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conquerable Satyaki, Drupada, the sons of relatives, he became overwhelmed
Chapter one Draupadi, and the others, О King, such as with____________ and spoke thus.
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra the mighty-armed son of Subhadra, all
blew their respective conchshells. 1.28 Arjuna said: My dear Krsna,
1.1 Dhrtarastra said: О Sanjaya, after my different kinds of_________, and all are
seeing my friends and relatives
sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in experienced in_________science.
1.19 The blowing of these different con present before me in such a fighting
the place of pilgrimage at_____________,
1.10 Our strength is immeasurable, and chshells became uproarious. Vibrating spirit, I feel the limbs of my body
desiring to fight, what did they do?
we are perfecdy protected by Grandfather both in the sky and on the earth, it shattered ___________ and my mouth
1.2 Sanjaya said: О King, after looking _______, whereas the strength of the Pan- the hearts of the sons of_____________.
over the army arranged in military forma davas, carefully protected by________, is
1.20 At that time Arjuna, the son of 1.29 My whole body is
tion by the sons of Pandu, King Duryod- limited. Pandu, seated in the chariot bearing the _____________, my hair is
hana went to his_________and spoke the
1.11 All of you must now give full sup flag marked with_______, took up his bow _________________, my bow Gan-
following words. and prepared to shoot his arrows. О King,
port to Grandfather_______, as you stand diva is____________from my hand,
1.3 О my teacher, behold the great army at your respective strategic points of after looking at the sons of Dhrtarastra and my skin is_________.
of the sons of_______, so expertly arranged entrance into the phalanx of the army. drawn in military array, Arjuna then spoke
to Lord Krsna these words. 1.30 I am now unable to stand here
by your intelligent disciple the son of
1.12 Then Bhisma, the great valiant any longer. I am forgetting myself,
grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, the 1.21-22 Arjuna said: О infallible one, and my mind is reeling. I see only
1.4 Here in this army are many heroic grandfather of the fighters, blew his con- please______my chariot_________the two causes of misfortune, О Krsna, killer
bowmen equal in fighting to________and chshell very loudly, making a sound like armies so that I may see those present here, of the demon.
______ : great fighters like Yuyudhana, the roar of a_______, giving Duryodhana who desire to fight, and with whom I must
contend in this great trial of arms. 1.31 I do not see how any good can
Virata and Drupada. joy. come from killing my own kinsmen
1.5 There are also great, heroic, powerful 1.13 After that, the conchshells, drums, 1.23 Let me see those who have come in this battle, nor can I, my dear
fighters like Dhrstaketu, Cekitana, bugles, trumpets and horns were all sud here to fight, wishing to please the______- Krsna, desire any subsequent vic-
Kasiraja, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Saibya. denly sounded, and tire combined sound __________of Dhrtarastra. tory, kingdom, or__________.
was . 1.24 Sanjaya said: О descendant of 1.32-35 О G______, of what avail to
1.6 There are the mighty Yudhamanyu,
the very powerful Uttamauja, the son of 1.14 On the other side, both Lord Bharata, having thus been addressed by us are a kingdom, happiness or even
_________and the sons of_________. All ________and________, stationed on a great Arjuna, Lord Krsna drew up the fine life itself when all those for whom we
these warriors are great chariot fighters. chariot drawn by_______horses, sounded chariot in the ._______ of the armies of may desire them are now arrayed on
their___________________conchshells. ______parties. this battlefield? О М_______, when
1.7 But for your information, О best of teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers,
the brahmanas, let me tell you about the 1.15 Then, Lord Krsna blew His con- 1.25 In the presence of_______,_______
maternal uncles, fathers-in-law,
_________who are especially qualified to chshell, called ______________ ; Arjuna and all the other chieftains of the world, the
grandsons, brothers-in-law and other
lead my military force. blew his, the_____________; and Bhima, Lord said: Just________, Partha, all the
Kurus assembled here. relatives are ready to give up their
the voracious eater and performer of her lives and properties and are standing
1.8 There are personalities like you, culean tasks, blew his terrific conchshell,
В_____ , К______, К____, A___________, 1.26 There Arjuna could see, within the before me, why should I wish to kill
called_________. midst of the armies of both parties, his them, even though they might other-
Vikarna and the son of Somadatta called
Bhurisrava, who are always victorious in 1.16-18 King Yudhisthira, the son of f , g___, t________, mater wise kill me? О maintainer of all
battle. Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Ananta- nal , b___, s________, g___, living entities, I am not prepared to
vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the 1______, and also his fathers-in-law and fight with them even in exchange for
1.9 There are many other heroes who are S_______and M___________. That great well-wishers. the___________, let alone this earth.
prepared to lay down their lives for my archer the King of Kasi, the great fighter What pleasure will we derive from
sake. All of them are well equipped with 1.27 When the son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw killing the sons of Dhrtarastra?
