incomplete, compared with complete, 6.10
as insufficient for purification, 5.2
judgment on, Kṛṣṇa’s, 18.4–12
by knower of Absolute Truth, 3.28
as knowledge, 13.8
in knowledge, 5.1, 5.3, 6.10
of Kṛṣṇa’s proprietorship of all, 5.2
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.40, 6.2, 6.40, 8.27, 9.28, 18.49
as activity for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, 18.49
Brahman attained via, 18.50
examples of, 18.7–11
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.55–56, 6.2
Kṛṣṇa recommends, 12.11
Kṛṣṇa’s judgment on, 18.4–12
Kṛṣṇa’s opulence of, 18.78 (1)
for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, 6.40
kṣatriyas &, 2.31
liberation via, 5.2
Lord’s property &, 5.2
Lord to give judgment on, 18.5
of material conception of life, 2.41
of material desires, 6.2
for material gain, 3.6–3.8
meaning of, 13.8 (7), 18.2
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 18.5, 18.7–10
for neophyte spiritualist, 3.42
opinions vary on, 18.3–4
orders of life devoted to. See: Brahmacarya; Sannyāsa; Vānaprastha
in passion mode, 18.8
perfection &, 3.4–9, 18.49
purification &, 3.8, 12.11
reactions avoided via, 18.12
real, 2.59–60, 2.61–63, 2.64, 2.67–68, 2.70–71, 6.1–2
compared with artificial renunciation, 6.1–2
as detachment from results of work, 18.7–11
devotional service as, 10.3
as renunciation of fruits of work, 18.11
as work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 18.49
repression &, 3.33
of results of work, 2.39, 4.41, 18.11
by Rūpa Gosvāmī, 6.17
Rūpa Gosvāmī advises, 8.27
of sacrifice, charity, & penance, 18.3
rejected by Lord, 18.5–6
& sannyāsa, 2.15, 18.2, 18.7
See also: Sannyāsa
of sense enjoyment, 4.26
of sense gratification, 6.17
of sex, 4.26
for brahmacārī, 6.13 (1)
required for yoga, 6.13 (1)
within household life, 6.13 (1), 16.1 (8)
by yogī, 6.18
of sleep in early morning, 18.8
spiritual activities not subject to, 18.2
of spiritual duties forbidden, 18.5–9
spiritual duties not subject to, 18.2, 18.3–9
spiritual life requires, 13.8 (7)
Supersoul realized via, 12.3
as symptom of transcending modes, 14.22
tapasya &, 16.1 (11)
See also: Austerity
varṇāśrama divisions for, 16.1 (11)
of varṇāśrama duty forbidden, 18.47–48
in varṇāśrama system, 16.1 (11)
of women, 2.15
of work, 3.43
artificially, 3.6–8
compared with devotional service, 5.1–13, 6.1–20
as improper, 3.4–33
in yoga, 6.3
by yogī, of sex life, 6.18
yukta-vairāgya, 8.27, 9.28
See also: Austerity; Detachment; Sacrifice(s); Surrender to Lord
Repetition
appropriateness of, 11.19
in scripture, value of, 2.26
Reputation
of Arjuna, 2.2–3, 2.33–36
of Bhīṣmadeva, 1.12
death better than loss of, 2.34
dishonor &, 2.34
Kṛṣṇa’s, Introduction, Introduction, 1.15, 2.2 (3–5)
loss of, 2.2 (3), 2.33–36
supreme, 2.2 (3–5)
Residence
attachment to, 14.12
detachment from, 12.18, 13.8
Resourcefulness as kṣatriya quality, 18.43
Respect, 9.11 (7)
Responsibility. See: Duty (duties)
Retirement. See: Renunciation; Sannyāsa; Vānaprastha
Revenge, 1.32
Ṛg Veda, 9.17
quoted
on cow-killing, 14.16
on Lord’s abode, 18.62
on Lord Viṣṇu, 17.24
on oṁ, 17.23
River(s)
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.31
See also: specific rivers
Rounds, chanting of, 9.27
Rudra(s)
chief of, 10.23
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.23
origin of, Lord as, 10.8
in universal form, 11.6
Rūpa Gosvāmī
Caitanya &, 11.54 (1)
in disciplic succession, Disciplic Succession
prayer to, Introduction
preaching work of, Introduction
quoted
on detachment & Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 8.27
on devotee as liberated, 6.31
on devotional service, pure, 11.55 (4)
on Kṛṣṇa consciousness as liberation, 6.31
on renunciation in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 9.28
sleep renounced by, 6.17
Śabda-brahma, transcending limit of, 2.52
