ocean & living entity, 4.36
swine & fruitive workers, 7.15 (6)
swine’s happiness & pleasure of sense gratification, 7.15 (6)
thread with pearls & Kṛṣṇa, 7.7
tortoise & devotee, 5.26
tortoise & self-realized person, 2.58
tree, inverted, & material world, Introduction
tree & body, 2.22, 16.12
tree & Lord, 7.7, 8.22, 9.3, 9.23
tree & sinful reaction, 9.2
tree & spiritual world, Introduction
tree’s parts & living entities, Introduction, 5.7, 9.3
tree’s root & Lord, Introduction, 7.10
vegetation & activities of living entities, 4.14
water & sense gratification, 6.36
water for land & modes of nature, 15.2
water in calf’s footprint & material world, 2.51
watering root & devotional service, 2.41, 5.4, 5.7, 9.3, 9.24
watering seed & devotional service, 10.9
waves of rivers & warriors, 11.28
weapon & knowledge, 4.42
wife & nature, Introduction
wind & mind, 6.34
winds & living entities, 9.6
womb & lust, 3.38
workers & materialists, 4.14
yogurt & lust, 3.37
Analytical study. See: Sāṅkhya
Ānanda-maya, 7.24 (5), 13.5
Lord as, 13.5
Ananta, Lord as, 11.37
Ananta-deva, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.29
Anantavijaya conchshell, 1.19
Ancestor(s)
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.29
offerings to, Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
in universal form, 11.22
Anger
of demoniac, 16.4, 16.18
freedom from, 2.56, 16.1, 16.1 (15), 16.22, 18.51
harm from, 3.37, 16.1 (15), 16.21–22
source(s) of, 2.62, 3.37, 16.1 (15), 16.21
spiritualization of, 3.37
Animal(s), 3.14, 3.38, 5.18, 6.29, 6.40, 7.3, 14.16, 14.18, 15.2, 18.22
birth as, 3.14, 8.3, 8.6, 13.21, 13.22, 14.15, 14.16, 15.8, 15.9, 16.1 (1), 16.19–20
consciousness of, 2.20, 3.38, 18.22
controlled by body, 13.21
cows. See: Cow(s)
creation of, 9.8
devotee’s vision of, 5.18
humans &, Introduction, 14.17
killing of. See: Animal slaughter; Meat-eating
Kṛṣṇa’s representations among, 10.27–31
life, falldown to. See: Animal(s), birth as
sacrificing of. See: Sacrifice, of animals
Animal slaughter, 2.31, 3.12, 4.7, 4.21, 14.16, 14.17, 16.1 (13), 16.9, 17.10, 18.3
attachment to. See: Attachment
“excuses” for, 2.27, 4.7, 16.1 (13)
forbidden for man, Introduction, 2.19, 14.16
punishable, 2.19, 14.16, 14.17
in sacrifice, 2.31, 3.12, 4.7, 16.1 (13), 18.3
worst kind of, 14.16
See also: Meat-eating
Aniruddha, 8.22
Anna-maya, 13.5
Annihilation of universe(s), Introduction, 7.6, 8.16, 8.20, 9.7–8, 9.18, 10.32, 10.33, 11.32
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.18
Anthropology, 2.26
Anu-ātmā defined, 2.20
Anubhāṣya commentary quoted on Kṛṣṇa, 9.34
Apāna, 2.17
Apauruṣeya, Introduction, 4.1 (5)
Aquatics, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.29
Arcanam
defined, 6.18
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. See: Deity worship
Arcāvatāra. See: Deity form(s) of Supreme Lord
Arcā-vigraha. See: Deity form(s) of Supreme Lord
Arjuna, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 1.14–15, 1.16–18, 1.20–45, 1.36–44, 1.45, 1.46, 2.2, 2.2 (6), 2.3, 2.3, 2.4–8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 2.14, 2.15, 2.18, 2.22, 2.26, 2.27, 2.30, 2.30, 2.32, 2.32, 2.33, 2.37, 2.38, 2.39, 2.39 (1), 2.49, 2.55, 3.2, 3.3, 3.8, 3.9, 3.22, 3.23, 4.4, 4.5, 4.11, 4.33, 4.35, 4.42, 5.1, 5.7, 5.22, 6.2, 6.33, 6.35, 6.35, 6.40, 6.43, 7.1, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10, 7.11, 7.27, 8.6, 8.14, 8.16, 9.7, 9.10, 9.13, 9.23, 9.27, 9.31, 9.32, 9.33, 10.1, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.17, 10.20, 10.37, 10.38, 10.40, 11.5, 11.5, 11.7–8, 11.26, 11.32–34, 11.35–36, 11.45, 11.49, 11.54, 12.1, 12.6–7, 12.6 (2), 12.9, 12.12, 13.1–2, 13.3, 13.8 (10), 13.34, 14.3, 14.4, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.13, 14.22–25, 15.19, 15.20, 15.20, 16.1–3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.5, 16.6, 16.6, 16.20, 16.22, 17.3, 17.26–27, 17.28, 18.4, 18.6, 18.29, 18.30, 18.31, 18.33, 18.35, 18.47, 18.48, 18.50, 18.60, 18.62, 18.73, 18.72, 18.74–78
