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incarnations of Lord listed in, 11.54 (7)
Kapila’s (Lord) Sāṅkhya philosophy &, 2.39 (1)
Lord known via, 10.2
as science of Kṛṣṇa, 2.8
as transcendental narration, 10.9
& Vedānta-sūtra, 15.15
as Vedānta-sūtra commentary, Introduction
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam cited
See also: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quoted
on devotees’ association, 17.26
on devotee’s qualities, 2.55
on Kṛṣṇa as God at birth, 4.6
on Kṛṣṇa’s householder life, 3.23
on liberation & nirvāṇa, 6.20
on tattva-vit, 3.28
on transmigration to moon, 8.25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quoted
See also: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam cited
on Absolute Truth, three phases of, 2.2 (1)
on Absolute Truth’s features, 10.15
on Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, 2.61, 6.18
on Bhāgavatam as dear to devotees, 10.9
on bodily conception of life, 3.40
on chanting as highest realization, 2.46
on constitutional position of living entity, 6.20, 7.18
on cowherd boyfriends of Kṛṣṇa, 11.8
on detachment via devotional service, 5.26
on devotees & Lord, relationship between, 7.18
on devotee’s perception of suffering, 12.13
on devotional service, Introduction, 2.40, 2.61, 5.2, 5.26, 6.18, 6.27, 6.34, 6.44, 6.47, 7.1, 7.20, 9.2 (8), 9.3, 13.8 (1)
on devotional service, nine processes of, Introduction
on devotional service vs. fruitive activity, 2.40
on duty
devotional service as, 6.47
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 3.5
on fearfulness, 1.30
on fearlessness via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 6.13 (2)
on fear’s cause, 10.4 (5)
on following Lord compared with imitating Lord, 3.24
on freedom from obligations, 2.38
on fruitive work, 5.2
on God realization, stages of, 10.15, 13.8 (14)
on hearing about Lord, 10.18
on hearing from Lord, 9.1
on incarnations of Lord, 2.2 (4)
source of, 2.2 (4)
on knowledge
confidential, of self & Supreme, 3.41
about Kṛṣṇa via hearing, 7.1
on Kṛṣṇa, 7.25, 9.11 (6), 11.8, 11.54 (7)
on Kṛṣṇa consciousness
duties &, 3.5
fearlessness via, 6.13 (2)
no loss from, 6.40
working in, 6.15
on Kṛṣṇa’s
human pastimes, 9.11 (6)
presence in everyone, 9.11 (6)
on liberation, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 4.35
via Kṛṣṇa’s shelter, 2.51
via service to devotees, 7.28
on living entities & Lord, 7.5
on Lord
knowledge about, via His mercy, 7.24 (3)
& living entities, 7.5
opulences of, 3.10
on materialistic association, 7.28
on mind
absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, 6.15
devotional service &, 6.27
engaged in Kṛṣṇa, 6.34
on Nārada Muni, 9.2 (7)
on nondevotees vs. devotees, 1.28
on obligations fulfilled via devotional service, 1.41
on religion
devotional service &, 9.2 (8)
source of, 4.7, 4.16, 4.34
on saṅkīrtana-yajña, 3.10
on sense control via devotional service, 5.26
on sense gratification, 5.26
on spiritual pleasures, 5.22
on spiritual world attained via devotional service, 2.51
on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 10.9
on Supreme Brahman as origin of all, 3.37
on Vāsudeva worshiped from pure goodness, 17.4
on Vedas’ goal as chanting Lord’s name, 2.46
on Vedic rituals surpassed by chanters of holy names, 6.44
on worshiping Lord from any condition, 4.11
Śruti. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Vedic literature
Stars
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.21
light of, source of, 13.18
nature of, 10.21
See also: Planet(s)
Steadfastness, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.34
Steadiness defined, 13.8 (7)
Sterilization by fire, 2.24
