, 86, 93-94, 96-99, 102, 110, 166, 208, 210, 285-292-293, 313, 444-445, 600, 658-659, 796

relation to Supersoul, 105-106, 330, 622, 637, 642, 654

same quality as Supersoul, 292

subjected to ten kinds of air, 252

theory of oneness not maintained, 87, 89

transmigration explained, 89, 102

(See also Conditioned Soul, Jīvātmā, Living Entity)

Space

compared to Kṛṣṇa’s all-pervasiveness, 453-454

Kṛṣṇa different from, 452

Kṛṣṇa spread throughout, 555-556

wind and cosmos rest in, 453

Speculation

Absolute Truth cannot be attained by, 509

as engagement of impersonalists, 249, 278

as inferior process, 212, 260, 272, 718-719

as method of knowing the Self, 164

as philosophy without religion, 164

as serious sin, 513

avoidance of those addicted to, 592-593

cannot manufacture religion, 240

compared with Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 164

discouraged, 19, 316, 603-604

ended for sthita-dhī-muni, 142

gradual path to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 164

Kṛṣṇa cannot be known by, 398, 419, 493, 543, 579, 587-588, 591, 823

one on mental plane attracted to material energy, 55

useless in studying Gītā, 439

Spirit

as basic field of creation, 371

basis of material body, 95, 97

cannot be cut to pieces, 704

distinguished from matter, 93

does not create fruits of action, 287

everything related to Kṛṣṇa is spirit, 221

explained analytically in Second Chapter, 72

impersonal, all-pervasive, as Brahman, 73

its minute size discussed, 94-96

of living entities the same, 645

realization as ahaṁ brahmāsmi, 405

(See also Soul)

Spiritual Body

attained by remembering process, 26

attained in spiritual sky, 665

attained upon thinking of Kṛṣṇa at death, 22

beyond conception of materialists, 230

does not undergo change, 715

enables seeing Kṛṣṇa face to face, 703

engaged in eternal service, 405

living entity has only one, 412

manifested at liberation, 703

no difference between it and self, 221

no different from Viṣṇumūrti, 703-704

not affected by material miseries, 405

of Kṛṣṇa discussed, 222-223, 459-461, 463, 575, 586

Spiritual Master

acceptance as beginning of devotio’nal service, 617, 630

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3

as aid in freedom from material concept, 230-231, 661

as emerging from ācārya or gosvāmī family, 354

as means to knowledge, 80, 259-260, 262, 360, 629, 631, 683, 758

as representative of Kṛṣṇa, 100, 290, 829

as representative of Vyāsa, 845

as sannyāsī and brāhmaṇa, 723

as transparent medium, 845

Caitanya’s prime requisite for, 82

can be from lower castes if Vaiṣṇava, 82

can change one’s mode of nature, 753

can solve all problems if totally Kṛṣṇa conscious, 82

dispels ignorance, 290, 841

does not contradict holy man or scripture, 496

does not deviate from Kṛṣṇa’s instructions, 268, 496, 829

frees one from lamentation, 102-103

his orders as duty, 126, 139, 201-202, 827

his satisfaction brings advancement, 260, 631

if not superior to student, relation meaningless, 90

in disciplic succession, 259-260, 268

initiation as step toward love of God, 231

Kṛṣṇa as original, 14, 79, 81, 85, 122, 260, 574

Kṛṣṇa consciousness best practiced under, 126

methods of approaching, 80, 259-260

must be consulted for peace and happiness, 82

necessary for understanding Kṛṣṇa, 112, 126, 589

necessary for understanding purpose of Vedas, 727

needed by Arjuna to solve problems, 81-82

never claims to be God, 290

one should study Gītā under, 268

only he or Kṛṣṇa can liberate, 381

paid all the respects of God, 260, 290

prayers to, 1

recommended by Vedic literature, 80

relation with brahmacārī, 322, 421, 438

relation with disciple, 81, 154, 260

reveals one’s relationship to Kṛṣṇa, 290

Vyāsa-pūjā in his honor, 845

when he is satisfied, so is God, 126

worshiped as austerity, 764-765

(See also Ācārya, Devotees, Sages, Vaiṣṇavas)

Spiritual Sky

all entities infallible in, 714-715

all planets self-luminous, 323, 701

as eternal, 15

as paramaṁ padam, 831

attained by impersonalists, 22-23

attained by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 136-137, 247, 423, 439, 591, 603

attained by one who is nirmāna-moha, 21

attained through sacrifice, 255-256

body does not change in, 715

contains actual happiness, 20

contains innumerable planets, 19, 22

described as avyakta, unmanifested, 21

diversity manifest in Vaikuṇṭhalokas, 368

elevation from higher, planetary systems, 427

entered by one established in equanimity, 293

free of four principles of material existence, 20

Goloka Vṛndāvana supreme original planet, 20

illumined by brahmajyoti, 19, 641-642

its planets controlled by Nārāyaṇa manifestations, 577

Kṛṣṇa as source of, 503-504

never lost when once attained, 19, 21

no creation in, 714

not illumined by sun, moon, electricity, 700-702

pure devotees do not hanker for, 424

variegatedness in, 665, 695

(See also Goloka Vṛndāvana, Supreme abode)

Spiritual universe

See Spiritual sky

‘Śraddhā’-śabde viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya

verses quoted, 125

Śravaṇam (hearing)

as hearing Hare Kṛṣṇa, 417-418

as means of purification, 363

as one of nine processes, 26

as process of enlightenment, 442

brahma-bhūta attained by, 824

diminishes desire to dominate nature, 647

importance in devotional service, 362-363, 492, 506

importance of hearing about Kṛṣṇa, 345

liberation by, 652

paramparā necessary for, 845

śruti, hearing from authorities, 718

stressed by Caitanya, 385, 652

Śravaṇam, kīrtanam, smaraṇam, arcanam, etc.

