Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Vedas &, 15.1, 15.19
Vedic injunctions for, 2.58
vision of, of Kṛṣṇa everywhere, 6.30–31
worship to & by. See: Worship
as yogī, Introduction, 4.25, 6.15, 6.32, 9.27, 10.3, 18.75
See also: Pure devotee(s); specific devotees
Devotional service to Supreme Lord, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 2.21, 2.40–41, 2.55, 2.61, 2.63, 2.72, 3.9, 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.41, 3.42, 4.11, 4.15–16, 4.23, 4.24, 4.39, 5.2, 5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 5.11, 5.12, 5.21, 5.29, 6.1, 6.18, 6.23, 6.24, 6.26, 6.34, 6.36, 6.43, 6.45, 6.47, 7.1, 7.3, 7.28, 7.28, 7.30, 8.5, 8.10, 8.14, 8.16–33, 9.1, 9.2, 9.2 (5, 7–11), 9.3, 9.14, 9.22, 9.26, 9.27, 9.28, 9.29, 9.30, 9.30, 9.31, 9.32, 10.1, 10.3, 10.7–9, 11.8, 11.52, 11.55 (2, 5), 12.5 (1–3), 12.6 (1, 5), 12.9, 12.10, 12.11, 12.16, 13.8 (4, 7, 10, 13), 13.20, 14.2, 14.26, 14.27, 15.6, 15.11, 15.20, 15.20, 16.24, 17.26, 18.7–11, 18.14, 18.17, 18.33, 18.55, 18.57
activities of, 4.22–28, 9.1
See also: Devotional service, processes of
advanced stages of, 8.28
See also: Pure devotional service
advantage(s) of, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 1.21–22, 1.41, 2.21, 2.38, 2.39 (5), 2.40–41, 2.49, 2.50, 2.51, 2.68, 2.70, 2.70, 2.71, 2.72, 3.4, 3.5, 4.14, 4.18, 4.19–22, 4.24, 4.24, 4.35, 4.39, 5.2, 5.7–14, 5.26–28, 6.13 (1), 6.26, 6.35, 7.14, 7.17, 7.20, 7.29, 7.30, 8.6, 8.8, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13, 8.27, 8.28, 8.28, 9.2 (5, 9), 9.3, 9.14, 9.23, 9.28, 9.30, 9.31, 10.4 (11–12), 10.12, 12.6 (5), 13.8 (1), 14.26, 14.26, 15.1, 15.20, 18.54
vs. benefits from all other processes, 12.6 (4–5)
detachment as, 2.70, 3.28, 4.10, 6.13 (2), 6.35–36, 14.27, 18.55
enlightenment as, 9.1
everything, attainment of, as, 8.28
fearlessness as, 6.13 (2), 6.14
freedom from bodily concept of life as, 14.22
freedom from disturbance as, 2.70
freedom from suffering as, 5.26, 9.33
freedom from transmigration as, 5.2
knowledge, spiritual, as, 2.25, 2.39, 4.38, 6.8–9, 7.1, 7.3–4, 9.2 (11), 10.10–11, 15.11, 15.20
knowledge about Kṛṣṇa as, 7.3–4, 7.24–25, 9.2 (11), 9.4, 10.2–3, 11.52–53, 11.54 (1), 13.16, 15.19, 18.55, 18.67
Kṛṣṇa, attainment of, as, Introduction, Introduction, 8.5–8, 8.14–15, 8.22, 9.26, 9.34, 9.34 (5), 12.8, 18.65
Devotional service to Supreme Lord
Kṛṣṇa, pleasing, as, 7.17–18, 11.55 (6)
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, Introduction, Introduction, 8.5–8, 8.11–13, 8.14, 8.27, 8.28, 9.1, 12.8
liberation to Lord’s abode as, Introduction, 2.39 (2), 2.51, 7.23, 7.24 (4), 7.29, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13, 8.22, 8.28, 8.28 (2), 9.32, 10.9, 11.55 (1, 3, 4), 18.55
love for God as, 4.10, 10.9, 12.9
purification as, 2.50, 3.9, 3.41, 4.24, 5.11, 7.1, 7.16, 7.20, 9.2 (4–6, 11), 9.28, 9.30, 9.31, 10.11, 12.9, 13.8 (6), 13.22, 14.27, 15.20, 18.55, 18.66, 18.71
remembering Kṛṣṇa always as, 1.24
returning to Godhead as, Introduction, 2.39 (2), 2.51, 8.8, 8.28, 8.28 (1), 10.9, 11.55, 11.55 (6)
self-realization, attainment of, as, 3.3, 9.1–2 (11), 13.8 (13), 16.22
spiritual body, attainment of, as, Introduction
from any condition of life, 9.2 (6–9), 9.15, 9.26, 9.32, 11.55 (3)
of arcanam, 6.18, 9.27
See also: Deity worship
by Arjuna, Introduction
in association of devotees, 14.27
See also: Devotee(s), association with
of ātma-nivedanam. See: Surrender to Lord
