mercy in, 12.13
freedom from, Introduction, 2.47 3.31, 4.14
fructification of reactions of, 9.2 (4)
of fruitive work, 2.47
as Gītā’s subject, Introduction
happiness & suffering due to, Introduction
for killing, 14.16
laws of, Introduction, Introduction
as noneternal, Introduction, Introduction
from pious activities, 2.8
reactions due to, Introduction
See also: Sinful reaction(s)
time &, Introduction
vikarma &, 4.17, 4.19
See also: Action(s); Birth-death cycle; Fruitive activity; Material life; Sinful reaction(s); Work
Karma-kāṇḍa, 2.42, 2.46
defined, 4.33
See also: Fruitive activity
Karma-yoga. See: Yoga, karma-
Karmī(s). See: Materialist(s)
Karṇa, 1.8, 2.35, 11.26, 11.34, 18.78 (1)
relatives of, 1.8
Kārttikeya, Lord, 2.62
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.24
parents of, 10.24
Kāśī, king of (Kāśirāja), 1.5, 1.16–18
Kaṭha Upaniṣad cited
on Lord as a person, Introduction
on soul, mind, senses, & sense objects, 3.42
Kaṭha Upaniṣad quoted
on devotional service, 8.14
on Kṛṣṇa
abode of, 8.21
as cause of all causes, 7.6
devouring all, 11.32
known via surrender, 8.14
as maintainer of all, 2.12
as near and far from us, 13.16
as supreme eternal, 7.10, 15.17
on mind, 6.34
on soul, 2.20, 2.29, 13.13
on spiritual world, 15.6
on Supersoul & tree of body, 2.20
on surrender to Lord, 8.14
Kauṣītakī Upaniṣad quoted on Lord’s fulfilling desires, 5.15
Kavi(s)
best of, 10.37
Kṛṣṇa as, 8.9
Keśava, 8.22
Keśī demon & Kṛṣṇa, 18.1
Keśi-niṣūdana name for Kṛṣṇa explained, 18.1
Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja, 2.72
Kidnapping, punishment for, 1.36
Killers, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.33
Killing
of animals. See: Animal slaughter
by Arjuna, 2.19, 2.21
authorized, 18.17
of demons by Lord, 16.20
of elders forbidden, 1.39
eternality of soul doesn’t excuse, 16.1 (13)
of humans. See: Murder; War
karmic reaction for, 14.16
by kṣatriya, 2.31, 18.47
Lord’s, of demons, 16.20
murder as. See: Murder
necessary sometimes, 2.21
punishment for. See: Punishment; Sinful reaction(s)
of soul impossible, 2.17–21, 2.23–24
in war, 1.45
Kindness
of Arjuna, 1.46
of pure devotees, 12.13–15
King(s). See: Government(s); Kṣatriya(s); specific kings
Kingdom of God. See: Spiritual world
Kingdom of Pāṇḍavas, 1.16–18, 1.31–35
Kīrtana in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Knower as factor of action, 18.18
Knower of field
& field of activities, 13.27, 14.3
living entity as, 13.1–3, 13.5
See also: Conditioned soul(s); Living entity (entities); Supersoul
Knowledge
of body & nothing more, 18.22
end of, Kṛṣṇa as, 11.38
as factor of action, 18.18
goal of, Lord as, 9.17–18, 13.18
in goodness mode, 14.11, 14.17, 18.20
in ignorance mode, 18.22
Kṛṣṇa
as, 11.38
creator of, 10.4
Kṛṣṇa’s, 2.20, 6.39, 7.26, 11.38
compared with living entity’s, 5.15, 5.16
lack of. See: Ignorance; Illusion
material, 10.4 (2)
compared with spiritual, 9.2 (2), 10.4 (2)
of material world & its origin, 15.3
in passion mode, 18.21–22
of past, present, & future, 6.39, 7.26, 8.9, 11.7, 18.61
phenomenal & numinous, 7.2
purest, Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 9.2
spiritual. See: Knowledge, spiritual
of utility of violence, 2.21
Vedic. See: Knowledge, Vedic
Knowledge, spiritual, Introduction, Introduction, 2.2 (6), 2.8, 2.11, 2.13, 3.3, 3.6, 4.7, 4.14, 4.16–20, 4.33–42, 5.16–18, 6.2, 6.8, 6.39, 7.1, 10.4 (9), 11.7, 13.3, 13.19, 13.20, 14.7, 14.11, 15.5, 15.10, 16.23, 18.17, 18.20, 18.22, 18.64, 18.66, 18.73