Sikhandi, Dhrstadyumna, Virata, the un- all these different grades of friends and
d
it
1.36 Sin will overcome us if we slay such piness, we are intent on killing our own
aggressors. Therefore it is not proper for kinsmen.
us to kill the sons of Dhrtarastra and our
friends. What should we gain, О Krsna, 1.45 Better for me if the sons of
husband of the goddess of____________, Dhrtarastra, weapons in hand, were to kill
and how could we be happy by killing our me and unresisting on the bat
own kinsmen? tlefield.
1.37-38 О Janardana, although these 1.46 Sanjaya said: Arjuna, having thus
men, their hearts overtaken by________, spoken on the battlefield, cast aside his
see no fault in killing one's fam ily or quar _____and________and____________on
reling with friends, why should we, who the chariot, his mind overwhelmed with
can see the crime in destroying a family,
engage in these acts of____?
1.39 With the destruction of__________,
the eternal family tradition is vanquished,
and thus the rest of the family becomes
involved in_____________.
1.40 When irreligion is prominent in the
family, О Krsna, the women of the family
become________ , and from the degrada
tion of womanhood, О descendant of
Vrsni, comes____progeny.
1.41 An increase of unwanted popula
tion certainly causes________life both for
the family and for those who destroy the
family tradition. The ancestors of such
corrupt families fall down, because the
performances for offering them food and
water are entirely________.
1.42 By the evil deeds of those who
destroy the family tradition and thus give ii
rise to unwanted children, all kinds of
______________projects and family
____________activities are devastated.
1.43 О Krsna, maintainer of the people,
I have heard by disciplic succession that
those who destroy family traditions dwell
always in_____.
1.44 Alas, how strange it is that we are
preparing to commit greatly sinful acts.
Driven by the desire to enjoy_______hap-
and___________seasons. They arise cepts new material__________, giving up
Chapter 2
from__________perception, О scion of the old and useless ones.
Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate
Contents of the Gita Summarized them without being__________. 2.23 The soul can never be________ to
2.1 Sanjaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of soul_________ unto You. Please instruct pieces by any weapon, nor__________by
___________, his mind__________, his 2.15 О best among men [Arjuna], the per- fire, nor_____________by water, nor
me.
eyes full of_________, Madhusudana, son who is not disturbed by happiness and __________by the wind.
Krsna, spoke the following words. 2.8 I can find no means to drive away this distress and is steady in both is certainly
grief which is drying up my senses. I will eligible for__________ . 2.24 This individual soul is u___________
22 The Supreme Personality of Godhead not be able to dispel it even if I win a and i___________, and can be neither
said: My dear Arjuna, how have prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth 2.16 Those who are__________of the truth burned nor dried. He is everlasting,
these_________come upon you? They are have concluded that of the nonexistent present everywhere, unchangeable, im
with sovereignty like the demigods in
not at all befitting a man who knows __________] there is no endurance and of movable and eternally the______.
the________. of_________. They lead not the eternal [____________] there is no
2.9 Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Ar- change. This they have concluded by 2.25 It is said that the soul is i_________,
to higher planets but to_________. i___________and immutable. Knowing
juna, chastiser of enemies, told Krsna, studying the nature of both.
23 О son of Prtha, do not yield to this "__________, I shall not fight," and fell this, you should not grieve for the body.
degrading impotence. It does not become silent. 2.17 That which pervades the entire body
you should know to be __________ . No 2.26If, however, you think that the soul
you. Give up such petty weakness of heart [or the symptoms of life] is always born
and arise, О_________ of the enemy. 2.10 О descendant of Bharata, at that time one is able to destroy that imperishable
Krsna,__________, in the midst of both the soul. and dies forever, you still have no reason
2.4 Arjuna said: О killer of enemies, О armies, spoke the following words to the to , О mighty-armed.
killer of Madhu, how can I counterattack 2.18 The material body of the indestruc
grief-stricken Arjuna. 2.27 One who has taken his birth is
with__________in battle men like tible, immeasurable and eternal living en
tity is sure to come to an_____; therefore, sure
________and_________, who are worthy 2.11 The Supreme Personality of Godhead
fight, О descendant of Bharata. to____ , and after death one is sure to
of my worship? said: While speaking learned words, you
take__________again. Therefore, in the
are mourning for what is__________ of
2.5 It would be better to live in this world 2.19Neither he who thinks the living entity unavoidable discharge of your duty, you
grief. Those who are wise lament neither
by__________than to live at the cost of the the slayer nor he who thinks it slain is should not lament.
for the__________nor for the________.
lives of great souls who are my teachers. in_________, for the self slays not nor
2.12 Never was there a time when I did not is slain. 2.28 All created beings are _________ in
Even though desiring worldly gain, they their beginning,_________in their inter
are________. If they are killed, everything exist, nor____, nor all these______; nor in
2.20For the soul there is neither_______nor im state, and __________ again when
we enjoy will be tainted with______. the future shall any of us cease to___.