as yajñas, sacrifices, 177

Śravanaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam

quoted, 26, 447, 465

Śravaṇāyāpi bahubhiryo na labhyaḥ

verses quoted, 111

Śrī-caitanya-mano

prayer to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, 1

Śrīdhara

as plenary expansion, 433

Śrī Kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda

prayer, 2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

accepts Kṛṣṇa as Supreme, 3, 93

as representative of Kṛṣṇa, 529

cited, 141, 186, 188, 194, 223-225, 227,

331, 367, 392, 396, 404, 410, 435,

447-450, 460-461, 465, 484, 486-

487, 493, 495-496, 498, 502, 524,

546, 578, 586, 590, 601, 632, 691,

743, 775, 785, 824

commentation on Vedānta-sūtra, 24

dear to devotees, 506

defines liberation, 11

describes Caitanya, 227

describes important planets, 21

gives real commentary on Vedānta-sūtra, 713

its study makes family happy, 633

Māyāvādī study troublesome, 278

mentions Gāyatrī mantra, 532

must be consulted for peace and happiness, 82

quoted, 55, 66, 73-74, 95, 120, 124, 131,

136, 147-148, 166, 172, 189, 204, 208-

233, 260, 262, 273, 297, 301, 322, 327,

350-351, 355-356, 359, 363, 369, 400,

442, 446, 516-517, 519, 611, 634, 756

sāṅkhya expounded in, 122-123

should be accepted, 419

should be heard constantly from pure devotee, 606

studied by the Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs, 278

Śrīvāsa, Ācārya

obeisances to, 2

Śriyaḥ-patir yajña-patiḥ prajā-patir

verses quoted, 172

Sṛjāmi

defined, 224

Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāṁ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravana-kīrtanaḥ

verses quoted, 363

Sṛṣṭi-hetu yei mūrti prapañce avatare

verses quoted, 227

Śruti

as learning by hearing, 718

as means to understand Vedas, 727

existence of soul cannot be established beyond, 106

Śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā

verses quoted, 366

Steadiness

as knowledge, defined, 629, 631

Sthīra-buddhi

as steadiness of mind, 294

Sthita-dhī-muni

difference from ordinary muni, 142

Struggle

with different bodies for existence, 705

with the senses and mind, 702-703

Subhadrā

her son Abhimanyu blows his conchshell, 46

her son cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 37

Submission

in approaching spiritual master, 259-260

in understanding Bhagavad-gītā, 6

to Kṛṣṇa’s will is real self-interest, 57

(See also Surrender)

Subtle body

as mind and psychological effects, 661

carries conceptions from one body to another, 704-705

creation of material nature, 193

develops a gross body, 705

living symptoms as manifestation of, 628

possessed by ghosts, 65

Śūdra

as division of social order, 24, 235

can approach Supreme, 486-487

defined as one who laments for gross body, 72

distinguished by work in modes, 812

in mode of ignorance, 379

should not claim to be brāhmaṇa, 816

should not expect honor, 728

work of, 813

(See also Varṇa)

Suffering

caused by living entity, 645-646

due to body identification, 286-287

due to forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa, 300, 593

in material existence, 6

māyā as cause of, 305

transmigration cause of, 89

(See also Anxiety, Miseries)

Sughosa

name of Nakula’s conchshell, 46

Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord, 172

one must follow, 240

Sukṛtina

as four kinds of pious men, 386-387

Sun

as evidence of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 709

as king of planets, 214

as one of Kṛṣṇa’s eyes, 214, 454, 520, 555

as origin of all the planets in solar system, 214

assumes power and heat from Kṛṣṇa, 214

compared to Absolute Truth, 73-74

compared to Kṛṣṇa and clouds to māyā, 402

compared to living entity, 659

compared to soul, 99-100

diseased man recommended to worship, 392, 393

does not illumine supreme abode, 700-702

eligibility for entering, 57-58

illuminates solar system, 709

inhabited by living entities, 105

its light emanates from brahmajyoti, 374, 709

its splendor comes from Kṛṣṇa, 709

knowledge likened to, 289-290

Kṛṣṇa as, 373-374, 520

Kṛṣṇa compared to, 419, 720

likened to Kṛṣṇa’s appearance and disappearance, 223

moves under Kṛṣṇa’s order, 454

Paramātmā compared to, 509, 636, 640

Paramātmā source of light in, 641

positions of sun at times of leaving body, 434-435

housands of suns likened to universal form, 549, 553

Verses of Gītā compared to, 585

Sun-god

Arjuna present when Gītā first spoken to, 221

Arjuna to follow in his footsteps, 238-239

as father of all kṣatriyas, 215

as person perceived through energy, 373

in disciplic succession, 4, 214-215, 268

known as Vivasvān, 214

Kṛṣṇa recalls instructing, 402

sacrifices for, 249

senior by birth to Kṛṣṇa, 218

Vivasvān as Kṛṣṇa’s first disciple, 214-215, 239

worship in goodness, 756

Supersoul

See Paramātmā Supreme abode

as ānanda-cinmaya-rasa, 432

as cintāmaṇi-dhāma, 431

as Goloka Vṛndāvana, 19-20

as Kṛṣṇa, 5, 432, 469-470, 510

as sanātana (eternal), 15

as self-illu mined, 19, 93, 700-702

as unmanifested, infallible, supreme destination, 431

attained by cessation of material existence, 323, 699-700, 745-746

attained by devotion, 21-22, 158, 228-229, 231, 323, 591, 823-824

attained by grace, 825, 831

can be approached from this world, 19

described, 18-19, 431-432

nondifferent from devotional service, 159

no rebirth in, 427

no return from, 431, 700-701

not attained by whimsical action, 746-747

transferral at death, 415

variegatedness in, 432

(See also Goloka Vṛndāvana, Spiritual sky)