Sac-cid-ānanda, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa as, 4.5
Kṛṣṇa’s form as, Introduction, 9.11 (2)
Sacrifice(s), 1.3, 1.15, 2.43, 3.11, 3.12–14, 3.16, 4.24, 4.25–26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.28, 4.29, 4.29, 4.30–35, 8.3, 8.16, 8.25, 9.15, 9.16, 9.16, 9.24, 9.25, 9.26, 11.48, 12.11, 13.14, 16.1, 16.17, 17.12, 17.13, 17.26, 18.2, 18.2, 18.5, 18.71
Agni-hotra, 11.48, 16.1 (9)
of animals, 3.12, 4.7, 10.25
explained, 18.3
Aśvamedha, 18.71
austerity as, 4.28
beneficiary of
Kṛṣṇa as, 3.9, 3.11, 5.29, 9.24
Viṣṇu as, 3.9–10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.15
benefit(s) from, 3.9–15, 4.30–31
best of, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa as, 10.25, 16.1 (9)
via breathing exercises, 4.27, 4.29
of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
charity &, 4.28
to demigods, 3.11–12, 4.25
Lord chief beneficiary of, 3.11, 3.12, 9.23–24
demons &, 16.16, 16.17
with detachment, 17.11, 17.25
devotional service
as, 4.23
gives same results as, 8.28
transcendental to, 9.16
in devotional service, 3.10, 3.12–13, 9.26
divisions of
four, 4.28
two, 4.25, 4.42
duty &, 3.14, 17.11
in eating, 4.29
elevation via, 4.30–31
enjoyer of, Kṛṣṇa as, 2.66, 9.24, 9.26
faithless, 17.28
fire for
kinds of, five, 8.3
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
renunciation of, 6.1
foods offered in, 3.13, 3.14, 9.26, 17.10
necessity of eating, 9.26–27
process of offering, 9.26
in goodness mode, 17.11
happiness via, 3.10–12, 4.31
by householders, 4.26, 8.28, 16.1 (9)
in ignorance mode, 17.13
kinds of, 4.25–29, 4.30, 4.42, 8.3
according to faith, 4.33
gradations of, 4.32–33
with knowledge, 4.33
Kṛṣṇa
as, 9.16
as enjoyer of, 2.66, 9.24, 9.26
governing principle of, 7.30
as master of, 9.24
representation of, among, 10.25
to Kṛṣṇa
according to His desire, 9.26
necessity of, 9.26
offerings suitable for, 11.55 (2)
remnants of, as prasādam, 11.55 (2)
Kṛṣṇa consciousness
&, 4.24, 4.25–26, 4.28, 4.29, 4.30, 4.31, 4.33, 4.42, 12.10
transcendental to, 4.28, 8.3
via, 3.10, 3.11
in Kṛṣṇa’s service, 12.6
liberation via, 3.10, 3.11, 4.32
Lord enjoins, 3.9–12
Lord of, 8.2
as adhiyajña, 8.4
per Lord’s desire, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 3.14, 9.26, 17.23
Lord situated in, 3.15
with love & devotion, 9.26
material, compared with spiritual, 4.33, 4.42, 17.23, 18.2
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 3.12, 17.7, 17.11–13, 17.23
necessity of, 3.9–15
to avoid sinful reaction, 3.16
object of, Lord as, 17.26
offerable items for, 9.26
offerings for
kinds of, five, 8.3
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
with “oṁ,” 17.24
oṁ tat sat &, 17.23
of possessions, 4.25, 4.28, 4.42
for present age, saṅkīrtana as, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
prosperity via, 3.10–12
as purifying for all, 18.5–6
purpose of, 17.25–27
as transcendental knowledge, 4.33
rain via, 3.14
renunciation of, 18.3
rejected by Lord, 18.5–6
requirements for, 17.13
of results of work
to good cause, 12.11
for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 12.10
Kṛṣṇa recommends, 12.11
return to Godhead via, 3.10
saṅkīrtana-yajña, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
via sense control, 4.26–27
spiritual, compared with material, 4.33, 4.42, 18.2
in spiritual life, 4.24–33
via study of Vedas, 4.28
to Supreme Brahman, 4.25
with “tat,” 17.25
ultimate beneficiary of, Lord as, 3.14, 5.29, 9.24
Vedic, 2.43
all meant for satisfying Supreme Lord, 9.24
Kṛṣṇa consciousness transcends, 2.52, 3.16, 3.17, 3.19
Kṛṣṇa goal of, 3.26
purpose of, 2.46
for Viṣṇu’s satisfaction, 3.9–10
wealth required for, 16.1 (9)
in yoga practice, 4.28
See also: Renunciation; Yajña
Sādhaka, 2.68
Sādhu(s)
defined, 4.8
devotees as, 4.8, 17.26
qualities of, 4.8
See also: Devotee(s); Sage(s); Saintly person(s)