attachment to family exhibited by, 2.4–7, 2.9, 2.11
Bhagavad-gītā heard by, Introduction
bow of, 1.29
chariot of, 1.14, 1.20–24, 1.46, 11.13
flag of, 1.20
compassion of, 1.27, 1.36, 1.45, 2.1, 2.2 (6), 2.35, 2.36
criticized by Lord, 2.11
doubts of, 8.1, 8.2, 18.1, 18.73
duty &, Introduction, 2.7, 2.15, 2.27, 2.31–33, 2.39 (1), 2.47–48, 3.8
not envious of Lord, 9.1
faith of, Introduction, 2.7, 4.4
as famous fighter, 2.33
fears of, 2.26, 2.28, 2.30, 11.13, 11.24–25, 11.35, 11.45, 11.48, 18.59
fighting by, Introduction, 1.31–45, 2.4–6, 2.9, 2.18, 2.19, 2.21, 2.27, 2.32–38, 2.39 (1), 2.47–48, 2.71, 3.19, 3.30, 3.37, 4.42, 5.7, 11.32, 11.33–34, 18.60–61, 18.73
following in footsteps of, 18.65, 18.74
forgetfulness displayed by, 2.20, 4.5, 18.59
forms of Lord shown to, 11.55 (6)
as friends with Kṛṣṇa. See: Arjuna, Kṛṣṇa & . . .
glorified in address by Kṛṣṇa, 2.10, 2.30, 4.31, 4.33, 7.7, 9.3, 11.6, 11.48, 13.27, 14.12, 18.36, 18.42, 18.72
good traits of. See: Arjuna, virtues of
“ignorance” of, 2.32
in “illusion,” 1.30, 2.1, 2.2 (6), 2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 2.13
incarnates with Kṛṣṇa, 4.5
killing &. See: Arjuna, fighting by
& Kṛṣṇa, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 1.1, 1.14, 1.15, 1.21, 1.25, 1.28–45, 2.20, 2.38, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.3, 4.5, 7.2, 9.11 (3), 10.12–18, 10.37, 11.2, 11.3–4, 11.3, 11.5–8, 11.33, 11.41, 11.42, 11.44, 11.51–54, (8), 18.62, 18.63, 18.73
charioteer for, 7.3, 18.78 (1)
chastises, 2.11, 2.32
encourages, 9.1, 16.5, 16.6
instructor of, Introduction, 1.1, 1.15, 2.14, 2.22, 4.16
spiritual master of, 2.7, 2.9, 2.39 (2)
Kṛṣṇa’s
control of, 1.15
divinity &, 10.12–14, 11.1, 11.3, 11.46, 11.54 (8)
form attractive to, 12.1
judgment on, 2.34
mercy on, 11.5, 11.8
relationship with, Introduction, 1.21–22, 1.25, 1.26, 2.3, 2.4, 2.10, 2.22, 2.34, 4.3, 4.25, 7.2, 9.11 (3), 10.13, 10.15, 11.1, 11.6, 11.14, 11.36, 11.40, 11.41, 11.45–46, 11.54 (9), 18.64, 18.65
supremacy accepted by, 11.54 (8)
as Kṛṣṇa’s
eternal devotee, 1.20
relative, 2.3
Kṛṣṇa’s conversation with, Introduction, 2.10, 3.2, 4.4, 10.16–17, 18.74–77
as kṣatriya, Introduction, 2.3, 2.26, 2.30, 2.48, 3.8, 18.47, 18.59
lamentation by, 1.26–2.9, 2.22, 2.25–30
obeisances by. See: Arjuna, prayer & obeisances by
prayer & obeisances by, Introduction, 10.12–18, 11.14, 11.25–26, 11.31, 11.35, 11.36–46, 18.73
questions by
on Brahman, 8.1
on demigods, 8.1
on devotional service vs. impersonalism, 12.1
Arjuna
on duty, 2.7
on “equivocal instructions,” 3.2
on faith & worship according to modes of nature, 17.1
on fate of unsuccessful transcendentalist, 6.37–39
on fighting’s value, 1.32–36, 3.1
on fruitive work, 3.1, 8.1
on knowing Lord at time of death, 8.2
on knowledge, object of knowledge, etc., 13.1
on Kṛṣṇa’s divine opulences, 10.16
on Lord of sacrifice, 8.2
on material manifestation, 8.1
on nature, enjoyer, & consciousness, 13.1
for others’ benefit, 3.2, 4.4, 10.16–17
on prakṛti, puruṣa, etc., 13.1
purpose of, Introduction, 3.2, 4.4, 10.16–17
on renunciation & renounced order, 18.1
on renunciation vs. work in devotion, 5.1
on self, 8.1
on sin’s cause, 3.36
on transcendentalist’s symptoms, 2.54
on transcending modes of nature, 14.21, 14.25
on tyāga & sannyāsa, 18.1
on Vivasvān’s hearing of Bhagavad-gītā from Kṛṣṇa, 4.4
quoted. See: relevant verses of Bhagavad-gītā
renunciation proposed by, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9
reputation of, 2.33–36
shown forms of Lord, 11.51–54
See also: Arjuna, universal form & . . .