Supreme Absolute Truth

See Absolute Truth Supreme Lord

See Kṛṣṇa

Supreme Personality of Godhead

above both Brahman and Paramātmā, 12

always above individual soul, 106

as Absolute will, 393

as complete realization, 13, 718

as joyful, 626

as Kṛṣṇa, 5-6, 73-74, 112, 261, 464

as only master, 392

as origin of banyan tree, 698

as supreme individual person, 87

as worshipable object, 233, 755

attained by unalloyed devotion, 432

called sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, 12

described by Vedas, 187

different from parts, 93-94

expands into vijñānamaya, prāṇamaya, etc., 626

expands to increase bliss, 204

frees one from all obligations, 66

His six opulences explained, 74

identical with His many forms, 228

in heart of all, 87, 286

last word in Absolute, 291

manifests Vedas, 179

no duty for Him, 187

originally two-handed, 584

personal attributes discussed, 372-373

satisfied when spiritual master is, 126

Surabhi

Kṛṣṇa the surabhi amongst cows, 525-526

Surrender

after many births and deaths, 122, 390-391, 599

as acceptance of Kṛṣṇa’s word, 512

as a result of knowing Kṛṣṇa’s opulences,502

as direct method of realization, 610

as highest religious principle, 224-225, 835-836

as knowledge, 84, 290, 358, 833

as topmost yoga, 845

as ultimate instruction of Gītā, 848

as way to spiritual world, 380-381, 699-702, 831

choice given to, 832 erases sin, 511, 835

follows Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 315

Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja’s surrender, 158

Kṛṣṇa directs senses in terms of, 44

miscreants refuse, 382

of all works to Kṛṣṇa, 196, 282

of Arjuna to Kṛṣṇa, 79, 842-843

of intelligence, 211

of learned leaders to Kṛṣṇa’s feet, 382

rewards according to, 232

to demigods caused by desires, 391-392

to devotional service, 134

to Kṛṣṇa brings happiness, 393

to Kṛṣṇa for liberation, 120, 349, 369,464, 642

to Kṛṣṇa upon severing banyan tree, 698- 699

to spiritual master, 102-103, 260 with faith and love, 835

(See also Submission)

Sūryaloka

as goal, 470

Sūrya-vaṁśa kṣatriyas

sun-god father of kṣatriyas, 215

Sūta Gosvāmī

quoted, 516-517

Svadharmas (specific duties)

two types discussed, 114

Svādhyāya-yajña

study as sacrifice, 253

Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt

quoted, 165

Svāmī

controls mind, 335

controls senses, 298

Svargaloka

See Planets

Svārtha-gati

self-interest to reach Viṣṇu, 168

Svarūpa

as Brahman realization, 295

as carrying out order of superior, 314

as eternal servitor, 141, 262, 825

defined by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, 17

knowledge and action according to, 309

lifts one from struggle for existence, 262-263

not destroyed by liberation, 331

of all living beings, 5 of Kṛṣṇa, 222

of one fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, 775

represented by Arjuna, 842

Svarūpa

in disciplic succession, 29

Svarūpa-siddhi

perfection of one’s position, 5

Svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ, 331

SvatvataTantra

quoted, 367

Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad

asserts Kṛṣṇa to be maintainer of all, 86-87

cited, 716

compares soul and Supersoul to two birds on tree, 102-103

quoted, 94, 187, 286, 372, 391, 638, 642

Śyāmasundara

as beloved form for devotees, 339, 594

His beauty described, 360

more difficult to see than universal form, 587

pastimes in Vṛndāvana, 471

T

Tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye

verses quoted, 363

Tadāvadhi bata nārī-saṅgame smaryamāne

verses quoted, 295

Tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo niruddha

verses quoted, 301

Tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam

quoted, 831

Taittirīya Upaniṣad

quoted, 394, 641

Tam akratuḥ paśyati vīta-śokaḥ

verses quoted, 100

Tam ātmasthaṁ ye ‘nupaśyanti dhīrāḥ

verses quoted, 87

Tam ekaṁ govindam

quoted, 459

Tam eva viditvātimṛtyumeti nānyaḥ panthā vidyate ayanāya

quoted, 229, 324, 642

Taṁ ha devam ātma-buddhi-prakāśaṁ mumukṣur vai śaraṇam aham prapadye

quoted, 642

Tam īśvarāṇāṁ paramaṁ maheśvaram

verses quoted, 187, 304

Tamo-guṇa

Śiva as incarnation of, 381

Tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvam

verses quoted, 297

Tapoloka

elevation to, 472

Tapomaya-yajña

as sacrifice of comforts, 253

Tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi

prayer, 2

Tasmād etad brahma nāma-rūpam annaṁ ca jāyate

quoted, 666

Tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca

verses quoted, 24

Tat

used in sacrifice to satisfy Supreme, 772-774

used to indicate Absolute Truth, 772 773

Tato yad uttarataraṁ tad arūpam anāmayaṁ ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti athetare duḥkham evāpi yānti

quoted, 372

Tat te ‘nukampāṁ su-samīkṣyamaṇaḥ

quoted, 611

Tat tu samanvayāt

quoted, 713

Tattvamasi

applied to liberation, 228-229

Tattvavit

as knower of Absolute Truth, 194

Tāvad eṣa samprasādo smāt

verses quoted, 716

Teacher

can speak truth to instruct, 765-766

disqualified by māyā, 90

must be representative of Kṛṣṇa, 574

must follow principles of śāstra, 186

must teach by example, 186

when fit to be abandoned, 78

(See also Ācāryas, Spiritual Master)