Sādhyas, 11.22
Sage(s), Introduction, 2.69, 10.6, 13.5, 14.1–2
differing opinions of, 18.3
knowledge of, 13.5
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.25, 10.26, 10.37
planets of, 14.14
in universal form, 11.15, 11.21
See also: Devotee(s); Sādhu(s); Saintly person(s)
“Sage of steady mind,” 2.56
Saguṇa worship, 12.5 (1)
Sahadeva, 1.16–19
Śaibya, 1.5
Saintly person(s), 1.36, 4.8, 5.22, 5.26
derision of, 16.24
in devotional service, 7.28
Kṛṣṇa protects, 4.8
sages, great, as, 10.6
vision of, 5.18
See also: Devotee(s); Sage(s); Sādhu(s)
Sakhyam in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. See: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with
Śakuni, 1.26
Śālya, 1.9, 1.26
Samādhi, 1.24, 2.57, 6.10, 6.20, 6.25
defined, 2.44
kinds of, two, 6.20
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.57, 8.12
meaning of, 2.53
See also: Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Meditation
Samāna, 2.17
Samatā defined, 10.4 (7)
Sāma Veda, 9.17, 10.22, 10.35
hymns in, 10.35
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.22
Samprajñāta-samādhi, 6.20
Saṁsāra. See: Birth-death cycle; Transmigration of soul(s)
Saṁskāra, Garbhādhāna, 16.1 (2)
Sanaka-kumāra, 10.6
Sananda-kumāra, 10.6
Sanātana defined, Introduction
Sanātana-dharma, Introduction, 1.42
as beginningless, Introduction
compared
to elemental nature, Introduction
with religion, Introduction
defined, Introduction
elaborated upon, Introduction
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Sanātana Gosvāmī
Caitanya &, Introduction
in disciplic succession, Disciplic Succession
Sanātana-kumāra, 10.6
Sanat-kumāra, 10.6
Sāndīpani Muni, 2.4
Sañjaya, 1.1, 2.9, 11.12, 18.75, 18.77
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
&, 11.12
discouraged by, 18.78
encouraged by, 1.1, 1.2
questions, 1.1, 18.74
warned by, 1.16
glorifies Kṛṣṇa & Arjuna, 18.74–78
happiness of, 18.76–77
heard Kṛṣṇa directly, 18.74–75
narration by, 1.2–18.78
spiritual master of, 1.1, 18.74, 18.75, 18.77
vision of
of Kurukṣetra Battlefield, 18.74–75
via Vyāsadeva’s grace, 11.12, 18.74–75
Śaṅkara, Lord. See: Śiva, Lord
Śaṅkarācārya, Introduction
Bhagavad-gītā commentary of, 7.3
cited on Kṛṣṇa as Supreme Lord, 7.24 (2)
as greatest of impersonalists, 7.3
Kṛṣṇa accepted by, 7.3
Śārīraka-bhāṣya of, 5.6
Vedānta-sūtra accepted by, 18.13
Saṅkarṣaṇa, 8.22
Sāṅkhya philosophy, 5.4–5
Saṅkīrtana
Caitanya
introduced, 3.12
recommended, 3.10
defined, 4.8
teaching of, as necessary, 3.13
as yajña for present age, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
See also: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Sāṅkhya, Introduction, 4.28, 5.4–6, 7.4, 13.26, 15.1
See also: Yoga
Sannyāsa, 3.4, 16.1 (5)
Arjuna’s opinion of, 5.1
difficulties of, 2.15
goal of, 3.5
for kṣatriya, 2.31
Lord defines, 18.2
meaning of, 10.3, 18.2
renunciation in, 18.2
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Sannyāsa-yoga, 6.2
Sannyāsī(s), 3.4, 5.2, 5.6, 6.1, 16.1 (2, 4, 5, 6), 18.5, 18.7
begging by, 10.4 (9)
charity offered to, 10.4 (9)
classes of, two, 5.6
dependent upon Lord, 16.1 (4)
devotees as, 18.11, 18.49
as devotees who offer everything to Kṛṣṇa, 18.11
faith of, 16.1 (4)
as fearless, 16.1 (4)
humility of, 16.1 (6)
impersonalist, 5.2, 5.6
compared with Vaiṣṇava, 5.6
preaching by, to householders, 10.4 (9)
qualifications of, 6.1, 9.28
renunciation &, 18.7
spiritual master &, 16.1 (4)
Vaiṣṇava, 5.6
women &, 16.1 (5), 18.5
Sanskrit language, 10.33, 10.34
Sarasvatī, Goddess, worship to, 7.21
Śārīraka-bhāṣya, 5.6
Sarva-gata, soul as, 2.24
Śāstra. See: Scripture(s)
Śāśvatam defined, 6
Sat
sacrifice, charity, & penance with, 17.26
See also: Oṁ(kāra); Oṁ tat sat; Tat
Ṣaṭ-cakra-yoga, 8.10, 8.11
Satisfaction
as austerity of mind, 17.16
defined, 10.4 (8)
origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.4