_____at any time. He has not come into annihilated. So what need is there for
2.13 As the embodied soul continuously being, does not come into being, and will lamentation?
2.6 Nor do we know which is better
passes, in this body, from _____________ not come into being. He is u_____, e
_________them or being__________ by 2.29 Some look on the soul as_________,
to___________to___________, the soul __________________________,
them. If we killed the sons of Dhrtarastxa, some describe him as___________, and
similarly passes into another body at e_______-_______and p__________. He is
we should not care to live. Yet they are some hear of him as__________ , while
______. A sober person is not bewildered not slain when the body is slain.
now standing before us on the battlefield. others, even after hearing about him, can-
by such a change.
2.21 О Partha, how can a person who not understand him at all.
2.7 Now I am confused about my duty and knows that the soul is indestructible, eter
2.14 О son of Kunti, the nonpermanent
have lost all composure because of miserly nal, unborn andimmutable_____anyone or 2.30 О descendant of Bharata, he who
appearance of______________ and
weakness. In this condition I am asking cause anyone to____? dwells in the body can never be_______.
__________, and their disappearance in
You to tell me for certain what is best for Therefore you need not grieve for any
due course, are like the appearance and
me. Now I am Your___________ , and a 2.22 As a person puts on new__________, living being.
disappearance of
giving up old ones, the soul similarly ac-
2.31 Considering your specific duty as
a , you should know that here
is no better engagement for you than fight you can free yourself from the bondage of your activities, and never be attached to faction in the____alone, then he is said to
ing on__________principles; and so there works. ____doing your duty. be in pure transcendental consciousness.
is no need for___________.
2.40 In this endeavor there is no 1______nor 2.48 Perform your duty equipoised, О Ar
232 О Partha, happy are the ksatriyas to d_________, and a little advancement on juna, abandoning all attachment to suc 2.56 One who is not disturbed in mind
whom such fighting opportunities come this path can protect one from the most cess or failure. Such equanimity is even amidst the threefold miseries or
unsought, opening for them the doors of dangerous type of______. called________. elated when there is happiness, and who
the planets. is free from a___________, f______and
2.41 Those who are on this path 2.49 О Dhananjaya, keep all abominable a_______, is called a sage of steady
233 If, however, you do not perform your are_________ in purpose, and their aim activities far distant by_______________
religious duty of fighting, then you will is one. О beloved child of the Kurus, the ________, and in that consciousness sur
certainly incur_____for neglecting your intelligence of those who are irresolute is render unto the Lord. Those who want to 2.57 In the material world, one who is
duties and thus lose your__________ as a many-_________. enjoy the fruits of their work are_______. unaffected by whatever_____ or____he
fighter. may obtain, neither praising it nor despis
2.42-43 Men of small knowledge are very 2.50 A man engaged in devotional service
ing it, is firmly fixed in perfect
2.34 People will always speak of your much attached to the__________words of rids himself of both______and_________
infamy, and for a respectable person, the Vedas, which recommend various actions even in mis life. Therefore strive
к_______.
dishonor is worse than_____. ___________activities for elevation for yoga, which is the art of all work. 2.58 One who is able to withdraw his
to__________ planets, resultant good senses from sense objects, as the
2.35 The great generals who have highly birth, power, and so forth. Being desirous 2.51 By thus engaging in devotional ser
_________ draws its limbs within the
esteemed your _________ and ________ of sense gratification and opulent life, they vice to the Lord, great sages or devotees
shell, is firmly fixed in perfect
will think that you have left the battlefield say that there is nothing more than this. free themselves from the results of work
с_________ .
out of________only, and thus they will in the material world. In this way they
consider you insignificant. 2.44 In the minds of those who are too become free from the cycle of birth and 2.59 The embodied soul may be restricted
attached to sense enjoyment and material death and attain the state beyond all from sense enjoyment, though the______
2.36 Your enemies will describe you in opulence, and who are bewildered by such miseries [by going_____to 1. for sense objects remains. But, ceasing
many________words and scorn your things, the resolute determination such engagements by experiencing a
ability. What could be more painful for 2.52 When your intelligence has passed
for________ ________ to the Supreme _______________, he is fixed in con
you? out of the dense________of delusion, you
Lord does not take place. sciousness.
shall become indifferent to all that has
2.37 О son of Kunti, either you will be been_____and all that is to be_____.