Temporality

as law of material world, 15

causes problems of life, 27

of happiness and distress, 90-91

of material body, 93

of nonexistent confirmed, 93

of varṇas and life, 379

Tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā

verses quoted, 131, 356

Teṣām ahaṁ samuddhartā

quoted, 815

Time

as form of Kṛṣṇa devouring everything, 593, 640

as the ultimate killer, 527, 530

as universal form, destroyer of the worlds, 563-564

defined, 7-9

kāla refers to presiding deity of, 434

Kṛṣṇa as, 527, 530

universal form subject to, 544

Tolerance

as characteristic of devotee, 611

as knowledge, defined, 629, 631

as quality of brāhmaṇa, 812

Kṛṣṇa tolerates as father, friend, lover, 576

of happiness and distress, 90-91

of unpleasant duties, 91

Transcendence

as formless, beyond materials, 372

of modes of nature, 129

materialists not interested in, 348

sacrifice as means to, 348

situated in sacrifice, 179

symptoms of one situated in 294

unattached work merges into, 246

yogī situated in, 327

Transcendentalists

attain to kingdom of God, 323

birth in their family rare, 353-354

can understand transmigration, 708

characteristics of one elevated, 821

control senses and actions, 297-298, 317, 351

description of, 299

discussed as personalists and impersonalists, 596-597, 600

do not distinguish caste or species, 292

do not meet with destruction, 350

even greatest fall, 146

highest of all, 836

no worry even if unsuccessful, 351

reside in sacred places, 320

sacrifice unnecessary for, 181

should live alone, secluded, 317-318

should meditate on Kṛṣṇa, 317-318

stand above ritualistic principles, 355

steady in meditation on Self, 328

their objects of meditation at death, 23

three classes of, 4, 22, 351-352

topmost realize Bhagavān, 74

utter om in sacrifice, 773

Transmigration

as cause of suffering, 89

as means of rejuvenating energy, 89

asserted by Kṛṣṇa, 220

cannot be understood by foolish, 706-707

caused by karma, 273-274, 412

ceases when one knows Kṛṣṇa’s nature, 228-229

conceptions carried from one body to another, 704-705

denied by demons, 737

due to attachment to material nature, 647

effected by grace of Supersoul, 102

enacted by supreme will, 743

ended for one who attains Kṛṣṇa’s abode, 427

explained, 89

from one body to another, 10, 222

higher rebirth in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 124

likened to changing garments, 102

likened to ferris wheel, 473

none for Kṛṣṇa 495

of envious into demonic wombs, 743-744

of slaughtered animals, 727

process of impregnation, 413

self-realized soul not bewildered by, 89, 708

story of Bharata, 354-355

transcended by devotional service, 448

(See also Birth)

Tretā-yuga

characteristics and duration of, 215, 428

Gītā delivered in, 215

Tretā-yugādau ca tato vivasvān manave dadau

verses quoted, 215

Tri-vedī

as one who studies three Vedas, 472

Trivikrama

as plenary expansion, 433

Truthfulness

as divine quality, 722, 727

created by Kṛṣṇa as presenting facts properly, 497

Tulasī

Sanatkumāra became devotee by tasting, 447

should be cultivated for Kṛṣṇa, 592

tasted by Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, 148, 327

Tvam eva viditvā

quoted, 381

Tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer

verses quoted, 124, 166, 351

U

Ubhe uhaivaiṣa ete taraty amṛtaḥ sādhv-asādhūnī

quoted, 263-264

Uccaiḥśravā

identified, 525

Kṛṣṇa as, 524-525

Udāna

as one of five kinds of air, 95

Udāna-vāyu

as engaged for realization, 252

Ugrasena

grandfather of Kṛṣṇa, 77

Ultimate goal

to return to Kṛṣṇa’s abode, 18

Umā

worshiped for good wife, 393

Unborn

freedom from sin by knowing Kṛṣṇa as, 494-495

Kṛṣṇa as, 5, 222-223, 399-401, 510

nature of, 495

within Kṛṣṇa cited as impersonalist object, 81

Understanding

in mode of goodness, 804

in mode of ignorance, 805

in mode of passion, 805

Universal Form

Arjuna fears, 590

Arjuna first to see, 579-580

Arjuna offers obeisances to, 550-563

Arjuna requests to see, 541-542

Arjuna’s reasons to see, 540-542, 546-547

as adhidaivatam, 414

as subject of Chapter Eleven, 539-594

as temporary, 544, 589

cannot be seen by impersonalists, 581

cannot be seen by studying Vedas, sacrifice or charity, 580-581

can only be beheld by spiritual eyes, 546

contains limitless forms, bellies, mouths, eyes, 553

contemplated by neophyte, 414

devotees not eager to see, 544, 581-583, 590

devours all peoples, scorches the worlds, 561-562

excludes reciprocal love relationship, 582

Kṛṣṇa must give one power to see it, 544

likened to sun, 549, 553, 579

manifested partially to Duryodhana, 579

may be seen by tinge of devotional service, 586

not original form of Kṛṣṇa, 590

perplexes all planetary systems, 555

planets held in fist of, 710

reveals destruction of soldiers at Kurukṣetra, 560-561, 563-566, 582

reveals everything at once, 544-545

reveals unlimited eyes, mouths, garbs, ornaments, 548

seen also by Saṣjaya, 847

seen by all who were awake with divine vision, 556

seen by devotees, demigods and Vyāsa, 557-558, 579, 581, 847

shown to attract those with no love for Kṛṣṇa, 590

shown to discourage false incarnations, 542, 589

shown within material world by internal potency, 579

unlimited universes seen in one place, 549-550

worship of Kṛṣṇa in, 466-467

Universe

See Spiritual Sky, Material universe

Unmanifest

all things unmanifest in their beginning and end, 109-110

as constituent of body, 627

as object of impersonalist meditation, 596-597

concentration on discouraged, 601

realization as difficult path, 599-601

spiritual sky described as, 21

worship of, 598-599

Upaniṣads

as means to impersonal realization, 600

basis for Bhagavad-gītā, 111

beginning of transcendental life, 130

celebrate glories of Supreme, 713

cited, 463, 702, 737

confirm eternality of individuality, 87

describe Caitanya, 227

injunctions impossible in this age, 131

must be obeyed in devotional service, 366

offer realization, 130

quoted, 454

study as sacrifice, 253, 581

transcended by one in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 138

(See also Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad, Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, etc.)

Ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham aśvatthaṁprāhur avyayam

verses quoted, 20

Uśanā

Kṛṣṇa as, 533-534

Utsāhān niścayād dhairyāt tat tat karma-pravartanāt

verses quoted, 333

Uttamaujā

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 37

V

Vāda

as final conclusion in logic, 529

Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam

verses quoted, 73, 634

Vaibhāṣikas

maintain materialistic view of soul, 107

their theory rejected by Arjuna, 108

Vaidurya stone

Kṛṣṇa compared to, 221

Vaikuṇṭha planets

See Spiritual sky and Planets

Vairāgya

as detachment from matter and engagement in spirit, 345

Vaiṣamya-nairghṛṇye na sāpekṣatvāt tathā hi darśayati

quoted, 289

Vaiṣṇavas

as only qualified spiritual masters. 82

obeisances to, 1-2

sannyāsīs compared with Māyāvādī sannyāsis, 278-279

transcendental to brāhmaṇa status, 236

worship internal energy, 814-815

(See also Devotees, Sages, Spiritual master)