austerities in, examples of, 12.16
“basic principle of,” 15.1
beginning of, 9.20, 9.34, 18.55
as Bhagavad-gītā’s point, 13.8 (7), 18.1
buddhi-yoga as, 2.39, 2.49, 2.51, 10.10
of chanting. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
class in society not considered in, 9.32
compared
to business endeavor, 12.10
to curds, 4.24
to eating, 2.60, 6.35
to feeding stomach, 5.7, 9.3, 9.23
with fruitive work, 2.38, 2.39 (5), 2.40, 3.28–29
with impersonalism, 12.1–6, 12.20
with jñāna-yoga, 12.5 (1)
to machine’s maintenance, 4.21
with other yogas, 6.47, 8.16, 9.2 (11), 10.10, 12.5
to plant, 10.9
to seed, 10.9
to sun, 15.20
to superior force, 2.68
to watering root, 2.41, 5.4, 5.7, 9.23
as constant, 8.14, 9.22, 10.9, 12.2, 13.8 (13)
Deity form for. See: Deity form(s) of Supreme Lord
of Deity worship. See: Deity worship
depending upon Kṛṣṇa in, 18.57
desire for, causes of, 7.16–17
with desire for liberation, 7.29–30
detachment &, 2.47–51, 3.28, 4.10, 6.13 (1), 6.47, 7.1, 14.27
See also: Detachment
determination in, 2.41, 2.44, 6.24–25, 6.45–46, 7.30, 9.14, 9.30
in devotee association: See: Devotee(s), association with
direct, compared with indirect, 12.20
direction for, sources of, 10.3
See also: Devotee(s); Scripture(s); Spiritual master(s); Vedas; Vedic literature
dovetailing activities in, 3.28, 4.21, 5.11, 8.27
duty &, 1.41, 6.23, 6.47, 8.28, 10.3, 18.46, 18.57
of eating prasādam. See: Prasādam
education &, 9.2 (6–8)
as eternal, 9.2 (10), 13.8 (13)
as eternal service relationship, 13.8 (13)
examples of, 12.9, 14.27
faithfulness in, 9.2 (11)–9.3
faith in, 3.31, 6.24, 9.3
falldown in or from, 5.7, 9.2 (10)–9.3, 9.22, 9.30–31, 15.20
in full, 9.13, 14.26, 18.58
See also: Pure devotional service
of glorifying Lord. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
gradual process of, 4.10, 4.15, 4.24, 5.29, 10.10
of hearing. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
as higher taste, 3.42, 6.4, 6.13 (1)
as highest
activity, 6.47, 8.16
realization, 12.1, 14.27
spiritual process, 7.30, 15.19, 18.78 (3)
yoga, 6.47, 9.2 (11), 10.10, 12.5 (1, 4)
in householder life, 6.13 (1)
See also: Family (Family life)
impetuses for, 7.16–18
incomplete, 2.40–41, 3.4
intelligence in, Introduction, Introduction, 8.7
jñāna-yoga vs., 12.5 (1, 4)
karma-yoga as, 2.51
kinds of, 3.13, 8.14, 12.2
five, 8.14
of kīrtana. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
in knowledge, 7.17–19
knowledge about Kṛṣṇa results in, 10.7–8, 10.42, 15.18
knowledge related to. See: Knowledge
Kṛṣṇa
known only via, 7.3–4, 7.24–25, 9.2 (11), 10.2–3, 11.52–53, 11.54 (1), 13.16 18.55, 18.67
object of, 9.34
requests of us, 9.33–34
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 18.57–58
as Kṛṣṇa’s association, 12.8
to Kṛṣṇa’s form, 12.1, 12.2
for Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure, 2.64
liberation via. See: Liberation
as living in Kṛṣṇa, 12.8
with love, 9.2 (9), 9.26, 10.10, 11.49
with material desire, 7.16, 7.20, 7.22, 7.29, 9.2 (10)–9.3
matter spiritualized by, 4.24
meaning of, 14.26
means Lord, devotee, & exchange of love, 14.26
of meditation. See: Meditation; Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
motives for, highest, 7.17–18
via occupational work, 18.45–48
of offering
food to Lord, 9.2 (9), 9.26–27, 12.9, 17.10, 18.7
obeisances to Lord, 9.34
oneness in, 5.11, 15.20
as only way to Kṛṣṇa, 9.26
of pāda-sevanam. See: Worship