about Absolute Truth, Introduction, 5.20, 11.52
about action, proper & improper, 18.30, 18.31
advantage(s) of, 2.11, 2.20, 2.51, 4.10, 4.19, 4.20, 4.37, 4.39, 8.28, 9.1, 9.2 (9), 10.3, 10.18, 11.55 (1), 15.1, 15.3, 15.10
detailed, 9.1–2 (11)
equipoise as, 4.22
God realization as, 7.17, 13.25
illusion removed as, 2.13, 4.35, 5.16
independence as, 4.20
karma changed as, Introduction
liberation as, 4.9, 4.14, 4.17, 4.35–39, 6.15, 7.4, 7.7, 13.24, 13.35, 14.2
peace as, 4.38–39, 5.29, 15.17
perfection as, 2.52–53, 14.1, 15.20
reestablishment of relationship with Lord as, 2.16
relief from suffering as, 2.45, 4.35, 9.1, 9.1
return to Godhead as, 4.9, 11.43, 13.35, 15.15
satisfaction of mind as, 4.20, 4.22, 17.16
self-realization as, 2.1, 6.37, 7.17, 9.2, 9.2 (8)
sinful reactions removed as, 4.19, 4.37, 10.3
supreme goal attained as, 13.35
transcendence as, 2.52–53
by Arjuna about universe, past, present, & future, 11.7
authority for
qualifications for, 2.7, 2.8, 2.12, 2.13, 13.5
See also: Spiritual master(s)
of basic truths, five, Gītā presents, Introduction
best of, Kṛṣṇa offers to Arjuna, 14.1
of Bhagavad-gītā, 2.12
See also: Bhagavad-gītā; Bhagavad-gītā as it is
about body, soul, Supersoul, & liberation, 13.35
Brahman as, 13.18
as brahminical quality, 18.42
classes of persons eligible for, 13.25
compared
to boat, 4.36
to fire, 4.19, 4.37
to lamp, 10.11
with material knowledge, 9.2 (2), 10.4 (2)
to sunlight, 5.16
to weapon, 4.42
complete, definition of, 7.2
complete & perfect, Kṛṣṇa source of, 7.1–2
confidential
degrees of, 18.64, 18.78 (4)
disqualifications for hearing, 18.67
from Kṛṣṇa Himself, 18.75
Kṛṣṇa praises, 9.1–2
of self & Supreme Self, 3.41
as confidential, 9.2, 9.2 (11)
confidential, most, 15.20, 18.64–65, 18.66
about constitutional position
of living entities, 18.73
of one’s self, 2.51
culminates in surrender, 18.66
cultivation of, 12.12, 16.1, 16.1 (6)
detachment required for, 2.20
determination in Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 2.41
devotees
alone understand, 13.19
try to give, 15.10
about devotional service, 10.10
devotional service in, 7.17–19, 15.20
disqualifications for hearing, 18.67
distribution of. See: Preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness
as eternal, 9.2, 9.2 (10)
with faith lacking, 4.40
about field of activity & knower of activities, 13.5, 13.19, 13.27, 14.3
“fire” of, karmic reactions &, 4.19
full, symptoms of, 4.19–23
for future civilization, Kṛṣṇa arranges, Introduction
goal of, 4.33
devotional service to Kṛṣṇa as, 7.19, 9.17–18, 13.8 (1), 13.8 (14), 13.18
about God, science of, 5.20
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness
God realized according to, 7.17
about God’s greatness, 10.7
highest, 4.19, 4.23, 7.16, 18.64–65
about impersonal spiritual nature & goodness mode, 18.20
jñāna &, 3.41
as joyful, 9.2, 9.2 (9)
king of, Gītā’s Ninth Chapter as, 9.2 (1)
as king of education, 9.2, 9.2 (11)
via knowledgeable person, 1.42–43
about Kṛṣṇa, Introduction, Introduction, 4.4, 4.10, 4.13, 4.14–15, 4.41–42, 5.29, 6.10, 7.1, 7.3, 7.16, 7.19, 7.25, 7.26, 7.30, 8.9, 8.14, 10.1, 10.7, 10.15, 10.17, 10.18, 11.54 (5), 12.3, 13.25, 15.7, 15.17
not attainable materially, 11.4
via devotional service, only, 9.2 (11), 11.54, 18.55