Vaiṣṇavera kriyā mudrā vijñe na bujhayā

quoted, 481

Vaiśvānara

as principal philosopher, 444

Vaiśya

as division of social order, 24, 235

can approach Supreme, though of lower birth, 486-487

distinguished by work in modes, 812

in modes of passion and ignorance, 379

should not engage in blackmarketing, 728 work of, 813

(See also Varṇa)

Vāmana

as plenary expansion, 433

Vānaprastha

accepted after householder life, 726

helps toward realization, 250

lives in forests, severe penances, etc., 438

Vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaḥ

prayer, 2

Vande ‘ham

prayer to spiritual masters, 1

Varāha

as plenary expansion, 236, 360, 834

Varāha Purāṇa

describes living entities as parts of Kṛṣṇa, 104

quoted, 504, 603

Varṇa

according to modes of nature, 379, 487

all orders can attain Kṛṣṇa, 27

as temporary, 379

brāhmaṇa as spiritual master, 723

created by Kṛṣṇa, 235

created to elevate men from animal level, 235

devotees transcendental to, 236

distinguished by work in modes, 812-813

four divisions outlined, 24

in terms of education, not birth, 723

Kṛṣṇa belongs to none, 235

no distinction in devotional service, 487

spiritual master can come from lower castes, 82

work should be according to one’s nature, 816

(See also Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, etc.)

Varṇa-saṅkara

as unwanted population, 189

Vaṛnāśrama

as higher principle of religion, 225

as method of elevation, 63, 746

enables good population to prevail, 64

for satisfying Viṣṇu, 170

four āśramas discussed, 250-251

goal to reach Viṣṇu, 168

progress of āśramas, 438-439

reformatory ceremonies meant for, 384

sannyāsa a difficult stage, 92

sannyāsī as head of, 723

surpassed by devotional service, 439

system of ablution before death, 67

when fails, women prone to adultery, 64

Varṇāśramācāra-vatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān

verses quoted, 170-171

Varṇāśrama-dharma

aims to satisfy Viṣṇu, 134, 476

awakens Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 268

meant for tapasyā, austerity, 726

not meant to divide society by birth, 723

Varṇāśrama-dharma

on bodily platform, 114

sets forth welfare activities for salvation, 66

Varuṇa

as appointed officer, 178

Kṛṣṇa as, 526

Vasudeva

as father of Kṛṣṇa 52, 76

Kṛṣṇa first appeared before him as Nārāyaṇa, 583, 587

persecuted by Kaṁsa, 226 Vāsudeva

Kṛṣṇa as, 418, 433, 533-534

love for Him leads to liberation, 274

meaning of name, 44

root of all causes, 126

surrender to, 122, 392

universal vision precipitates full surrender, 391

worshiped by one in goodness, 756

Vāsudevdḥ sarvam iti sa mdhātmā sudurlabhaḥ

quoted, 126

Vāsuki

Kṛṣṇa as serpent, 525

serpent as bed of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, 552

Vasus

behold universal form in wonder, 557

born from Nārāyaṇa, 503

Kṛṣṇa as Agni of, 521

Vātsalya-bhakta

service as parent, 425

Vayaṁ tu na vitṛpyāma uttama-śloka-vikrame

verses quoted, 516

Vedāham etaṁ puruṣaṁ mahāntam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt

quoted, 372

Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ

quoted, 172, 191

Vedānta

Arjuna advised to raise himself to platform of, 129

injunctions impossible in this age, 131

Kṛṣṇa as compiler of, 131, 712-714

Kṛṣṇa cannot be understood simply by study of, 398

last word in Vedic wisdom, 131

Vedānta-sūtra

accepted as ultimate stalk of knowledge, 791

accepts Kṛṣṇa as origin of all emanations,93

ānandamayo’bhyāsāt quote, 18

as representative of Kṛṣṇa 529

begins with inquiry into one’s real position, 204

Bhāgavatam proper commentary on, 278, 713

cited, 97, 237, 331, 444, 457, 463, 744, 780

contents given in summary, 714-715

describes body and its knower, 625-627

quoted, 289, 446, 473, 712, 814, 824

Śārīraka-bhāṣya as commentary on, 278

stresses devotional service, 780

study as sacrifice, 253, 581

summary of all Vedic literature, 24

Vedas

accept Kapila’s explanation of creation,122

as criterion for action, 179, 748

as laws of Kṛṣṇa 224, 783

as representative of Kṛṣṇa, 529

assert Kṛṣṇa to be maintainer, 86-87

celebrate Kṛṣṇa as Supreme Person, 717

cited, 221, 399, 436, 504, 564, 626, 640, 715

compare soul and Supersoul to two birds on tree, 102-103

confirm Kṛṣṇa as unborn, 223

confirm plurality of individual souls, 88

deal mainly with three modes, 129

divided into four, 24

do not approve unrestricted life, 726

essence of, 130, 197, 444, 718-719, 780

flowery language of, 127, 139

followed by both personalists and impersonalists, 748

for knowing Kṛṣṇa, 131, 172, 191-192, 469, 694-695, 712-714, 748

gives chance for liberation, 256

karma-kāṇḍa portions discussed, 127-128

Kṛṣṇa as knower of, 712-714

Kṛṣṇa as om in, 373

Kṛṣṇa as the Sāma-veda, 521

manifested from breathing of Kṛṣṇa, 179- 180

meant for formation of character, 438

not confined to Vedic ritual, 481

one who knows the banyan tree knows the Vedas, 694-695

only means of understanding soul, 106

originally spoken by Kṛṣṇa to Brahmā, 224

prescribe regulated activities, 179

quoted, 172, 174, 228, 234, 263-264, 282, 304, 324, 340, 344, 364, 376, 380-381, 623, 646, 716

