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deities.
See
gods

delusion
(moha)
,
22
2:52,
26
2:72; caused by anger,
24
2:62–63; that one is one’s body,
13–14
2:13–16,
33
3:27,
41
4:10.
See also maya

demonic/degenerate/devilish tendencies,
137–41
16:1–24

dependence,
31
3:18

desire(s),
20–21
2:47,
35
3:34,
139–40
16:8–21; anger and,
36
3:37,
54
5:23; control over,
24
2:59–60,
78
8:11; as enemy, xxii,
140
16:21; as form of prayer,
42
4:12; fulfillment,
30
3:12; persons without/freedom from,
21–26
2:47–71,
59
6:10; unselfish,
69–70
7:11; war against,
36–37
3:36–43.
See also karma(s);
selfish desires

destiny,
52
5:14

destruction and destructiveness,
103
11:26–32

detachment
(vairagya)
,
21–23
2:50–56,
62
6:35,
162
18:49.
See also
devotees, most loved

devas
,
29
3:11

devotees,
107
11:54; four types of,
71–74
7:16–30; most loved,
111–12
12:13–20

devotion
(bhakti):
to God,
67
7:1,
77
8:7,
81
8:22,
87–88
9:23–31,
105–7
11:39–54; order of,
110–11
12:6–12; sacrificial acts of,
44
4:23.
See also
worship

devotional attitude,
35
3:34

dharma(s)
,
35
3:35,
41
4:7–8,
101
11:18,
104
11:34,
128
14:16–17,
154
18:13–15,
161
18:47; Arjuna’s commitment to his,
167
18:73; giving up,
166
18:66; helping humanity toward,
32
3:25; persons lacking a sense of,
138
16:7; truth-based life of,
11
2:2

Dhritarashtra (old blind king),
3–5
1
:1–8

dhrti
(firmness/resolve/stamina),
156
18:29,
157
18:33

dhyana yoga
(path of meditation),
122–23
13:24.
See also
meditation

discipline
(yoga)
,
24
2:59–60

discrimination,
62
6:35,
70
7:15,
156–57
18:29–32; loss of,
24–25
2:62–68; between Real and not-Real,
92–93
10:4–11,
117
13:5–6.
See also buddhi

Divine,
34
3:30; as first cause,
78
8:9; lower and higher self,
68
7:4–5,
70
7:12
(see also
Knower of the Field;
prakriti). See also specific topics

Divine mystery unveiled,
84–86
9:4–19

Divine traits,
137–38
16:1–3

Divinity: essence of,
32–33
3:22–26,
35
3:34,
41
4:9–11,
68–70
7:4–11; as highest goal/ideal,
89
9:33–34; reaching,
78–79
8:10–13,
107
11:55; relationship with,
41
4:11; service of,
31
3:15; turning away from,
71
7:15; within
(see Atma). See also
God;
specific topics

doers, three kinds of,
155
18:23–25

doership,
163–64
18:56–57

doubt,
48
4:41–42

Drona (ex-teacher),
4–5
1
:2–8,
12
2:4–5

dualities,
44
4:22

Duryodhana (evil young king),
3–5
1
:1–8,
7
1
:20–23

duty-bound action,
29
3:8

duty(ies), xxiii,
17
2:31–33,
21
2:47,
28–29
3:8,
35
3:35,
148
17:20; failure to do one’s,
17–18
2:33–36; prescribed,
159–62
18:41–47.
See also dharma; sva-dharma