devotional service inspired by, 10.7, 10.8, 10.42, 15.19
as everything, 18.78 (3)
greatness of, 10.7
from Himself, 4.4
humility necessary for, 13.8 (15)
importance of, 10.6
kept from unintelligent persons, 7.24–25
as knowledge of everything, 15.19
Kṛṣṇa offers more of, to Arjuna, 10.2
Kṛṣṇa’s potency restricts, 7.25
Knowledge, spiritual
liberation from sinful reactions via, 10.3
liberation via, 4.9, 6.15, 7.7
from Lord as Supersoul, 13.18
Lord Himself must reveal, 11.4
Lord Himself only really has, 10.15
material means can’t give, 11.53
no one has, 7.25
opulence & mystic power of, 10.7
perfection via, 15.20
in progressive realization of His features, 10.15
& pure devotional service, 7.17–19
purity required for, 6.8
qualifications for obtaining, Introduction, 10.2–3, 18.67
rarity of, 4.5, 7.3, 7.25–26, 10.2, 10.14, 11.52
regulative principles to be followed for, 11.54
return to Godhead via, 4.9
not revealed to everyone, 7.25, 18.55
as source of everything, 10.8
speculation can’t give, 8.9, 10.11, 11.4
speculative, as insufficient, 7.24 (2, 3)
supremacy of, 4.9, 5.25, 5.29, 10.7–8, 10.42
surrender to Lord inspired by, 10.6–7, 10.8, 12.3
as Vedas’ goal, 2.46, 17.28
Vedic literatures insufficient for, 7.24 (2, 3)
work in, 4.14
by Kṛṣṇa, 2.20, 6.39, 7.25–26
compared with living entity’s knowledge, 5.15, 5.16
Kṛṣṇa approached for, 7.16–17
about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, action in, 4.16–20, 4.33–41
Kṛṣṇa has all, 11.38
Kṛṣṇa is all, 11.38
about Kṛṣṇa’s
advent & activities, 4.9, 11.43
divinity, 15.19
form & activities, 11.43
greatness, 10.19
opulence & mystic power, 10.7
proprietorship, 5.2, 5.10, 5.29, 6.10
lack of. See: Ignorance; Illusion
about liberating & binding activity in goodness mode, 18.30
about liberation, 2.2 (6)
process of, 13.35
liberation not guaranteed by, 3.33
about living entities, 7.26
& body, 13.3
as different from Lord, 13.3, 13.4
& Lord, 13.3
relationship of, with Lord, 4.17, 4.35
Knowledge, spiritual
service position of, 18.73
by living entity compared with Lord’s knowledge, 5.15, 5.16
as living entity’s constitutional position, 5.15
about Lord. See: Knowledge, spiritual, about Kṛṣṇa
Lord as, 13.18
as Lord’s mercy to His devotees, 10.10–11
Lord summarizes, to Arjuna, 18.2–66
lust destroys, 3.39–41
about material world & its origin, 15.3
meaning of, 10.4 (2), 13.19, 14.2
from mode of goodness, 14.11, 14.17
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 18.19–22
most confidential, 18.64–65, 18.66
about nature, soul, & Supersoul, 13.24
Kṛṣṇa has, 8.9
necessity of, 2.29
neglected today, 14.16
perfect, 5.16–17
about living entities’ relationship with Kṛṣṇa, 4.35
symptoms of, 4.19–23
of transcendentalist, 2.57
perfection of
as knowledge of & service to Lord, 13.8 (14)
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 16.23–24
about prakṛti, puruṣa, & īśvara, 13.3
pratyakṣa, 9.2 (7)
preaching of. See: Preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness
process of
beginning of, humility as, 13.8, 13.8 (1–2), 13.8 (15)
as beyond material elements, 13.8 (1)
culmination of, 13.8 (1), 13.8 (14)
as transcendental, 13.8 (1)
twenty items in, 13.8
about pure devotees, 9.28
as purest knowledge, 9.2, 9.2 (4–6, 11)
qualifications for receiving, 2.12
rarity of, 2.29
real, equal vision symptom of, 5.18, 7.15 (9)
realization &, 6.8
realized, compared with academic, 6.8