2.45 The Vedas deal mainly with the sub 2.60 The senses are so strong and im
killed on the battlefield and attain
ject of the__________of material nature. petuous, О Arjuna, that they forcibly
the planets, or you will con 2.53 When your mind is no longer dis
quer and enjoy the__________kingdom. О Arjuna, become transcendental to these carry away the mind even of a man of
turbed by the__________________of the
Therefore, get up with determination and three modes. Be free from all dualities and _____________who is endeavoring to
from all anxieties for gain and safety, and Vedas, and when it remains fixed in the
fight. trance of self-realization, then you will control them.
be established in the self.
2.38 Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, have attained the divine_____________. 2.61 One who restrains his senses, keep-
without considering h_____________or 2.46 All purposes served by a small well ing them under full control, and fixes his
can at once be served by a 2.54 Arjuna said: О Krsna, what are the
d__________,1____or g_____, v_________ symptoms of one whose consciousness is consciousness upon Me, is known as a
or d__________and by so doing you shall great_________of__________. Similarly, man of steady__________.
thus merged in transcendence? How does
never incur_____. all the purposes of the ________can be
he s____, and what is his 1_________? How 2.62 While contemplating the objects of
served to one who knows the purpose be-
2.39 Thus far I have described this hind them. does he s___, and how does he w____? the senses, a person develops__________
knowledge to you through analyticstudy. 2.55 The S upreme Personality of Godhead for them, and from such attach
Now listen as I explain it in terms of 2.47 You have a right to perform your ment______develops, and from lust
prescribed duty, but you are not entided to said: О Partha, when a man gives up all
working without fruitive results. О son of varieties of desire for sense gratification, _________arises.
Prtha, when you act in such knowledge the fruits of action. Never consider your
self the_________ of the__________of which arise from________________, and 2.63 From anger, complete___________
when his mind, thus purified, finds satis- arises, and from delusion bewilderment
of_______ When memory is be- 2.71 A person who has given up all desires
_______is lost, and when in- for______________,who lives free from
wildered,_ _____, who has given up all sense of
telligence is lost one falls down again into
the__________pool.
2.64 But a person free from all attachment
and aversion and able to control his senses
through regulative__________of freedom
can obtain the complete__________of the
Lord.
2.65___________________For one thus
satisfied [in Krsna consciousness], the
threefold miseries of material existence
exist no longer; in such satisfied
consciousness, one' s intelligence is soon
well___________________.
2.66 One who is not connected with
the Supreme [in Krsna consciousness]
can have neither transcendental
intelligence nor a steady mind, without
which there is
no possibility of_______. And how can
there be any happiness without______?
2.67 As a boat on the water is swept away
by a strong____, even one of the roaming
senses on which the mind focuses can
carry away a man's intelligence.
2.68___________________________Th
erefore, О mighty-armed, one whose
senses are restrained from their objects is
certainly of steady________________ .
2.69 What is night for all beings is the
time
of____________ for the self-controlled;
and the time of awakening for all beings
is______for the introspective sage.
2.70 A person who is not disturbed by the
incessant flow of desires - that enter like
rivers into the_____, which is ever being
filled but is always still - can alone achieve
_____, and not the man who strives to
satisfy such desires.
and is devoid of he
alone can attain real
2.72 That is the way of the spiritual and
_______life, after attaining which a man is
not bewildered. If one is thus situated even
at the hour of_____, one can enter into the
kingdom of God.
Chapter 3 3.7 the performance of yajna [sacrifice], 3.18
On the other hand, if a sincere person will supply all____________to you. But A self-realized man has no purpose
Karma-Yoga tries to control the active senses by the he who enjoys such gifts without offer to fulfill in the discharge of his
mind and begins_____-______[in Kisna ing them to the demigods in return is prescribed duties, nor has he any
3.1 consciousness] without attachment, he certainly a______. reason not to perform such work. Nor
Arjuna said: О Janardana, О Kesava, is by far superior. has he any need to_______on any
why do You want to engage me in this 3.13 other living being.
ghastly warfare, if You think that 3.8 The devotees of the Lord are released
___________is better than________ Perform your prescribed duty, for from all kinds of sins because they eat 3.19
____? doing so is better than not working. One food which is offered first for Therefore, without being attached to
cannot even maintain one's_______ _________. Others, who prepare food the fruits of activities, one should act
3.2 _____without work. for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat as a matter of_____, for by working
My intelligence is bewildered by Your only____. without attachment one attains the
equivocal instructions. Therefore, please 3.9
tell me decisively which will be most Work done as a sacrifice for______ 3.14
__________for me. has to be performed, otherwise work All living bodies subsist on food 3.20
causes bondage in this material world. grains, which are produced from______. Kings such as_______attained per
3.3 Therefore, О son of Kunti, perform your Rains are produced by performance of fection solely by performance of
The Supreme Personality of Godhead prescribed duties for His satisfaction, _____[sacrifice], and yajna is bom of prescribed duties. Therefore, just for
said: О sinless Arjuna, I have already and in that way you will always remain the sake of__________the people in
explained that there are two classes of free from________. general, you should perform your
men who try to realize the self. Some 3.15 work.