E

eating,
sattvic
,
30
3:13–14

ego,
58
6:5–6,
68
7:4–5,
133
15:8; control/mastery over,
63
6:36,
92
10:4–5; defined,
13
2:13; freedom/detachment from,
21
2:50,
26
2:71,
43
4:15,
45
4:25–27,
50
5:3; reinforcement of, 737:27.
See also
“I”; “me”

ego principle,
118
13:
5–6

egoism,
33
3:27,
81
8:23–25,
164
18:58–59

enemies,
112
12:18–19; within, xxii

enemy forces,
103
11:26–30

energy,
96
10:29.
See also
life force;
prana

enlightened persons,
20
2:46,
32
3:20,
51
5:8–9,
91–92
10:3,
135
15:19–20,
154
18:17.
See also
Illuminated One

enlightenment,
47
4:33–34,
141
16:24

equanimity,
21
2:48–49,
147
17:16

Eternal, the,
20
2:45,
104
11:36–37.
See also
immortality

Eternal Reality,
119
12:8

ethics.
See dharma

evil,
41
4:7–8,
94
10:23,
96
10:28,
104
11:33,
139
16:10,
153
18:12; blindness to one’s,
8
1
:38–39; root of all,
123
13:28.
See also
demonic

evolution/evolvement,
33
3:29,
42
4:13,
69
7:6,
72
7:21

existence,
14
2:16,
149–50
17:23–27; beyond,
80
8:20; perception of,
25
2:69; planes/levels of,
79–80
16
–19.
See also
life

expectations,
59
6:10,
112
12:16

F

faith
(sraddha/Asat)
,
62
6:35,
71–72
7:16–22,
143
17:1–3,
150
17:28; importance,
34
3:31,
109
12:2; lack of,
83
9:3; types of,
143–44
17:2–6

family(ies): battling against one’s,
8
1
:36–37; decline of a,
9
1
:40–45; unity
vs.
disunity,
9
1
:40–45

fate,
52
5:14

fear and anxiety,
20
2:47,
51
5:12,
104
11:35–37,
112
12:15

“female” qualities,
97
10:34

field (body/matter),
116–19
13:1–6.
See
also
Knower of the Field; natural world;
prakriti

fig tree
(ashvatta)
,
95
10:26,
131–33
15:1–6

fire,
95
10:23

flattery,
146–47
17:15;

food,
30
3:13–14; spiritual significance,
144–45
17:8–10

forgiveness,
105
11:41–46

fruits of actions.
See
results

G

Gandhi, Mahatma,
xv

Garuda
,
96
10:29

Gita:
grace of,
174–76
; teaching of,
171–75

God,
xxiii
; belief/faith in,
71
7:16; coming to know,
67–68
7:1–3,
72
7:19,
78
8:8; desire for,
35
3:34
(see also
devotees); immanence in all,
134–35
15:12–20; knowing/coming to know,
67–68
7:1–3; running to, for refuge,
73
7:29; veering from,
30
3:13.
See also
Brahma; Creator; Divinity;
specific topics

God-dedicated action.
See karma yoga

God-realization,
74
7:30,
149
17:26,
160
18:42

Godhead (Brahman), xxiii,
44–45
4:24,
74
7:30,
75–76
8:1–4,
79–82
8:12–28,
83
9:1–2,
93
10:12–15,
109
12:2,
120–24
13:12–30,
129
14:19–20,
135
15:17–18; achieving the,
81
8:23–25,
161–62
18:45–50;
Atma
as personalized version of,
45–46
4:27; attaining the bliss of,
53–55
5:20–29,
61
6:27–28; devotees of/devotion to,
45
4:25,
71–72
7:18–20, no 12:5; knowledge of/knowing,
53
5:20,
106
11:52,
120–21
13:12–15; manifested qualities,
92
10:4–5; omniscience,
73
7:26; realizing/grasping,
72
7:24–25,
120
13:11,
120
13:12
(see also maya);
selfless action as born from,
30–31
3:14–15; as source of all creation,
91–92
10:3; union with,
22
2:51,
45–46
4:24–27,
51
5:6–7,
62
6:32,
71
7:18
(see also yoga
, as unity); unmanifested,
84
9:4–6

gods,
39–40
4:1–4,
42
4:12,
45
4:25,
72
7:20,
88
9:25,
102
11:21–22

goodness.
See sattva

grace,
40
4:3,
94
10:23,
106
11:47–48,
164
18:58–59,
174–76

greed, xxii,
8
1
:38–39,
36–37
3:39–40,
59
6:10,
127
14:7,
128
14:13,
140
16:21; control over,
24
2:59–60

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