Abode of God ......................................Ch 8, 9, 15, 18
Absolute Truth ............................................Ch 16, 17
Action
superior to inaction ..............................Ch 3
compared to inaction............................Ch 4
in inaction.............................................Ch 4
do not bind if dedicated to God............Ch 4
purify even the wise ............................Ch 18
its five factors ......................................Ch 18
of three kinds ......................................Ch 18
Advaya jñāna tattva ..........................................Ch 18
Ambarish ............................................................Ch 2
Anger ............................................................Ch 2, 16
its consequences ...................................Ch 2
Arjun..........................................................Ch 1, 2, 11
questions by him...................................Ch 2
devotion to Shree Krishna ...................Ch 13
Aryan...................................................................Ch 2
Asceticism............................................................Ch 5
Aṣhṭāṅg yog...................................................Ch 8, 12
Ashwatthama.......................................................Ch 1
Aśhwatth tree see Nature of the world
Ātma jñāna..........................................................Ch 7
Attachment .......................................................Ch 13
can be good or bad................................Ch 1
its cause ................................................Ch 2
to God is liberating ..............................Ch 2
Austerity ......................................................Ch 16, 17
Avatār ..................................................................Ch 9
kinds of Avatārs....................................Ch 4
reasons for Avatārs................................Ch 4
leelas are divine....................................Ch 4
birth is divine.......................................Ch 4
Bhagavān .............................................Ch 10, 12, 15
Bhakti (Devotion)................................................Ch 1
enslaves God.........................................Ch 1
five sentiments (bhāvas) of devotion..Ch 4, 11
bhakti yog is the highest yog .................Ch 6
ananya (exclusive devotion).................. Ch 9
only means to know God..........Ch 8, 11, 18
through any material ............................Ch 9
through any action ...............................Ch 9
reforms even sinners ............................Ch 9
devotional ecstasy ...............................Ch 11
aiśhwarya and mādhurya ....................Ch 11
leads to Bhagavān realization .............Ch 12
higher than jñāna ...............................Ch 18
by absorbing all the senses in God........Ch 18
Bheeshma...................................................Ch 1, 2, 11
Bliss see Happiness
Body made from mud....................Ch 2
compared to city of nine gates...............Ch 5
requires maintenance.............................Ch 6
Brahma........................................................Ch 10, 11
Brahmacharya see Celibacy
Brahma jñāna....................................................Ch 7
Brahman.................................Ch 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 18
personal form is the basis ....................Ch 14
Brahmin.............................................................Ch 18
Buddhi yog ..........................................................Ch 2
Causal body.........................................................Ch 2
Celestial abodes ..........................................Ch 2, 3, 9
Celestial gods...............................................Ch 2, 7, 9
Celibacy..........................................................Ch 1, 8
Chanting see Kīrtan
Chariot model.....................................................Ch 3
Charity...................................................Ch 16, 17, 18
Cleanliness.........................................................Ch 16
Compassion.......................................................Ch 16
Conscience...........................................................Ch 3
Contentment.....................................................Ch 12
Creation.......................................................Ch 7, 8, 9
abodes in material realm.......................Ch 8
Prakṛiti is the womb............................Ch 14
Cosmic form......................................................Ch 11
Death.................................................................Ch 10
remembering God.................................Ch 8
Deity worship......................................................Ch 4
Demoniac nature...............................................Ch 16
Desire.............................................................Ch 2, 13
cannot be quenched .............................Ch 2
sublimating it........................................Ch 2
its cause.............................................Ch 2, 3
of the five senses....................................Ch 2
shrouds the intellect..............................Ch 3
slaying it brings peace............................Ch 3
Determination.........................................Ch 6, 12, 16
according to the guṇas........................Ch 18
Devatās see Celestial gods
Descension see Avatār
Devotees of four kinds ........................................Ch 7
qualities of ......................................... Ch 12
Dharma see also duty
para and apara...............................Ch 2, 18
should do one’s natural duties........ Ch 3, 18
Dhritarashtra.......................................................Ch 1
Dissolution..................................................Ch 7, 8, 9
Divine Love....................................................Ch 7, 18
Divine vision......................................................Ch 11
Dronacharya..............................................Ch 1, 2, 11
Duryodhan..........................................................Ch 1
Duty...............................................................Ch 2, 11
should be performed until one has-
developed renunciation.........................Ch 3
should not be renounced.................... Ch 18
fulfilling to leads to perfection.............Ch 18
Vyadha Gita........................................Ch 18
Ego (see also Pride)................................................Ch 2
Equanimity................................................Ch 2, 5, 13
example of Prahlad..............................Ch 12
Equality of vision......................................Ch 5, 6, 13
Exclusive devotion see also Bhakti—ananya
Faith ...................................................................Ch 2
in Guru..........................................Ch 4, 18
grows with knowledge .........................Ch 7