sacrifices recommended in, 127-128, 175, 178, 257, 477

study of, 192, 252, 438, 472, 580-581, 587-588, 722, 726, 765-766

their definition of penance, 499

their sacrifices as Kṛṣṇa, 468

to be studied under spiritual master, 438, 727

transcended by one in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 138

Vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau

verses quoted, 220, 221

Vedic Knowledge

See Knowledge

Vedic literature,

advises approaching a spiritual master, 80

agrees Kṛṣṇa is source of all demigods, 503

a limitless stock, 766

already studied by one chanting, 131

as best diversion for mind, 767

as means for understanding Kṛṣṇa, 588-589

asserts Absolute Truth to be person, 590

cited, 632, 638-639, 731

describes body and its knower, 625-626

enables one to remember Kṛṣṇa at death, 24

one need read only Gītā, 28

perfection by understanding, 713

quoted, 635, 641-642, 689

studied as sacrifice, 253, 581 validates Arjuna’s praise, 511

Veṇum kvanantam

Kṛṣṇa’s flute, 431

Vibhu-ātmā

as one of two kinds of souls, 100

Vibhum

See All-pervading, Brahmajyoti, Brahman

Vibhūti

as exceptional opulence, 518

Vidyānidhi

in disciplic succession, 29

Vigata-jvara

as without lethargy, 197

Vijñānam

as knowledge of spirit soul, 209

Vijñānamaya

as distinction between mind and life symptoms, 626

Vijñānaṁ brahma

opposed to ananta-brahma, 636

Vikarma

as sinful work, 179

Vikarma

binding on worker, 244

one must know what it is, 240-241

Vikarṇa

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 38 identified as brother of Duryodhana, 38

Vipaścit

as knowledge as a quality of soul, 99

Virāṭa

blows his conchshell, 46

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Viśākhā, Śrī

obeisances to, 2

Viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ

verses quoted, 322

Viṣṇos tu trīṇi rūpāṇi puruṣākhyāny atho viduḥ

verses quoted, 367

Viṣṇu

as aim of life, 66-67, 75

as aim of sāṅkhya and devotional service, 276

as chief of primal demigods, Brahmā and Śiva, 411

as deliverer of liberation for everyone, 381

as Lord of all living entities, 172

as one’s self-interest, 57, 168

as prajā-pati, 172

as soul of material world, 276, 371

as Supersoul in heart, 148, 321, 340

as yajña, sacrifice, 170, 173, 175, 476

burns up all impurities, 148

compared to sun, one yet omnipresent, 340

demigods cannot be equal to, 234

His abode self-luminous, 93

His conchshell assures victory, 43

His devotees defined as demigods, 580

His sacrifices sent forth at beginning of creation, 171

jīvas remain compact in His body, 429

Kṛṣṇa as, 28, 247, 324, 340, 590, 703, 834

Kṛṣṇa as Viṣṇu of Ādityas, 520

meditation on Him prescribed by Yoga-sūtra, 148

one who knows three Viṣṇus is liberated, 367

remnants of His food frees one from sin, 65

the only master of māyā, 381

thousands of forms of, 594

three Viṣṇus assumed for creation, 367-368

transcendental to material world, 234

universal form addressed as, 558

varṇāśrama-dharma to satisfy, 134

work as sacrifice for, 170

worship of impersonal aspect, 756

Viṣṇu-mantra

cited, 538

Viṣṇumūrti

as localized plenary representation of Kṛṣṇa, 321

as personal expansion, 702

spiritual body similar to, 703-704

Viṣṇu Purāna

cited, 134

quoted, 93, 170-171, 572

total energies of Kṛṣṇa delineated in, 23

Viṣṇu-śakti

Kṛṣṇa’s energies as, 23

Viṣṇu-śaktih parā proktā

quoted, 23

Viṣṇu-tattva

as primary expansion, 702-703

identified with atomic soul by insane, 95

Viśvadevas

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Viśvakośa Dictionary cited, 223

Viśvāmitra

a kṣatriya but acted as brāhmaṇa, 202

misled by Menakā into sex, 146

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākur in disciplic succession, 29

quoted, 126

Viśva-rūpa

See Universal form

Vitaṇḍa

as attempt to defeat in logic, 529

Vivāha-yajña

marriage as purificatory ceremony, 784

Vivasvān

See Sun-god

Vṛkodhara

meaning of name, 44

Vṛndāvana

as sacred place, 320

as scene of supreme pastimes, 18, 44, 471

devotees can create atmosphere of, 425

devotees eager to see Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in, 227

its location, 432

replica of Goloka Vṛndāvana, 432

(See also Goloka Vṛndāvana)