are inclined to understand it by empiri 3.10 Regulated activities are prescribed in
cal,_______________________, and In the beginning of creation, the Lord the______, and the Vedas are directly 3.21
others by__________________. of all creatures sent forth generations of manifested from the________ Whatever action a great man per
men and demigods, along with __________of________. Consequently forms, common men_______. And
3.4 sacrifices for______, and blessed them the all-pervading Transcendence is eter- whatever standards he sets by
Not by merely abstaining from work by saying, "Be thou happy by this yajna nally situated in acts of sacrifice. _______acts, all the world pursues.
can one achieve freedom from reaction, [sacrifice] because its performance will
nor by renunciation alone can one attain bestow upon you everything desirable 3.16 3.22
for living happily and achieving libera- My dear Arjuna, one who does not О son of Prtha, there is no work
tion." follow in human life the cycle of prescribed for Me within all the______
3.5 sacrifice thus established by the Vedas planetary systems. Nor am I in want of
Everyone is forced to____helplessly 3.11 certainly leads a life full of____. Living anything, nor have I a need to obtain
according to the qualities he has ac The demigods, being pleased by only for the satisfaction of the senses, anything-and yet I am engaged in
quired from the modes of material na sacrifices, will also_______you, such a person lives in_____.
ture; therefore no one can refrain from and thus, by____________between men
doing something, not even for a_______ and demigods, prosperity will reign for 3.17 3.23
all. But for one who takes pleasure in the For if I ever failed to engage in care
3.6 self, whose human life is one of self- fully performing prescribed duties, О
One who restrains the senses of action 3.12 realization, and who is satisfied in the Partha, certainly all men would
but whose_____dwells on sense objects In charge of the various necessities of self only, fully satiated-for him there is ______My path.
certainly deludes himself and is called a life, the demigods, being satisfied by no_____.
3.24 selves in material activities and become 3.35 3.41
If I did not perform prescribed duties, _________. But the wise should not un It is far better to discharge______ Therefore, О Arjuna, best of the
all these worlds would be put to settle them, although these duties are in prescribed duties, even though Bharatas, in the very beginning curb
_________. I would be the cause of ferior due to the performers' lack of ________, than another's duties perfect this great symbol of sin [lust] by
creating___________________, and I ly. Destruction in the course of perform __________the senses, and slay this
would thereby destroy the______of all ing one's own duty is better than _________of knowledge and self-
living beings. 3.30 engaging in another's duties, for to fol realization.
Therefore, О Arjuna, surrendering all low another's path is__________.
3.25 your works unto___, with full 3.42
As the ignorant perform their duties knowledge of___, without desires for 3.36 The working senses are superior to
with attachment to________, the learned ______, with no claims to___________, Arjuna said: О descendant of Vrsni, by dull_______; mind is higher than the
may similarly act, but widiout attach and free from lethargy, fight. what is one impelled to sinful acts, even ______;_____________is still higher
ment, for the sake of________people on unwillingly, as if engaged by ? than the mind; and he [the soul] is
the______path. 3.31 even higher than the intelligence.
Those persons who execute their 3.37
3.26 duties according to My injunctions and The Supreme Personality of Godhead 3.43
So as not to disrupt the minds of ig- who follow this teaching faithfully, said: It is_____only, Arjuna, which is Thus knowing oneself to be
norant men attached to the fruitive without______, become free from the born of contact with the material mode ____________to the material senses,
results of prescribed duties, a learned bondage of________________. of________and later transformed into mind and intelligence, О mighty-
person should not induce them to_____ _____, and which is the all-devouring armed Arjuna, one should steady the
work. Rather, by working in the spirit of 3.32 sinful_______of this world. mind by deliberate spiritual intel-
devotion, he should engage them in all But those who, out of envy, disregard ligence [Krsna consciousness] and
sorts of activities [for the gradual these teachings and do____follow them 3.38 thus-by spiritual strength-conquer
development of__________________]. are to be considered bereft of all As fire is covered by______, as a mir this insatiable_________known as
knowledge, befooled, and_______in ror is covered by_____, or as the lust.
3.27 their endeavors for perfection. embryo is covered by the_____, the
The spirit soul bewildered by the in living entily is similarly covered by dif-
fluence of_________thinks himself the 3.33 ferent degrees of this lust.
doer of activities that are in actuality car Even a man of knowledge acts accord
ried out by the___________of material ing to his own_______, for everyone fol 3.39
nature. lows the nature he has acquired from the Thus the wise living entity's pure con-
___________. What can repression ac sciousness becomes covered by his eter-
3.28 complish? nal enemy in the form of lust, which is
One who is in knowledge of the Ab- never__________and which burns like
solute Truth, О mighty-armed, does not 3.34 fire.
engage himself in the senses and sense There are principles to_________at
gratification, knowing well the tachment and aversion pertaining to the 3.40
___________between work in devotion senses and their objects. One should not The_______, the_____and the
and work for fruitive results. come under the control of such attach ____________are the sitting places of
ment and aversion, because they are this lust. Through them lust covers the
3.29 stumbling_______on the path of___- real knowledge of the living entity and
Bewildered by the modes of material bewilders him.
nature, the ignorant fully engage them-
4.11 is, knowing which you shall be
Chapter 4 liberated from all_________.