created by God ....................................Ch 7
first step in spiritual path .................... Ch 9
science also requires it..........................Ch 17
Fear..............................................................Ch 12, 16
Food see also Vegetarianism.................................Ch 17
Forgiveness ............................................Ch 12, 13, 16
Free Will.............................................................Ch 18
Gayatri...............................................................Ch 10
God (see also Shree Krishna)
both personal and formless.............Ch 4, 12
not tainted by activities.........................Ch 4
seeing him everywhere...........................Ch 4
ocean of bliss.........................................Ch 6
Supreme Energetic................................Ch 7
beyond sense perception........................Ch 7
his qualities...........................................Ch 8
all-pervading...................................Ch 9, 13
possesses personal form.........................Ch 9
beyond the intellect ............................Ch 10
opulences of God ..........................Ch 10, 15
possesses contradictory attributes ........Ch 13
Golok see Abode of God
Grace ..................................................Ch 7, 10, 11, 18
is based upon rules ..............................Ch 18
Greed..............................................................Ch 2, 16
Gross body..........................................................Ch 2
Guṇas....................................................Ch 14, 17, 18
God is transcendental to them.............Ch 14
devotion takes us beyond ....................Ch 14
Guru ..................................................................Ch 13
necessity ...............................................Ch 2
how to approach him............................Ch 4
faith in him ........................................Ch 18
Hanuman.............................................................Ch 1
Happiness............................................................Ch 6
God is an ocean of it.........................Ch 2, 6
nature of God’s happiness......................Ch 2
its four kinds.........................................Ch 6
of the soul is in God.............................Ch 15
according to the guṇas.........................Ch 18
Heart....................................................................Ch 4
Human form....................................................Ch 2, 5
Humbleness see Pride
Inaction (Akarm).......................................Ch 2, 4, 18
in action...............................................Ch 4
cannot give up all activities .................Ch 18
Intellect..........................................................Ch 2, 12
according to the guṇas.........................Ch 18
Jagadguru............................................................Ch 4
Janak....................................................................Ch 3
Jesus.....................................................................Ch 9
Jīvan Mukt..........................................................Ch 2
Jīv Śhakti.............................................................Ch 4
Jñāna yog...................................................Ch 3, 9, 12
qualification to enter it..........................Ch 9
Karn...................................................................Ch 11
Karm Sanyās...................................................Ch 5, 6
compared to karm yog..........................Ch 5
non different from yog..........................Ch 6
compared to tyāg.................................Ch 18
only for those who are qualified...........Ch 18
Karm yog..............................................Ch 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
does not impede performance...............Ch 2
definition..............................................Ch 3
sets a good example for society..............Ch 3
compared to Karm sanyās......................Ch 5
examples of great karm yogis..................Ch 5
dedicating works to God.......................Ch 5
Karma................................................................Ch 11
destroyed by the fire of knowledge........Ch 4
God is like the umpire...........................Ch 5
Kīrtan.............................................................Ch 9, 10
Knowledge.........................................................Ch 18
ascending and descending processes......Ch 4
leads to devotion.........................Ch 4, 7, 10
two kinds of knowledge.........................Ch 4
according to the guṇas.........................Ch 18
comes by grace................................Ch 4, 18
Kośhas see Sheaths
Kripaluji Maharaj................................................Ch 4
Krishna see Shree Krishna
Kshatriya...........................................................Ch 18
Kṣhetra..............................................................Ch 13
Kurukshetra.........................................................Ch 1
Lamentation .......................................................Ch 7
Liberated souls
Vedas do not apply to them...................Ch 3
Liberation............................................................Ch 2
Lust......................................................................Ch 3
gateway to hell.....................................Ch 16
Maha Vishnu see Vishnu
Maya .............................................................Ch 7, 14
is beginningless...................................Ch 13
Meditation...........................................................Ch 6
rūp dhyān.............................................Ch 6
importance of practice...........................Ch 6
Mīmānsā......................................................Ch 13, 18
Mind..............................................................Ch 6, 16
diseases of.............................................Ch 2
how to cleanse it...................................Ch 4
cause of bondage and liberation......Ch 5, 12
can be enemy or friend..........................Ch 6
difficult to control.................................Ch 6
its four leves..........................................Ch 6
only cleansed through bhakti.................Ch 9
Misery..................................................................Ch 6
also has a purpose..................................Ch 8
Mithyā..................................................................Ch 2
Modes of material nature see Guṇas
Nature of the world .............................................Ch 2
no happiness in it..................................Ch 5
compared to aśhvatth tree...................Ch 15
Nitya karm...........................................................Ch 3
Non-violence (Ahimsā).......................Ch 1, 2, 13, 16