Sthita-dhīr muni, 2.56
Stotra-ratna quoted
on Lord, knowledge about, 7.24 (1)
on muni, 2.56
Straightforwardness, 13.8 (5), 16.1 (12)
Strength
demons proud of, 16.18
detachment from, 18.51
foods for, 17.8
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.36
as opulence of Kṛṣṇa, 2.2 (3), 5.15, 7.3, 7.13, 10.1
Strong men
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.36
See also: Kṣatriya(s); specific men
Subala Upaniṣad quoted on Lord as Supersoul of universes, 10.20
Subduers, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.30
Subhadrā, son of, 1.6, 1.16–19
Subtle body. See: Body (bodies), material, subtle
Śūdra(s), 4.13, 9.3, 16.1 (17)
eligible for supreme destination, 9.32
Kṛṣṇa attainable by, Introduction
mode of nature for, 7.13
principles for, 16.1 (17)
qualities of, 2.1, 18.44
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system; Worker(s)
Suffering, Introduction, Introduction, 1.41, 1.41, 2.8, 2.13, 2.14, 2.21, 2.22, 2.56, 2.66, 3.28, 7.15 (5–6, 7), 10.4, 10.29, 13.8 (9), 13.21, 13.21, 14.16, 18.61, 15.10, 16.24
of animals, 14.16
See also: Animal slaughter
annihilation as, 8.19
anxiety
all experience, Introduction
of Arjuna at Kurukṣetra, 1.28–2.1
of demons, 16.11, 16.16
Bhagavad-gītā
explains relief from, Introduction
mitigates, Introduction
birth, death, old age, & disease as, 13.8, 13.8 (9)
bodily concept causes, 5.14
on Brahmā’s planet also, 8.17
cause(s) of, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 1.30, 1.40, 2.7, 2.8, 2.70, 5.22, 5.25, 6.32, 10.4, 11.55 (5), 13.8 (3, 9), 13.21, 13.21, 14.16, 14.17, 15.10, 17.9, 17.10, 18.38, 18.39
of child in womb, 7.15 (7)
at death, 13.8 (9)
detachment from, 6.20
See also: Detachment
devotees, 5.26, 5.27, 11.55 (5), 12.13
for devotees, minimized, 2.56
from disease, 1.40, 13.8 (9)
fear &, 1.29, 2.56, 10.4, 10.4 (5)
freedom from, via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.65
frustration as, 1.30, 3.37, 4.10
on higher as well as lower planets, 8.16, 8.17
as impetus in spiritual life, 13.8 (9)
as karmic reactions, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 2.66, 10.4 (4)
lamentation &, 2.11
as Lord’s mercy, 2.56
material world filled with, 2.51, 8.15, 9.33, 11.43
miseries of birth, old age, disease, & death as, Introduction, 2.51, 13.8, 13.8 (9)
mode of ignorance as, 18.39
pain &, 2.17
in passion mode, 14.16, 14.17
protection from, 1.19
punishments as, 10.29
relief from, 1.41, 2.8, 2.22, 5.29, 6.17, 6.20, 15.10, 18.36, 18.54, 18.62
Bhagavad-gītā explains, Introduction
devotee preaches to give, 11.55 (5)
via devotional service, 1.41, 9.33, 11.55
(4)
via hearing about Lord, 9.1
Lord approached for, 7.16
Suffering
via spiritual knowledge, 9.1
via transcending modes, 14.20
self-realization seeming to be, 18.37
from sense gratification, 5.22, 18.38
sinful reactions as. See: Sinful reaction(s)
struggle for existence as, 2.45
as temporary, 2.14, 2.69
tolerance of, 2.14–15, 2.45
transcending, 2.56
as unavoidable in material world, Introduction
in womb, 7.15 (7)
Sughoṣa conchshell, 1.16
Śukadeva Gosvāmī as Kṛṣṇa conscious authority, 4.16
Sukham defined, 10.4 (4)
Śukrācārya, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.37
Su-kṛtinaḥ, four kinds of, 7.16
Sun(s), Introduction, 2.24, 4.1 (2–3), 9.6, 10.21, 15.6, 15.12
birth on, Introduction, 1.31
demigod of, worship to, 7.20, 7.21
dependent upon Kṛṣṇa, 10.42
as eye of Lord, 4.1 (2), 9.6
god of, 4.1 (2–3)
See also: Vivasvān
illumination of, from Kṛṣṇa, 15.12
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.21
light of, 7.8, 13.18, 15.12
as origin of other planets, 4.1 (2)
splendor of, 15.12
in universal form, 8.5, 11.19
Sun-god. See: Vivasvān