As all_______unto Me, I reward
Transcendental Knowledge them accordingly. Everyone fol 4.17
4.1 4.6 lows My_____in all respects, О
The Personality of Godhead, Lord The intricacies of action are very
Although I am unborn and My son of Prtha.
Sri Krsna, said: I instructed this hard to understand. Therefore one
transcendental body never 4.12 should know properly what
imperishable science of yoga __________, and although I am
to the sun-god,___________, and Men in this world desire success _______is, what___________action
the Lord of all living entities, I still is, and what__________is.
Vivasvan instructed it to_______, the appear in every millennium in My in fruitive activities, and therefore
father of mankind, and Manu in original transcendental they worship the__________. Quick 4.18
turninstructed it to_________. ly, of course, men get results from
One who sees inaction in________,
fruitive work in this world.
4.2 4.7 and action______, is intel
This supreme science was thus 4.13 ligent among men, and he is in
Whenever and wherever there is the transcendental position, al
received through the chain of a decline in___________practice, О According to the three modes of
___________________, and the material nature and the work as though ________in all sorts of ac
descendant of Bharata, and a tivities.
saintly______understood it in predominant rise of sociated with them, the_______
that way. But in course of time ____________________________ divisions of human society are 4.19
the succession was broken, and — created by____. And although I am
One is understood to be in full
therefore the science as it is ap at that time I descend Myself. the creator of this system, you
knowledge whose every endeavor is
pears to be______. should know that I am yet the
4.8 devoid of desire for
________, being unchangeable.
4.3 __________________. He is said
To deliver the_______and to an
That very ancient science of the 4.14 by sages to be a worker for whom
nihilate the _________, as well as
relationship with the Supreme is There is no______that affects Me; the reactions of work have been
to________the principles of
today told by Me to you because nor do I aspire for the fruits of ac burned up by the fire of perfect
_______, I Myself appear, millen
you are My________as well as My tion. One who_____________this
nium after___________.
_______and can therefore under truth about Me also does not become 4.20
stand the transcendental mystery 4.9 entangled in the fruitive reactions of
of this science. work. Abandoning all attachment to the
One who knows the transcenden results of his activities, ever
4.4 tal nature of My____________and 4.15 ________and independent, he
__________does not, upon leav performs no fruitive action, al
Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivas- All the________souls in ancient
ing the body, take his birth again though ________in all kinds of un
van is______by birth to You. how times acted with this under
am I to understand that in the in this material______, but attains dertakings.
My eternal_______, О Arjuna. standing of My transcendental na
beginning You instructed this ture. Therefore you should
science to him? 4.21
4.10 perform your duty, following in
their__________. Such a man of understanding acts
4.5 Being freed from___________, ___
with_____and_________perfectly
and______, being fully absorbed 4.16
The Personality of Godhead said: controlled, gives up all sense of
in___and taking refuge in_____,
Many, many births both you and Even the intelligent are bewildered in ________over his possessions,
I have passed. I can__________all many, many persons in the past
became purified by knowledge of determining what is and acts only for the______neces
of them, but you cannot, О sub- _______and what is_________. Now sities of life. Thus working, he is
duer of the enemy! Me—and thus they all attained
I shall explain to you what action not affected by sinful reactions.
transcendental______for Me.
4.22 control of the______and______, offer ______, and all of them are born of 4.38
He who is satisfied with gain the functions of all the senses, and of different type of_______. Knowing In this world, there is nothing so
which______of its own accord, the life breath, as oblations into the them as such, you will become sublime and pure as______________
who is free from duality and does fire of the controlled mind. liberated. _________. Such knowledge is the
not envy, who is steady in both 4.28 4.33 _______fruit of all mysticism. And
s______and f_________, is never en one who has become accomplished
Having accepted strict vows, some О chastiser of the enemy, the
tangled, although performing ac in the practice of devotional service
become enlightened by sacrificing sacrifice performed in___________
tions. enjoys this knowledge within himself
their possessions, and others by is better than the mere sacrifice of
in due course of time.