of pious & saintly persons, 7.28
by pious men, four kinds of, 7.16–17
of preaching. See: Preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness
from present position, 3.33
processes of, 2.61, 6.18, 7.1, 11.55 (3), 12.5 (3), 12.9, 12.9, 12.12, 12.20, 18.55
Kṛṣṇa explains, 12.2–19
nine named, 2.61, 9.1, 9.22, 11.55 (3)
See also: specific processes
pure. See: Pure devotional service
as qualification for confidential knowledge, 18.67
as qualification for devotee. 10.10–11
qualifications unneeded for, 9.2 (6–8)
regulated, 12.9–10, 12.12
regulations of, 9.14, 12.9, 13.8 (5)
inability to follow, 12.10
relationships with Lord in. See: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with
as religion’s goal, 9.2 (8)
of remembering. See: Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
renunciation &, 5.1–13, 10.3, 13.8 (7), 18.7–11
sacrifice in, 3.10, 3.13–14, 9.26–27, 12.6 (2)
of sakhyam. See: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with
Sāṅkhya &, 2.39–25, 5.4–5
sāṅkhya-yoga as, 2.39 (3–5)
senses used in, Introduction, 2.58, 2.64, 5.8–11, 6.18, 6.26, 8.8, 12.9, 13.8 (7)
of smaraṇam. See: Meditation;
Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
spiritual master &. See: Spiritual master(s)
spontaneous, 8.28
of śravaṇam. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
stages of, 4.10, 10.9, 18.55
as superior to renunciation, 5.2
to Supersoul, 6.31
supreme destination for anyone in, 9.32
surrender in. See: Surrender to Lord
as transcendental
to auspicious & inauspicious activities, 10.3
to birth situation, 9.32
to fruitive activities, 2.52–53
to prescribed duties, 3.4
to sacrifice, 9.16
to sinful reactions, 2.38
to Vedic knowledge, 9.2 (8)
to Vedic rituals, 2.52–53
unalloyed. See: Pure devotional service
of vandanam. See: Prayer(s)
varieties of, 12.2
varṇāśrama’s rituals transcended by, 8.28, 8.28 (3)
work in, 5.1, 12.6 (2)
of worship. See: Worship
as yoga, highest, Introduction
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Love for Lord
Dhanañjaya, Arjuna as, 1.15, 2.49, 7.7, 10.37
Dharma, Introduction
See also: Duty (duties); Occupation(s); Sanātana-dharma; Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Dharma-kṣetra defined, 1.1 (3)
Dharma-śālā, 4.28
Dhīra, knowledge of, 2.13
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, 1.3–4, 1.16–18,
Dhṛṣṭaketu, 1.5
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 1.1–2, 1.16–53, 1.36, 2.9, 11.12
Sañjaya
discourages, 18.78
encourages, 1.2
glorifies Kṛṣṇa & Arjuna to, 18.74–78
questioned by, 1.1, 18.74
warns, 1.16–18, 18.78
sons of, 1.1, 1.16–20, 2.39 (1), 11.26
See also: Duryodhana; Kurus; specific sons
Dhruvaloka, 18.71
Dhruva Mahārāja, 18.71
Dhyāna-yoga, 6.1–47, 7.3
Digestion, 7.9, 7.15 (6), 15.14
Diplomacy, 18.47
See also: Politics
Disciple(s), 2.41, 4.34, 18.75
See also: Disciplic succession(s); Spiritual master(s); specific disciples
Disciplic succession(s), Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Disciplic Succession, 4.2, 4.15, 4.16, 7.2, 7.24 (1), 7.26, 11.43, 18.75
Arjuna in, 10.14, 11.8
Bhagavad-gītā &, 1.1, 4.1–5, 4.42, 7.15 (13), 10.12, 10.14, 11.43
Kṛṣṇa
in, Disciplic Succession
reinstated, Introduction, 4.2, 4.7
listed, Disciplic Succession
“mystery of,” 18.75
necessity of, 4.15–16, 4.34, 11.43, 18.75
See also: Spiritual master(s); specific members of succession
Disease, 1.40, 13.8 (9)
Dispensers of law, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.29