Supersoul, Introduction, Introduction, 2.20, 2.22, 2.39 (2), 3.36, 4.11, 5.18, 6.6, 6.7, 6.7, 6.31, 6.31, 7.4, 7.21, 8.4, 8.9, 9.8, 9.11 (7), 9.18, 10.20, 13.14, 13.16, 13.18, 13.18, 13.21, 13.23, 13.28–29, 15.18, 16.1 (4), 17.5, 18.61, 18.61, 18.62, 18.63, 18.78 (5–6)
all known by, 7.26
as all-pervading, 13.14
Arjuna understood by, 1.25
as beyond darkness of matter, 13.18
body
dictated to by, 18.61
temple for, 9.11 (8)
with Brahman & Bhagavān, 2.2 (1–2)
as cause of activities, 18.14–15, 18.16
compared
to bird in tree, 2.22
to fire, 2.61
to friend, 2.22
with soul, 2.13, 2.20, 5.18, 6.29, 13.5, 13.13–15, 13.18, 13.20, 13.23, 13.28, 13.34, 15.13
to sun, 13.17, 13.18
to witnessing bird, 16.11
creation &, 7.6
demons envious of, 16.18
desires fulfilled by, 2.22
detailed, 13.13–18
develops all, 13.17
devotees
assisted & enlightened by, 10.10–11
directed by, 18.58
devours all, 13.17
not divided, 13.17
equally present in heart of all, 5.18
as eternal, 13.28
as factor of action, 18.14–15, 18.16
faith in demigods steadied by, 7.21
as friend, 13.23, 13.34, 18.14, 18.16
functions of, 13.23
in heart of all, 2.20, 5.18, 10.20, 13.18, 15.15, 18.61
as knower
of body, 13.3, 13.13
of living entities, 7.26
as knowledge, 13.18
knowledge about, importance of, 13.28–29
Kṛṣṇa
as, 7.21, 8.4, 9.11 (7), 10.20, 10.42, 13.3, 14.27, 15.15, 18.61
fountainhead of, 2.20
as one with, 6.31
superior to, 7.15 (12)
as Kṣīrodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, 7.4
living entities
accompanied by, 13.21, 13.23, 13.28–29
& body and, 13.1–7
compared with, 2.13
controlled by, 18.61
known by, 7.26
maintained by, 2.12, 6.29, 10.42, 13.15, 13.17, 15.17
supported by, 10.42
as localized although all-pervading, 15.15
as maintainer of all, 2.12, 13.15, 13.17, 15.13–14, 15.17
as master of modes of nature, 13.15
meditation on, 6.13, 6.31
as outside & inside, near & far, 13.16
as overseer & permitter, 13.23
perception of, three means for, 13.25
as pervading everything & everyone, 10.42, 15.13
realization about, Introduction, 6.29–30, 6.31, 10.15, 18.78 (5–6)
as partial Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 6.10
via renunciation, 12.3
requirements for, 12.3
remembrance, knowledge, & forgetfulness from, 15.15, 18.13
as sanctioning agent, 13.23
seen in heart of all, 6.29–30
size of, 8.9
soul &. See: Supersoul, Living entities &. . .
soul & body and, relationship between, 13.1–7
as source
of all light, 13.18
of all senses, 13.15
as supreme controller, 13.18
surrender to, 18.62, 18.63
as transcendental
to body He’s within, 6.29
to modes of nature, 13.15
as transcendental enjoyer, 13.23
Viṣṇu as, 6.31
within everything & everyone, 15.13
as without senses (material), 13.15
as witness, 2.22, 8.4, 13.23, 16.11, 18.61
yoga of meeting, 6.7
as yoga’s aim, 6.13
yogic meditation on, 8.12
Supreme Being. See: Kṛṣṇa, Lord; Supreme Lord
Supreme Brahman, Introduction, Introduction, 3.37, 4.9, 4.24, 4.25, 5.10, 8.3, 8.24, 10.12, 14.26, 18.54, 18.66
Supreme destination
eligibility for, 9.32–33
See also: Godhead, returning to; Spiritual world
Supreme Lord, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 2.12, 2.16, 2.39 (1), 3.11, 3.12, 3.14, 3.15, 3.22, 3.30, 4.1 (2), 4.5, 4.7, 5.15, 5.22, 5.27, 6.29, 6.31, 7.8, 7.14, 7.24 (5), 7.25, 9.6, 10.8, 10.42, 11.48, 11.48, 12.6 (4), 13.5, 13.15, 13.16, 14.16, 15.17, 17.19, 17.23, 18.1, 18.20, 18.65
abode(s) of, 13.18
See also: Kṛṣṇa, abode(s) of; Spiritual world
as absolute, 3.22
as Absolute Truth, 7.7
as acyuta, 4.5
as advaita, 4.5
advent(s) of
Kṛṣṇa explains, 4.5–9
purpose of, Introduction
as all-knowing, 2.20, 5.15
as all-pervading, 6.31
Arjuna &. See: Arjuna, Kṛṣṇa & . . .