4.23 performing severe austerities, by material possessions. After all, О
The work of a man who is practicing the yoga son of Prtha, all sacrifices of work 4.39
________to the modes of material of___________mysticism, or by _______in transcendental A________man who is dedicated
nature and who is fully situated ________the Vedas to advance in to transcendental knowledge and
transcendental knowledge. 4.34
in transcendental knowledge mer who subdues his senses is eligible
Just try to learn the truth by ap to achieve such knowledge, and
ges entirely into______________. 4.29 proaching a________________. In having achieved it he quickly at
4.24 Still others, who are inclined to quire from him_____________and tains the supreme spiritual_______.
A person who is fully absorbed in the process of________restraint to render service unto him. The self-
__________________is sure to at remain in trance, practice by offering realized souls can impart 4.40
tain the spiritual kingdom be the movement of the outgoing breath knowledge unto you because they But ignorant and_________persons
cause of his full contribution to into the incoming, and the incoming have seen the_______. who doubt the revealed scriptures do
spiritual activities, in which the breath into the outgoing, and thus at not attain God consciousness; they
last remain in trance, stopping all 4.35
consummation is absolute and fall down. For the doubting
breathing. Having obtained real knowledge soul there is___________neither in
that which is offered is of the
Others, curtailing the_________ from a self-realized soul, you will this world nor in the_______.
same spiritual nature.
process, offer the outgoing breath never_____again into such il
4.25 into itself as a sacrifice. lusion, for by this knowledge you 4.41
Some yogis perfectly worship the will see that all living beings are One who acts in devotional ser
4.30 but part of the_________, or, in vice, _________the fruits of his ac
demigods by offering different
__________to them, and some of All these performers who know the other words, that they are Mine. tions, and whose doubts have
them offer sacrifices in the fire of meaning of sacrifice become been________by________
cleansed of________reactions, and, 4.36
the Supreme_________. knowledge, is situated factually in
having tasted the nectar of the Even if you are considered to be the self. Thus he is not bound by the
4.26 results of sacrifices, they_________ the most_______of all________, reactions of work, О conqueror of
Some [the unadulterated brah- toward the supreme eternal at- when you are situated in the boat riches.
macaris] sacrifice the_________ mosphere. of________________________you
will be able to cross over the 4.42
proces and the________in the fire 4.31 ocean of miseries. Therefore the doubts which have
of mental control, and others [the
regulated householders] sacrifice the О best of the Kuru dynasty, without arisen in your heart out of
sacrifice one can never
4.37
objects of the senses in the fire of _______should be slashed by the
live_______on this planet or in As a blazing fire turns firewood weapon of____________.Armed
the senses. to______, О Arjuna, so does the
this_____: what then of the______? with______, О Bharata, stand and
4.27 fire of knowledge burn to ashes
4.32 all reactions to________activities.
4.32
Others, who are interested in All these different types of
achieving self-realization through sacrifice
AU are1УР
these dlfferent approved
е 5 of
и u
by the
sacrifice are approved by the
Chapter 5 is_____to him. Though always working, such a man is never
Karma-yoga - Action in Krsna Consciousness
5.1____________Arjuna said: О Krsna, first of all You ask me to 5.8-9 A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in
renounce work, and then again You recommend work with seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleep-
devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the ing and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually
two is more_____? does________at all. Because while speaking, evacuating,
receiving, or opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that
5.2 The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of only the_________senses are engaged with their objects and
work and work in devotion are both good for___________. But, that he is aloof from them.
of the two, work in devotional service is________than renuncia
tion of work. 5.Ю One who performs his duty without attachment, surrender
ing the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by________
5.3___________________One who neither nor the fruits action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by______.
of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person,
free from all dualities, easily overcomes material bondage and is 5.11 The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, in-
completely liberated, О mighty-armed Arjuna. telligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of
5.4 Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-
yoga] 5.12__________The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated
as being__________from the analytical study of the material peace because he__________________the result of all activities
world [Sankhya]. Those who are actually learned say that he to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine,
who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes .
________of both.
5.13 When the embodied living being controls his nature and
5.5 One who knows that the position reached by means of
mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of
___________study can also be attained by____________service,
nine gates [the_____________], neither working nor causing
and who therefore sees analytical study and devotional service
to be on the_____level, sees things as they are. work to be done.
5.6 Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devo 5.14 The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does
tional service of the Lord cannot make one_______. But a not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does
thoughtful person engaged in devotional service can achieve the he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the______of
Supreme without delay.
5.7 One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who
controls his mind and senses is_____to everyone, and everyone
5.15 Nor does the Supreme Lord_______anyone's sinful or 5.23 Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate
pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered be the urges of the material senses and check the force of________
cause of the ignorance which covers their real___________. and______, he is well situated and is happy in this______.
5.16 When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by 5.24 One whose__________is within, who is active and rejoices
which__________is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals within, and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect________.