Vṛṣṇi

Kṛṣṇa addressed as descendant of, 203

Vṛṣṇi

Kṛṣṇa as Vāsudeva among descendants of, 533-534

Vyāna

as one of five kinds of air, 95

Vyāna-vāyu

as engaged for realization, 252

Vyāsadeva

as incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, 713, 847

as learned leader, 382

as principal philosopher, 444

cited, 625

Gītā heard by his mercy, 844-845

gives Vedic literatures, 24

his grace enables Saṣjaya to see universal form, 549

in disciplic succession, 29, 845

influences Arjuna, 831

instructed by Nārada Muni, 350-351

Kṛṣṇa as, 533-534

proclaims Kṛṣṇa to be Supreme, 5-6, 397

saw universal form, 847

son of Parāśara Muni, 74, 716

teacher of Saṣjaya, 33

validates Arjuna’s praise, 510

Vyāsa-Pūjā

in honor of spiritual master, 845

Vyāsatīrtha

in disciplic succession, 29

Vyavasāyātmikā

intelligence as faith in Kṛṣṇa, 125

W

War

all attempts made to avoid Battle, 185

caused by unwanted population, 64

demonic causes of, 739-740

inevitable to keep law and order, 108-109

necessary where argument fails, 185

not supported by cycle of birth and death, 108

transcendental for kṣatriya, 730

violence not discouraged in, 113

Water

as one of eight separated energies, 367-368

as one of five great elements, 627

as rain produced by sacrifice, 177

generated from fire, generates earth, 110

Kṛṣṇa accepts, 478-479

Kṛṣṇa as its taste, 373

Kṛṣṇa as ocean, 522

living entities found in, 668

supplied by demigods, 173, 175

universal form addressed as, 571

Wealth

as result of karma, 739

Caitanya does not want to accumulate,308

can be instantly destroyed by nature, 83

cannot counteract problems of material existence, 82

demons attracted to, 735-736, 738-741

demons ignorant of causes of, 739

illegally secured by demons, 737

Kṛṣṇa as, 530

Weapons

atomic bomb predicted, 734-735

cannot harm soul, 104

different types discussed, 104

Kṛṣṇa as thunderbolt amongst, 525-526

pāśupata-astra given Arjuna, 116

Women

all should be considered as one’s mother, 200

as demonic pursuit, 736

available in heavenly planets, 127-128

Caitanya does not want to enjoy, 308-309

can approach Supreme, 486-487

corrupted when irreligion prominent, 64

Kṛṣṇa as the six feminine opulences, 530- 531

methods of protecting, 732

not very intelligent or trustworthy, 64

prone to degradation, 64

sannyāsī forbidden relationships with, 724

should not be given freedom, 732

the illumined take no interest in, 182

their chastity leads to good population, 64

their morality low today, 732

Yāmunācārya spits at the thought, 146

Work

according to modes of nature, 235, 816

always to be connected to Kṛṣṇa’s interest, 326

Arjuna inquires whether it is to be renounced or not, 272

as basis of action, 794

as Kṛṣṇa-karma, 591-592

as sacrifice, 170-171, 247, 257-258, 816-817

as vikarma, 179

as yoga, 121, 135, 310, 607, 651

better one’s own imperfectly than another’s perfectly, 815-817

both good and evil work bind, 171

capricious, 132, 800

covered by fault as fire by smoke, 817-818

determines direction of transmigration, 89, 97

for bare necessities only, 244

for sense gratification condemned, 134, 181, 297, 608

for the education and welfare of all, 184, 299

honest and independent for devotee, 245

ignorant should be encouraged to engage in, 191-192

in buddhi-yoga, 123, 164

in full knowledge nonreactive, 272

in ignorance, 797-798, 802-803

in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 24-25, 124, 179,

193-194, 196, 273, 277-279, 281-282,

304-305, 507, 591-592, 602-603, 827-828

in mode of goodness, 800-801

in mode of passion, 801-802

its constituents, 794

Kṛṣṇa not bound by, 186, 236, 456-457

Kṛṣṇa’ s engagement in, 186, 188-189

merges entirely into transcendence, 246

mūḍhas work hard like asses, 383-384

necessity for, 24, 124, 169, 305

no bondage for one firmly situated in, 267

nonattachment to, 135, 183-184, 236, 308, 788

of demons unclean, 735-736

perfection by following qualities of, 814

primarily for sense gratification, 237

process of actualization, 794

purified by service to Kṛṣṇa, 818

reactions accumulated since time immemorial, 135

service to Kṛṣṇa only work for whole world, 28

should not be abandoned, 165, 169-170 817-818

temperance advised, 325-326

the highest welfare work, 300

types of, 132-133

under Kṛṣṇa’s protection, 826

varṇas distinguished by quality of, 812-813

worship through, 815

yields material results quickly, 233

(See also Action, Activities, Karma)

Worship

according to three modes, 753-756

Arjuna advised to worship Kṛṣṇa, 834

distinguished from bhajate, 358-359

for economic motives condemned, 762

in temple derided by impersonalists, 461

in temple for progress, 589

methods cited, 489-490

of arcā for knowing purport of Brahman, 405

of arca-vigraha in temple not idol worship, 600

of concocted form as Supreme, 467

of demigods, 175, 178, 234, 249-250, 359, 391-394, 475, 477, 756

of ghosts, ancestors and Kṛṣṇa, 477

of human leaders by foolish, 234

of Kṛṣṇa by mahātmā, 358-360, 465-466

of Kṛṣṇa and Supersoul, 340

of Kṛṣṇa as one without a second, diverse in many, 466-467

of Kṛṣṇa, brāhmaṇas, spiritual master, superiors, 764-765

of Kṛṣṇa by study of Gītā, 839

of Kṛṣṇa in universal form, 466-467

of oneself as Supreme Lord, 467

of sun by diseased, 392,393

of unmanifest, 598-599

perfection by, 814-815

will not reveal two-armed form, 587-588

(See also Bhakti, Bhakti-yoga, Devotional service, Service)

Y

Yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇām

verses quoted, 214

Yadābadhi mama cetaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravinde

verses quoted, 295

Yādava

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 573

Ya eṣāṁ purusaṁ sākṣād ātma-prabhavam īśvaram

verses quoted, 359

Yajña

See Sacrifice

Yajña-pati

purpose of sacrifice is his satisfaction, 173

Yājñavalkya

as principal philosopher, 444

quoted, 321-322

Yajñeṣu paśavo brahman hanyante satataṁ dvijaih

verses quoted, 114

Yajñeśvara, 232

Yajño vai Viṣṇuḥ

quoted, 170

Yajur-veda

as one of four Vedas, 581

emanates from Kṛṣṇa, 179

Kṛṣṇa as, 468-469

Yakṣas

behold universal form in wonder, 557

Kṛṣṇa as Kuvera of, 521

worshiped in conditioned state, 776

worshipers of ghosts may become, 447

Yāma

in aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 303, 305

Yamadūtas

agents of Kṛṣṇa, 800 Yamarāja

Kṛṣṇa as, 526-527 one must follow, 240

Yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpam

verses quoted, 339

Yamunā

as sacred river, 320

Yamunācārya

quoted, 146, 149, 295, 386, 397-398

Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram

verses quoted, 23

Yānti deva-vratā devān pitṛṇ yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ

quoted, 19-20

Yasmin vijñate sarvam eva vijñatam bhavanti

quoted, 364

Yaśodā

as childhood guardian of Kṛṣṇa, 44

Kṛṣṇa descends as son of, 360

Yaśodā-nandana meaning of name, 44

Yas tv ātma-ratir eva syāt

quoted, 819

Yasya brahme ca kṣatram ca ubhe bhavata odanaḥ

verses quoted, 564

Yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau

verses quoted, 369

Yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kālacakraḥ

verses quoted, 214

Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ

verses quoted, 126

Yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā

verses quoted, 55

Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇāpe tri-dhātuke

verses quoted, 208

Yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānām

quoted, 608-609

Yatanto ‘py akṛtātmānaḥ

as gymnastic yogīs, 708

Yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante yena jātāni jīvanti yat prayanty abhisaṁviśanti tad brahma tad vijijñāsasva

quoted, 376, 641

Yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā

verses quoted, 301

Yatra kvāpi niṣadya yādava-kulottamasya kaṁsa-dviṣaḥ

verses quoted, 138

Yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ

verses quoted, 124, 166, 351

Yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salite na karhicit

verses quoted, 124, 208

Yā vai sādhana-sampatti-puruṣārtha-catuṣṭaye

verses quoted, 603

Ye indrādy-aṅga-tayāvasthitaṁ yajñaṁ sarveśvaraṁ viṣṇum, etc.