Om.................................................................Ch 8, 17
Parā Bhakti see Divine Love
Paramātmā ......................................Ch 10, 12, 13, 15
Param Puruṣh...................................................Ch 11
Prakṛiti see Maya
Pralaya see Dissolution
Prāṇāyām............................................................Ch 4
Prasād.............................................................Ch 3, 4
Preaching...........................................................Ch 18
Preya............................................................Ch 16, 18
Pride.............................................................Ch 13, 16
of being the doer.............................Ch 5, 18
Puranas..............................................................Ch 13
Puruṣh see also Soul.......................................Ch 13, 18
Radha (Radharani)......................................Ch 7, 9, 11
Rebirth (see Transmigration)
Relationship with God .................................Ch 9, 15
Renunciation (Vairāgya)
see also Karm sanyās......................Ch 16, 18
false renunciants....................................Ch 3
of two kinds phalgu and yukt.................Ch 5
through work in devotion......................Ch 5
according to the guṇas.........................Ch 18
Reincarnation see Transmigration
Resentment........................................................Ch 16
Rituals .............................................................Ch 2, 9
Rūp Dhyān..........................................................Ch 6
Rudra see Shiv
Sacrifice see Yajña
Sādhak of three kinds...........................................Ch 4
fate if unsuccessful.................................Ch 6
follow variety of paths..........................Ch 13
Sādhanā...............................................................Ch 6
requires repeated practice................Ch 6, 12
of various kinds...................................Ch 13
Saint God is their doer..........................................Ch 7
beyond the three guṇas........................Ch 14
Saintly nature ....................................................Ch 16
Samādhi.........................................................Ch 6, 11
Sanjay..................................................................Ch 1
Sānkhya....................................................Ch 2, 3, 18
Sanyās see Karm sanyās and also Renunciation
Saubhari ..............................................................Ch 2
Self.................................................................Ch 2, 15
perceived through purified mind...........Ch 6
Selfless devotion see Divine love
Service intrinsic nature of the soul ......................Ch 15
Sexual activity......................................................Ch 7
Shiv ...................................................................Ch 10
Sheaths ..............................................................Ch 13
Śhraddhā see Faith
Shree Krishna (see also God)
divine pastimes.....................................Ch 3
Divine birth..........................................Ch 4
cause of all causes ............................Ch 7, 11
basis of formless Brahman.....................Ch 7
source of all avatārs.............................Ch 10
Shree Krishna sweet form of God .......Ch 11
Shreya .........................................................Ch 16, 18
Shudra ...............................................................Ch 18
Siddhi ..................................................................Ch 7
Sin why do we commit it?.....................................Ch 3
Spiritual Master see Guru
Soul......................................................................Ch 2
where does it reside...............................Ch 2
is eternal...............................................Ch 2
is immutable.........................................Ch 2
inconceivable to our intellect.................Ch 2
is the non-doer of actions......................Ch 3
energy of God.......................................Ch 7
oneness and difference with God...........Ch 7
kṣhetrajña ..........................................Ch 13
exists in plants as well..........................Ch 13
savors the world through the body .....Ch 15
Cannot be perceived by scientists........Ch 15
Sthita Prajña.................................................Ch 2, 18
Subtle body..........................................................Ch 2
Supreme Soul see Paramātmā
Supreme Divine Personality..............................Ch 10
Surrender.............................................................Ch 4
takes us across Maya.............................Ch 7
must fulfill six points...........................Ch 18
Thoughts ...........................................................Ch 17
Time.................................................................Ch 8, 9
Transmigration..............................................Ch 2, 15
how it is decided...................................Ch 8
Truthfulness.......................................................Ch 16
Universal form see Cosmic form
Vaishya ..............................................................Ch 18
Varṇāśhram System.......................................Ch 4, 18
Vedānt................................................................Ch 13
Vedas................................................Ch 10, 11, 13, 15
divided in three sections........................Ch 2
their goal...............................................Ch 2
breath of God........................................Ch 3
Vedic rituals see Rituals
Ved Vyas...................................................Ch 1, 10, 18
Vegetarianism................................................Ch 3, 17
Vipassanā.............................................................Ch 2
Vishnu (see also God)............................Ch 8, 10, 11
Western philosophers .......................................Ch 18
Women respected in Vedic tradition...................Ch 1
Work (see also duty)
without attachment to results................Ch 2
Yajña..................................................................Ch 16
liberates from Maya...............................Ch 3
as duty toward God...............................Ch 3
pleases celestial gods..............................Ch 3
kinds of sacrifice....................................Ch 4
according to the three guṇas................Ch 13
Yog (Yoga)............................................................Ch 6
its practice.............................................Ch 6
various kinds.........................................Ch 9
Bhakti essential in all paths..................Ch 13
Yogi see sādhak
Yogkṣhem.............................................................Ch 9
Yogmaya...........................................................Ch 7, 9
Yudhishthir......................................................Ch 1, 2