Dissolution. See: Annihilation of universe(s)
Distress. See: Suffering
Diti
Prahlāda Mahārāja &, 10.30
sons of, 10.30
Divyam defined, Introduction
Doubt(s)
Arjuna’s, 8.2
& delusion, freedom from, 10.4
See also: Arjuna, questions by
Draupadī, 1.11, 11.49
sons of, 1.6, 1.16–20
Dṛḍha-vrata, 7.30
Dreaming, 6.16, 18.35
Droṇācārya, 1.3–4, 1.8, 1.8, 1.11–12, 1.25, 1.26, 2.4, 2.5, 2.13, 2.30, 11.26–27, 11.34, 11.49, 18.78 (1)
Arjuna &, 2.26, 2.30, 16.5
Duryodhana addresses, 1.2–11
in universal form, 11.26
Drupada, 1.4, 1.16–18
Dual compound, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.33
Dualities, 7.27
Arjuna urged to transcend, 2.45
detachment from, 12.17
devotee transcendental to, 12.18
freedom from, 2.57, 15.5
Kṛṣṇa consciousness transcendental to, 2.41
Duplicity, 17.16
Durvāsā Muni, 2.60, 2.61
Duryodhana, 1.2–1.11, 1.12, 1.21–23, 1.26, 1.37–38, 2.35, 11.47, 18.78 (2)
armies’ strengths compared by, 1.10
army instructed by, 1.11
Bhīṣma &, 1.10, 1.12, 2.5
“evil-minded,” 1.23
Kṛṣṇa &, 11.47
quoted on his Kuru army, 1.3–10
Duṣkṛtinaḥ
classes of, 7.15
defined, 4.8, 7.15 (3)
qualities of, 4.9
Duty (duties), 2.30–32, 2.38, 2.41, 2.52, 3.9, 3.17–19, 3.35, 3.43, 7.15 (6), 8.28, 9.28, 18.26, 18.47, 18.48, 18.57
acceptance of, 18.9–11
for Arjuna, Introduction, 2.2 (6), 2.7, 2.26–27, 2.31–38, 2.47–48, 3.8
scripture as authority on, 16.6, 16.23–24
for self-realized soul, 3.17–19
spiritual, not subject to renunciation, 18.2, 18.3–9
spiritual & material, 2.2 (6), 2.31, 2.38, 3.35
types of, three, 2.47
in varṇāśrama, 2.31, 3.35, 8.28, 18.23, 18.47, 18.66
of work without attachment, 3.19
to worship Lord, 17.11, 18.46
yajña born of, 3.14
See also: Dharma; Occupation(s); Sanātana-dharma
Dvāpara-yuga, 4.1 (5), 4.7, 8.17

Earth element. See: Element(s), material
Earth planet, Introduction, 1.16–18, 4.1 (2–5), 6.43, 9.21, 15.2, 18.78 (2)
attainment of, via passion mode, 14.18
names of, 6.43
Eating, 1.15, 2.63, 3.13–14, 4.28, 6.16, 6.17, 7.15 (5–6), 8.28, 9.2 (7), 9.26–27, 9.32, 17.8
of animals. See: Animal slaughter; Meat-eating
austerity in, 4.28
dependent upon Lord, 15.14
detachment from, 18.51
excessive, 6.16–17
fasting from, 6.16, 8.28, 9.14, 10.4 (8), 11.54 (1), 14.27, 17.5
foods offered to Lord, 9.26
foods permitted & forbidden, 9.26
in goodness mode, 6.16, 17.8, 17.10
in ignorance mode, 17.7, 17.10, 17.10
killing for, 14.16
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.63, 6.16
meat. See: Meat-eating
in passion mode, 17.7, 17.9, 17.10
prasādam. See: Prasādam
purification of, 3.11
regulation of, 6.16–17
renunciation in, 2.63, 4.29, 6.16
sacrifice in, 4.29
sacrifice of foodstuffs for, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14
sin in, 3.13–14, 6.16, 9.26
spiritual, vs. material eating, 2.63
vegetarian diet &, 6.16–17
yoga &, 6.16–17
See also: Food; Prasādam
Economic development: See: Occupation(s); Wealth
Ecstatic symptoms, 1.29
Education, 6.13 (1), 7.21, 8.11, 8.28, 9.2 (2, 7–8), 10.11, 10.32, 13.26, 16.1 (11), 17.15
in goodness mode, 14.17
gurukula &, 6.13 (1)
from Kṛṣṇa or His representative, 2.20
material, 10.4 (2)
Kṛṣṇa not known via, 11.53, 11.54 (3), 18.55
real, 7.15 (9)
spiritual, 13.26, 14.17
teacher of, qualification for, 11.43
from spiritual master, 2.20, 6.13 (1), 8.28
in Vedas, 8.28, 10.32
See also: Knowledge
Ego, 13.8 (8)
false. See: False ego
Ekādaśī, 9.14, 11.54 (1)
Elders. See: Family (Family life)
Electricity, from Kṛṣṇa,