assistants of, demigods as, 3.11, 3.12
association with
by pure devotees, 4.11
See also: Supreme Lord, relationship(s) with
attained via work with detachment, 3.19
Bhagavad-gītā spoken by, 4.1 (5)
as Bhagavad-gītā’s subject, Introduction
body of. See: Supreme Lord, form(s) of
Brahman feature of, 7.8
See also: Brahman
breathing of, Vedas from, 3.15
Caitanya as. See: Caitanya, Lord
as cause of all causes, 3.22, 4.14
compared
to animal’s proprietor, 4.21
with Arjuna, 2.13
to body, Introduction, 3.14, 4.21, 6.1, 7.23
to driver, Introduction
to executive head, 3.32
to father, 2.25
to fire, 2.23, 2.61
to gold, Introduction
with human beings, 3.24
to husband, Introduction
to king, 4.14, 7.12
with liberated souls, 5.19
to machine, whole, Introduction
to master, Introduction
to moon, 2.13
to ocean, Introduction
to proprietor, 4.14
to root of tree, Introduction
with soul, 2.25
to stomach, Introduction
to sun,
Introduction, 2.2 (2), 2.13, 2.17, 6.31, 7.8, 13.18
to tree, 7.7
compassion of. See: Supreme Lord, mercy of
consciousness of
compared with living entity’s, Introduction, 2.20
reaches every living entity, Introduction
as supreme, Introduction
as transcendental, Introduction
as controller
of all, 3.22, 5.13, 7.5
of life’s necessities, 3.28
of māyā, 7.14
of nature, Introduction, 7.14
creation within, while aloof, 9.4–10
as creator, Introduction
of all, 11.40
as Mahā-viṣṇu, 9.8
original, Introduction
Deity form(s) of. See: Deity form(s) of Supreme Lord
demigods
benedictions of, bestowed by, 7.22
compared with, 3.22, 4.12
parts & parcels of, 4.12
worship, 4.12
desire fulfilled by, 5.15
devotees of. See: Devotee(s), Kṛṣṇa & . . .
devotional service to. See: Devotional service
disciplic succession from. See: Disciplic succession(s)
duty for, 3.22–24
effulgence of, 13.18
souls may remain in, 2.24
sun’s & moon’s light from, 7.8
See also: Brahma-jyotir; Brahman
energies of. See: Energy (energies)
as enjoyer, Introduction
as eternal, blissful, & full of knowledge, 14.26
example set by, 3.22–24
expansion(s) of
for creation, 7.4
from Kṛṣṇa, 2.2 (4), 14.26
living entities as, 3.37
plenary, Introduction
purpose for, 3.37
puruṣa, 7.4
as Supersoul, 7.4
in Vaikuṇṭha, Introduction
See also: Kṛṣṇa, form(s) of; Kṛṣṇa, incarnation(s) of; Supreme Lord, form(s) of
faith in. See: Faith in Lord
faith via following, 4.41
features of, three, 3.28, 5.17, 6.15
form(s) of, Introduction, 4.5, 11.45, 11.46, 11.50, 11.54 (2), 11.54 (4)
absolute nature of, 3.15, 3.22
compared with material body, Introduction
manifested by Lord, Introduction
remembering, at death, Introduction
two-armed, original, shown to Arjuna, 11.50–54
as unchanging, 4.5
universal. See: Universal form of Lord
See also: Kṛṣṇa, form(s) of
as formless never, Introduction
as friend of all, 5.18
as greatest personality, 15.17
happiness via, 3.30
in heart of all, Introduction, 2.12
See also: Supersoul
illusory energy of. See: Energy (energies); Māyā
as impartial, 5.15
impersonal aspect of, 7.8
impersonal philosophy on. See: Impersonalism
incarnates into Deity form, 12.5
See also: Deity form(s) of Supreme Lord
incarnation(s) of
Kṛṣṇa not, 11.54 (5–8)