Subject Index

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 Bhaktiananya

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