spiritual master of, Kṛṣṇa as, 2.7–8, 2.9
surrender by
to Kṛṣṇa, Introduction, 2.7–8, 2.11, 2.22
requested by Kṛṣṇa, 3.30, 4.15, 18.64, 18.65–66
teachers of, 1.26, 2.4, 2.22, 2.26, 2.30, 2.33, 11.49, 16.5
universal form of Lord &, 11.1, 11.3–32, 11.35–50
See also: Universal form of Lord, Arjuna & . . .
victory via presence of, 18.75, 18.78
virtues of, 1.28, 1.36, 1.45, 1.46, 2.6, 3.3, 5.7, 10.17, 15.20
yoga called difficult by, 6.33–34
Armies, Kuru & Pāṇḍava, 1.3–6, 1.7–11, 1.14–20, 1.25–26
Arson, punishment for, 1.36
Aryamā, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.29
Āryan defined, 2.2 (3)
Āryans, 2.2 (6), 2.46, 16.7
Asammoha, meaning of, 10.4 (3)
Asamprajñāta-samādhi, 6.23
Asaṁśayaṁ samagram stage of understanding Lord, 7.1
Asat, material life as, Introduction
Asita, Introduction, 7.15 (2), 18.62
Assault, punishment for, 1.36
Association, bad, 11.55 (4)
Aṣṭāṅga-yoga, 2.59, 2.29, 5.28, 6.1, 6.47, 9.2 (11), 12.6 (3)
Astrology, 8.24–25
Astronomy, Vedic. See: Planet(s); Universe(s)
Āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ, 7.15, 7.15 (14)
Asuras, 11.22, 16.20
See also: Demon(s)
Aśvattha, 10.26
Aśvatthāmā, 1.8, 1.26
Aśvinī-kumāras, 11.6, 11.22
Atharva Veda, 9.17
quoted on Kṛṣṇa & Vedic knowledge, 10.8
Atheism, 2.28, 7.4, 9.12, 10.15, 10.26, 10.42, 16.8
Atheist(s), 4.3, 4.8, 4.12, 7.15, 7.16, 11.48, 11.55 (4), 13.25
See also: Demon(s)
Atlas, 9.5
Ātmā
defined, 6.5, 8.1
See also: Living entity (entities)
Ātmā-nivedanam in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. See: Surrender to Lord
Atomic weapons, 2.23, 16.10
Atonement, 1.43, 9.31
See also: Purification
Attachment, Introduction, Introduction, 1.24, 1.28, 1.30, 1.31, 1.35, 2.47, 2.48, 2.56, 2.60, 2.62, 2.71, 3.8, 3.19, 3.24, 3.34, 3.40, 4.10, 4.12, 5.12, 5.29, 6.1, 6.8, 6.16, 6.33, 6.35, 6.40, 7.15 (5–6), 8.14, 9.14, 9.20, 10.28, 12.1, 13.8 (2), 13.21–22, 14.5–6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.8, 14.12, 14.12, 15.5, 15.5, 15.20, 16.1 (13), 16.10, 16.11–16, 17.6, 17.15 (5–6), 17.7, 17.21, 18.34, 18.35
aversion &, 2.47, 2.64, 3.34, 10.4 (7)
to avoiding duty, 2.47
to body, Introduction, 2.25–30, 3.29
See also: Bodily concept of life
degradation via, 6.5
to designations, Introduction, 3.29, 7.13
detachment compared with, 2.56
devotional service hindered by, 2.44
to family life. See: Family (Family life), attachment to
freedom from. See: Detachment; Liberation; Renunciation
to fruitive work, 3.25–26, 5.12, 7.15 (5–6), 14.7, 18.27
to fruits of work, 3.9, 5.12, 6.40, 7.15 (5–6), 18.34
illusion of. See: Illusion
to inaction, 2.47
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 2.56
liberation from. See: Liberation
to material
activities, 3.29, 16.12
body, 3.29
designations, Introduction, 3.29, 7.13
subjects, 2.29
to renouncing work, 3.4–9
to sense gratification, 2.29, 3.8, 3.12, 3.34, 14.7, 14.12, 16.16, 18.31–32
in spiritual life, 6.40
stages of, 2.62, 4.10
to the temporary, 4.12, 7.13
transcended in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.64