in pure devotees, 12.18
See also: Detachment
Sātvata-tantra, 7.4, 10.20
Sātyaki, 1.16
Satyam
defined, 10.4 (3)
See also: Truth
Satya-yuga, 8.17
Śaucam. See: Cleanliness
Saumadatti, 1.8
Saumya-vapuḥ, Kṛṣṇa’s form as, 11.50
Śaunaka quoted on hearing about Lord, 10.18
Savyasācī, Arjuna as, 11.33
Scarcity, 3.14
Schooling. See: Education
Science(s)
of anthropology, 2.26
change of body affirmed by, 2.16
heart as perceived in, 2.17
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.32
limitations of, 7.4
philosophy current in, 2.26
weapons &, 2.23
Scientist(s)
knowledge by
about material nature, 11.33
about soul, 2.17, 2.22
about universe, 11.7
philosophy of, 2.26
pride & attachment as dangerous for, 14.6
sex researched by, 13.8 (12)
soul invisible to, 2.25
Scriptural injunctions. See: Regulative principles
Scripture(s), 2.12, 3.21, 4.8, 5.6, 7.21, 8.9, 10.7
as authority, 13.5
on duty, 16.23–24
for leaders & teachers, 3.21
Bhagavad-gītā best among, 4.40
citing, as authority, 17.15
defects absent in, 16.24
devotional service directed by, 10.3
examples of, 10.32
incarnations predicted in, 4.7
Kṛṣṇa accepted as Lord by, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy supported by, 10.7, 10.8
Lord cites, 18.5, 18.13
regulations of, 16.7, 16.23–24, 17.5, 17.13, 18.15, 18.25
disregard of, in ignorance mode, 18.28
followers of, 6.40
following, necessity of, 16.22, 16.23–24, 17.5
neglect of, 16.23–24, 17.1–2
obedience to, required, 17.14, 18.30
for sacrifice, charity, & penance, 17.24
See also: Regulative principles
universal, Bhagavad-gītā as, Introduction, 1.1
See also: Bhagavad-gītā; Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; Vedas; Vedic literature; specific scriptures
Seasons
best, 10.35
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.35
Seclusion for self-realization, 18.51
Secret things, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.38
Seed, original, of all existences, Kṛṣṇa as, 7.10
Seeing, actual, defined, 13.28–31
Self
defined, 8.1, 8.3
real, compared with false, 13.8 (8)
See also: Living entity (entities)
Self-control, 16.1
as austerity of mind, 17.16
as brahminical quality, 18.42
for householder, 16.1 (8)
as knowledge, 13.8
meaning of, 13.8 (7)
necessity of, 16.1 (8)
perfection via, 18.49
in pure devotee, 12.13
Self-defense, Arjuna declines, 1.45
Self-realization, 1.46, 2.7, 2.28, 2.29, 2.46, 3.17–18, 3.34, 3.41, 4.10, 4.42, 5.16, 5.19, 5.21, 6.36, 9.2, 9.2 (8), 12.20, 13.8 (13), 14.27, 15.3, 18.50, 18.51, 18.20, 18.37
accepting importance of, 13.8
advantages of, 18.51–54
benefits of, 6.20
best process for. See: Devotional service
brahma-bhūta stage of, 5.24, 18.51–54
Brahman realization &. See: God realization, Brahman realization & . . .
chanting Lord’s name as highest, 2.46
characteristics of one in, 18.54
consciousness in, 3.17
defined, 2.46, 2.71, 6.28
detachment &, 2.1, 16.22, 18.51–54
devotional service &, 3.3, 13.8 (13–14), 16.22
direct & indirect, 3.3, 12.20
equanimity in, 5.18–20
falldown from
Arjuna’s questions about, 6.37–38
causes of, 6.37
happiness lost by, 6.38
results of, 6.37–45
happiness via, 5.21–24, 6.20, 18.37
via hearing from Lord, 9.1, 9.2 (1–11)
highest, 2.53
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 6.10
human life meant for, 10.4 (6)
impediments to, 3.14, 3.34, 3.41
independence in, 3.18
intelligence for, 2.69
kinds of, two, 3.3
knowledge
&, 6.8
in, 5.16–18, 6.8
via, 15.11
via knowledge, 2.1, 6.37, 7.17–18
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 6.27, 6.30, 6.37
methods for, three, 3.16, 6.37
mind fixed in, 2.53–61
perfection of, as surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 18.78 (3–4)
processes for, 3.16, 6.37, 12.20
progressive alternatives in, 12.8–12
relief from suffering via, 6.20
return to Godhead via, 5.19
samādhi in, 2.44
via sense control,