quoted, 177

Yeṣāṁ tvanta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya- karmaṇām

verses quoted, 357

Yo brahmānaṁ vidadhāti: pūrvaṁ yo vai vedāṁś ca gāpayati sma kṛṣṇaḥ

quoted, 503

Yoga

Arjuna should arm himself with, 267

artificial postures do not help, 212

as control of mind, 133, 312, 346

as means for linking with Supreme, 310-311, 357-358

as means for transferring soul to other planets, 603

as means of knowing Kṛṣṇa in full, 362

as sanātana-yoga, two divisions discussed, 268

attained by one situated in Transcendence, 327

attained when material desires are renounced, 311

blocked by eating, sleeping, defending and mating, 326

cannot be practiced by artificial abstinence, 325

compared to ladder, 310-311

defined by Vedic dictionary, 121

determination in, 332-333, 806

eightfold system of, 252, 308, 311, 314, 347, 352

following of Kṛṣṇa’s orders as, 133-134

for siddhis, perfections, 253, 331

importance at time of death, 420

impractical and unendurable to Arjuna, 25, 342-343

Indra and Viṣṇu worshiped by, 411

in relation to work, 121, 135

its knowledge discussed, 121-158

its practice never goes in vain, 355

its science taught to sun-god, 214-215

Kṛṣṇa as master of, 844-845

leading to samādhi, 330

methods of meditation, breath control, 251-252, 302-303, 319-321, 420, 422

not possible for ordinary man in Kaliyuga, 308, 342-343, 347

not possible in big cities, 320

pains mitigated by practice of, 325-326

Paramātmā realization in, 314, 321

Patañjali system discussed, 251-252

perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 147-148, 322-324, 353, 359-360, 362, 597-598

religion and philosophy interdependent, 164

sex to be avoided in, 321-322

the same as renunciation, 309

useless if selfishness remains, 310

(See also Bhakti-yoga, Jñāna-yoga, Karma-yoga, etc.)

Yoga-māyā

Kṛṣṇa covered by, 400, 515-516, 586

Yogārūḍha

as highest rung of yoga ladder, 311

as perfectional stage of yoga, 819

Yogārurukṣa

as beginning of yoga ladder, 311

Yoga-sūtra

prescribes meditation on Viṣṇu, 148

quoted, 330

Yogāt calita-mānasaḥ

as deviation from transcendental path, 348

Yoga-yajña

via various systems, 253

Yogeśvara

Kṛṣṇa as, 542-543, 847

significance of address, 543

Yogeśvaram

as mystic power of Kṛṣṇa, 453

Yogī

acts with body only for purification, 283

addicted to gymnastics, 708

Yogī

after many births attains goal, 356-357

always sees Paramātmā in heart, 148, 339

Arjuna inquires into fate of unsuccessful 347-349

as indirectly Kṛṣṇa conscious, 318

as one who works for whole, not the part 308

as pretender, 167

as sincerest friend of all, 341

attains happiness with mind on Kṛṣṇa, 335

automatically attracted to yogic principles, 355

awarded results by Kṛṣṇa, 232

broadcasts importance of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 341

can arrange time to leave body, 435

cannot be successful without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 346

cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, 366

concentrates on Śyāmasundara, 360

contrasted with devotees, 341-342

directions on how to meditate, 319-320

does not seek improvement in health, 323

four āśramas help one become perfect, 250

greater than ascetic, empiricist, fruitive worker, 357-358

his fate if unsuccessful, 352-356

his liberation difficult and temporary, 228

Kṛṣṇa addressed as, 515-516

motivated by personal satisfaction, 308

must not sleep or eat too much or too little, 324-325

not attracted to ritualistic principles, 355

perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 26, 249, 324, 358-360

prolongs life by kumbhaka-yoga, 254

qualifications for attaining yoga, 327

resides in sacred place, 320

satisfied by knowledge, 316

sees all beings in Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa in all beings, 337-338, 341

sees pebbles, stones or gold as same, 316

sense control by, 144, 297-298, 309, 327, 331

unhappy because of unfulfilled desires, 156

wastes time in phantasmagoria, 148

worships demigods and offers sacrifice, 249-250

worships Kṛṣṇa and remains in Him, 340

(See also Paramātmāvādī)

Yoginām api sarveṣām mad-gatenāntarātmanā

verses quoted, 25, 780, 845

Yo’sau sarvair vedair gīyate

quoted, 713

Yo vā etad akṣaraṁ gārgy aviditvāsmāl lokāt praiti sa kṛpaṇaḥ

verse quoted, 80

Yo ‘yaṁ tavāgato deva-samīpaṁ devatā-gaṇaḥ sa tvam eva jagat-sraṣṭā yataḥ sarva-gato bhavān

quoted, 572

Yo ‘yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana

verses quoted, 25

Yudhāmanyu

cited by Duryodhana as great warrior, 37

Yudhiṣṭhira

as righteous king, 525

blows his conchshell, 46

heads religious persons to be established by Kṛṣṇa, 33

his victory certain, 848

Yugas

a thousand is duration of Brahmā’s day, 427-428

characteristics and durations of, 215, 428

Yukta

as perfect process for transcendental achievement, 328

Yukta-vairāgya

as renunciation of fruits explained, 481

Yuyudhāna

cited by Duryodhana as great fighter, 36

Z

Zoomorphism

in worship of foolish leaders, 234