to work & its results, 18.27
work in, 18.27
to worship of one’s self, 17.18
See also: Desire(s), material; Detachment; Sense gratification
Austerity (austerities), 2.14, 2.29, 2.52, 4.26, 4.28, 4.28, 6.40, 8.28, 9.14, 9.27, 10.4, 10.4 (8), 10.6, 11.48, 11.53, 11.54 (1), 12.9, 12.16, 13.8 (6), 16.1, 16.1 (11), 17.5, 17.18, 17.24–27, 18.8, 18.67
of body, items of, 17.14
by brahmacārī, 4.26, 8.28
as brahminical activity, 18.42
as brahminical quality, 18.42
defined, 10.4 (8)
devotional service &, 8.28
in family life, 4.26
items of, 17.14
in goodness mode, 18.17
in ignorance mode, 17.19
kinds of, detailed, 17.14–19
for Kṛṣṇa, 17.17
Kṛṣṇa origin of, 10.4
of mind, 17.16
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 17.7, 17.17–19, 17.23
required in spiritual life, 16.1 (11)
of speech, items of, 17.15
See also: Brahmacarya; Celibacy; Renunciation
Author. See: Prabhupāda, Śrīla
Authorities. See: Government(s); Human being(s), leaders among; Spiritual master(s)
Avatāras, 4.7, 4.8
See also: Kṛṣṇa, incarnation(s) of; Supreme Lord, incarnation(s) of
Avyakta defined, 20

Bāhlīkas, king of, 1.8
Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa, Disciplic Succession
cited
on death, 8.25
on kāla, 8.23
quoted
on Lord, 3.14, 10.42
on sense control, 2.61
Balarāma, Lord, 9.11, 10.37
Bali Mahārāja, 4.16, 7.15 (2)
Banyan tree, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.26, 15.1–4, 16.1 (1)
Bathing, 2.52, 13.8 (6)
Battle of Kurukṣetra. See: Kurukṣetra Battle
Beasts, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.30
Beauty, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.41
Begging, 10.4 (9), 16.1 (6)
Beings. See: Living entity (entities); Soul(s)
Benares, Caitanya & Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī at, 10.11
Benedictions, 2.33, 18.73
for hearing Bhagavad-gītā, 18.71
for preaching Bhagavad-gītā philosophy, 18.68–69
for understanding Kṛṣṇa’s appearance & activities, 4.9
Bhagavad-gītā
See also: Bhagavad-gītā cited; Bhagavad-gītā quoted
age of, 4.1 (1)
aim of, 4.35
as apauruṣeya, 4.1 (5)
Arjuna qualified to hear, Introduction
audience meant for, 4.2
authority of, 4.1–5
benefits of, 8.28, 11.55 (1)
as best scriptural authority, 4.40
bogus commentary on, 2.7
central point of, 5.17
chapter(s) of
divisions of, 8.28
Eighteenth, 18.1, 18.78 (4)
Eighth, 8.1
Eleventh, 11.55 (6)
Fiteenth, 15.20
Ffth, 5.29
Fourth, 4.42
Ninth, 9.2 (1)
organization of, 8.28, 9.1
Second, 2.1, 2.72, 3.1, 3.2–3
Second through fifth, 5.1
Seventeenth, 17.28
Seventh, 7.30
Seventh, Ninth, & Tenth, 10.1
Bhagavad-gītā
Seventh & Eighth, 9.34
Tenth, 10.42
Third, 3.2, 3.43
Thirteenth, 13.19, 13.35
topics of, 8.28, 9.1, 14.1, 18.1
Twelfth, 12.20
commentary on, 3.14, 3.31, 4.2–4, 7.3, 8.16, 9.1, 10.8, 10.15, 11.51, 11.54 (1), 12.1, 16.1 (14), 18.67, 18.78 (3–4)
bogus, 2.7
compared
to bottle of honey, 2.12
to cow, Introduction
to Ganges water, Introduction
to medicine, Introduction
to sun, 11.51
as complete & perfect, Introduction
“conclusion of,”