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INDEX

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INDEX TO TOPICS

ADHIBHUTA, ADHIDAIVA, ADHIYAJNA VIII. 4.

ADHYATMA VIII. 3.

ATMAN—See Brahman.

AUSTERITY (Tapas) VII. 9, X. 5, XI. 48, 53, XVI. 1, XVII. 5, 7, 14-19, 28, XVIII. 5, 42.

—threefold XVII. 14-19.

BATTLE OF KURUKSHETRA: its arrangement I. 1-11; its beginning I. 12-20; Arjuna's survey of it I. 21-27.

BRAHMAN II. 17-25, 28-30, XIII. 12-17, 31-32, XV. 6, 17-19.

BRAHMA'S DAY AND NIGHT VIII. 17.

CASTE AND DUTY ACCORDING TO ONE'S NATURE (Swa-dharma) II. 31-32, III. 35, IV. 13, XVIII. 41-48.

CHARITY threefold XVII. 20-22.

CREATION—Evolution and Involution (Srishti and Pralaya) VIII. 17-19.

—Described as an Ashwattha tree; how to uproot it XV. 1-4.

DELUSION II. 52, IV. 35, V. 15, XI. 1, XIII. 11, XIV. 8, 13, 16-17, 22, XVI. 4, 10, XVIII: 7, 25, 29, 60, 73.

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DEATH AND REBIRTH:

Our last thought determines our future VIII. 6. The two paths of birth and non-birth VIII. 23-26. All creation subject to rebirth IV. 5, VIII. 16-19. How thought of God at death prevents it VIII. 5, 15-16, 21, 27-28.

How to assure this by life-long devotion VIII. 7-14, 20-22, 27.

DEVOTION (Bhakti-Yoga); who are qualified for it VII. 1-3, 15-19, IX. 3.

Its process and fulfilment IV. 10-11, IX. 14-15, 22, 26-34, XII. 6-12, XVIII. 55, 65-66.

PATH OF DEVOTION versus PATH OF KNOWLEDGE XII. 1-5.

DEVOTION TO OTHER DEITIES IV. 12, VII. 20-23, IX. 23-25.

DHARMA IV. 7, XIV. 27.

FOOD threefold XVII. 7-10.

GITA: qualifications for its study and its effects XVIII. 67-72.

GOD: His true nature IV. 14, V. 14-15, VII. 24, IX. 5, 9, 11.

His incarnation IV. 5-8.

He manifests the universe through Prakriti or Mâyâ VII. 4-12, IX. 7-8, 10, X. 6, XIV. 3-4.

Mâyâ causes ignorance VII. 13, 25-27, IX. 12; dispelled by devotion IV. 9, V. 16-17, VIII. 14, 28-30, IX. 13, X. 3, XVIII. 61-62.

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His attributes IX. 4, 6, 16-19, X. 2, 4-5, 8, 12-15, 19-42, XV. 12-15.

GOD-VISION: its essential conditions XI. 8, 52-55. Arjuna's vision of God's Universal Form and its effects XI. 3-51.

GRIEF: of Arjuna I. 27-30, 46-47, II. 7-9; his reasons for not fighting I. 31-45, II. 4-6; Krishna's suggestions for overcoming it II. 2-3, 11-38.

GUNAS, the three component principles of Prakriti or Mâyâ—Sattva, Rajas, Tamas: their characteristics XIV. 5-13, XVIII. 40, 59-60.

Their effects XIV. 14-18.

How to conquer them; its perfection XIV. 19-27.

HEAVEN (Swarga) II. 32, 37, 43, IX. 21.

INDRIYAS (Sense-organs)—See Passions.

JIVATMAN (the individual soul) XV. 7-11.

KARMA—See Work and Death and Rebirth.

KNOWLEDGE (Jnâna-Yoga): its nature IV. 35-38, 41-42, XIII. 7-11, XIV. 1-2.

Its process and fulfilment IV. 34, XII. 3-5, XIII. 24-25, 27-30, XV. 5, XVIII, 50-54.

Who are qualified for it IV. 39-40.

—threefold XVIII. 20-22.

KSHARA AND AKSHARA (the universe and the individual soul) XV. 16.

KSHETRA and KSHETRAJNA (Body and its Knower) XIII. 1-6, 26, 33-34.

MAYA—See God and Gunas.

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MANTRA: OM TAT SAT XVII. 23-28.

MEDITATION (Dhyâna-Yoga): who are qualified for it VI. 3-4, 36

Its process and fulfilment VI. 5-28, 33-35, 45-48.

Fate of the unsuccessful VI. 37-44.

—on Om, as Pratika of Brahman VIII. 11-13.

NECESSITY and LIBERTY XI. 31-34.

PASSIONS and how to overcome them II. 60-64, III. 36-43, V. 22-23.

PEACE II. 66, 70-71, IV. 39, V. 12, VI. 15, IX. 31 XII. 12, XVIII. 62.

PERFECTED MAN, or the man of Realisation II. 54-72, V. 18-21, 24-26, VI. 29-32, XII. 13-20.

PLEASURES threefold XVIII. 36-39.

PRAKRITI—See God and Gunas.

PRAKRITI and PURUSHA XIII. 19-23.

PURITY XIII. 7, XVI. 3, 7, XVII. 14, XVIII. 42.

PURUSHOTTAMA—See Brahman.

RENUNCIATION threefold XVIII. 7-10.

Two paths before the Seeker III. 3, V. 2, 4-5, XVIII. 1-4.

—Formal (to give up all work and lead a life of pure meditation): its difficulties III. 6.

—of results, or Tyâga—doing only the obligatory works (Nitya-Karma) unattached: its stages III. 7, V. 3, 6, VI. 1-3, XVIII. 5-6, 11-12.

—Real ( which comes after realisation of the Atman ) III. 4, XVIII. 16-17, 49.

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RESIGNATION TO GOD VII. 14, IX. 22, XII. 6-7, XVIII, 62, 66.

SABDA-BRAHMAN (Veda) VI. 44.

SACRIFICE (Yajna): its varieties III. 9-15, IV. 23.33. IX. 15-16, X. 25, XVIII. 70.

—threefold XVII. 11-13.

SCRIPTURES our guide XVI. 24.

SHRADDHA threefold XVIII. 1-6.

SILENCE X. 38, XII. 19, XVII. 16.

SINNERS how purified IX. 30-32.

STEADINESS threefold XVIII. 33-35.

TENDENCIES HIGHER and LOWER (Daivi and Asuri) XVI. 5-6.

—Higher XVI. 1-3, 22.

—Lower XVI. 4, 7-21, 23.

WORK (Karma): its factors XVIII. 13-15, 18.

—threefold XVIII. 23-25.

—Its agent threefold XVIII. 26-28.

—for selfish ends criticised II. 42-44, IX. 20-21.

Secret of work (Karma-Yoga) II. 39-40, 45-53, III. 19.

Why one must work III. 5-8, 20-24, 26, 33.

How to transcend work: work as worship (Yajna) III. 9-16, 25-34, IV. 15-33, XVIII. 56-58.

State of one who has gone beyond work (or real Sannyâsa) III. 17-18, V. 7-13, 27-28.

WORSHIP—See God and Devotion.