for relief
from struggle, 2.45
from suffering, 9.1
as religion’s perfection, 9.2, 9.2 (8)
about religious principles, 4.16
renunciation in, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.10
liberation via, 5.3
repetition of, value of, 12.18
about sacrifice, 4.30–33
as sacrifice’s goal, 4.33
sacrifice via cultivation of, 9.15
sacrifice with, 4.33
Sāṅkhya &, 2.39 (1–4)
as secret, 9.2, 9.2 (11)
of self
few desire, Introduction
about soul & transmigration, 15.11
self-realized, 5.16
sense control required for, 2.6
about sense gratification, 18.36
about soul, 2.25, 2.29
activities of, 9.2 (1–4)
via Bhagavad-gītā, 2.1
& body, 3.41, 7.1, 9.16
& consciousness, 13.34
as different from body, 9.1, 9.2 (1–3)
from Kṛṣṇa, 2.1
necessity of, 3.42, 9.1, 9.2 (2)
& Supersoul, 2.29
symptoms of, 2.20
& transmigration, 15.11
source(s) of, 7.1
analytical study as, 2.16
authority as, Introduction, 1.42–43, 2.7, 2.8, 2.12, 2.13, 2.25, 4.15–17, 7.15 (13), 9.34, 10.3, 13.5, 18.62
Bhagavad-gītā as, 2.20, 2.29, 2.50, 3.2, 3.41, 4.42, 8.28, 10.2, 10.3, 11.48, 11.55 (1), 13.1, 15.10, 18.67, 18.71, 18.73
detachment as, 2.20
devotee association as, 7.30, 9.1, 13.25, 13.28, 15.3, 17.26
devotees as, 4.34, 7.1–2, 15.10, 18.55
devotional service as, 2.39–25, 4.38, 6.8, 7.1, 8.14, 9.2 (11), 9.4, 10.2–3, 10.10–11, 10.15, 10.17, 15.11, 15.20, 18.67
devotional service only as, 7.3–4, 7.24–25, 9.2 (11), 9.4, 11.52–53, 11.54 (1), 15.11, 18.55, 18.67
disciplic succession as, Introduction, 4.16, 7.2, 18.75
faith as, 4.40, 6.47
goodness mode as, 14.6, 14.17
hearing as, 4.4, 7.1, 9.1, 10.2, 11.52, 15.3, 18.74–76
intelligence as, 7.10
Kṛṣṇa as, Introduction, 2.20, 2.39 (1–5), 2.45, 3.2, 3.41, 4.4, 4.5–8, 7.1, 9.1, 10.2, 10.4 (1–2), 10.8, 11.4, 11.7, 11.52, 15.15, 18.63–64, 18.74–76
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 7.1, 7.3, 7.24 (3), 15.11
love for Kṛṣṇa as, 9.4
mercy (or grace) of Kṛṣṇa as, 7.24 (2), 11.4, 11.52
Knowledge, spiritual
realization as, 6.8
religion as, 2.14
repetition as, 12.18
research as, Introduction
sacrifice as, 4.33
Sāṅkhya as, 13.25
sannyāsīs as, 16.1 (6)
scriptures as, 2.45, 7.15 (15), 8.9, 10.3, 10.7, 10.32, 13.5, 15.15, 15.18
self-realization as, 15.11
self-realized soul as, 4.34–35
sense control as, 4.39
spiritual master as, 2.7, 4.34, 4.35, 5.16, 10.3, 10.8, 11.34, 11.54 (1), 13.24, 13.35, 16.1 (6, 14), 18.75
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as, 10.2, 10.3, 10.9
Supersoul as, 10.10, 13.18, 15.15
surrender to Lord as, 5.16, 10.2, 11.4, 11.4, 11.52
three noncontradictory, 10.3
Vyāsadeva as, 10.37
through spiritual master as direct experience, 18.75
about spiritual nature & goodness mode, 18.20
about spiritual perfection, summary of, 18.50–66
stolen by illusion, 7.15, 7.15 (11–13)
as sublime & pure, 4.38
about Supersoul, 5.18, 13.28–29, 15.18
by Supersoul about past, present, & future, 18.61
about supremacy of Lord, 7.19
surrender in, 7.19
transcendental, 4.23, 14.2
of transcendentalists, 15.11
about transmigration of soul, 15.10
as understanding body & its knower, 13.3
about utility of violence, 2.21
about Vedas, 8.11
See also: Knowledge, Vedic
vijñāna, 13.19
about violence, 2.21
about Viṣṇus, 7.4
about what is to be done & not to be done, 16.24, 18.30, 18.31
work in, 5.1
See also: Education; God realization; Ignorance; Knowledge, Vedic; Sāṅkhya; Vedas
Knowledge, Vedic, Introduction,