___________, as the____lights up everything in the daytime. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the
5.17 When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed
in the________, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings 5.25 Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from________.
through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the whose mind are engaged within, who are always busy working
path of___________. for the________of all living beings, and who are free from all
____achieve liberation in the_________.
5.18 The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with
equal vision a learned and gentle_________, a____, an 5.26 Those who are free from______and all_________desires,
________, a dog and a____-_____[outcaste]. who are self-_________, self-______and constantly en
deavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the
5.19 Those whose minds are established in sameness and Supreme in the very near_________.
equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and
death. They are flawless like________, and thus they are already 5.27-28 Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes
situated in Brahman. and vision concentrated between the two_________, suspending
the inward and outward____within the nostrils, and thus con
5.20 A person who neither_________upon achieving something trolling the_______,_______and_____________, the transcen-
pleasant nor________upon obtaining something unpleasant, dentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from________,_____
who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows and______. One who is always in this state is certainly
the science of God, is already situated in______________. liberated.
5.21 Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense 5.29 A person in full______________of Me, knowing Me to be
_________but is always in________, enjoying the pleasure the ultimate____________of all sacrifices and austerities, the
within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited Supreme Lord of all________and__________, and the benefactor
__________, for he concentrates on the Supreme. and well-wisher of all living entities, attains______from the
pangs of material miseries.
5.22 An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of
______, which are due to contact with the material_______. О
son of Kunti, such pleasures have a__________and an_____, and
so the wise man does not delight in them.
//
Chapter 6 to do so, his mind will remain the ____and should be situated in a 6.19 As a______in a windless
greatest______. sacred place. The yogi should then sit place does not waver, so the
Dhyana-Yoga on it very firmly and practice transcendentalist, whose
6.7 For one who has conquered the
yoga to purify the_______by control- mind is controlled, remains al
mind, the_____________is already
6.1 The Supreme Personality of ling his _______, ________ and ways _______in his meditation
reached, for he has attained tran
Godhead said: One who is ___________and fixing the mind on on the transcendent self.
quillity. To such a man h___________
___________to the fruits of his work one point.
and d__________, h_____and с______, 6.20-23 In the stage of perfec
and who works as he is obligated is 6.13-14 One should hold one's body, tion called trance, or
h____ and d__________are all the
in the___________order of life, and neck and head erect in a straight line __________________________
he is the true mystic, not he who and stare steadily at the tip of the ,
lights no fire and performs no duty. 6.8 A person is said to be estab nose. Thus, with an unagitated, one's mind is completely
lished in self-realization and is subdued mind, devoid restrained from material mental
6.2 What is called renunciation you called a yogi [or mystic] when he is of_____, completely free from______ activities by practice of yoga.
should know to be the same as fully satisfied by virtue of acquired ____, one should meditate upon Me This perfection is characterized
_____, or linking oneself with the _________and_____________. Such a within the heart and make Me the by one's ability to see the self
_______, О son of Pandu, for one prson is situated in transcendence ________goal of life. by the pure mind and to relish
can never become a yogi unless he and is self-controlled. He sees and rejoice in the self. In that
__________the desire for sense everything-whether it be pebbles, 6.15 Thus practicing constant con
joyous state, one is situated in
gratification. stones or gold—as the_______. trol of the_________,_______and
boundless transcendental
_________, the mystic transcen
6.3 For one who is a__________in the 6.9 A person is considered still fur happiness, realized through
dentalist, his mind regulated, at
eightfold yoga system, work is said to ther __________when he regards transcendental senses.
tains to the kingdom of God [or the
be the means; and for one who is honest______-_____,__, affectionate Established
abode of Krsna] by cessation of
already__________in yoga, cessation _____________, the n_________, thus, one never_________from
_________existence.
of all material activities is said to be m_________, the e________, f_______ the truth, and upon gaining
the means. and e________, the p______ and the 6.16 There is no possibility of one's this he thinks there is no
s______all with an equal_______. becoming a yogi, О Arjuna, if one greater gain. Being situated in
6.4 A person is said to be___________
_____too much or________too little, such a position, one is never
in yoga when, having renounced all 6.10 A transcendentalist should al
material desires, he neither acts _______too much or does not shaken, even in the midst of
ways engage his _______,______and _______enough. ________ __________. This in
for________________________nor _____in relationship with the
engages in____________________. deed is actual freedom from
_______; he should live alone in a 6.17 He who is regulated in his
habits of___________, __________, all miseries arising from
6.5 One must deliver himself with secluded place and should always
carefully control his mind. He __________and work can mitigate material contact.
the help of his__________, and not
degrade himself. The________is the should be free from desires and all material pains by practicing the 6.24 One should engage oneself
friend of the conditioned soul, and feelings of_______________. yoga system. in the practice of yoga
his_______as well. 6.11-12 To practice yoga, one 6.18 When the yogi, by__________of with__________and faith and
should go to a__________place and _____, disciplines his mental ac not be deviated from the path.
6.6 For him who has___________the One should abandon, wnhout
mind, the mind is the best of should lay kusa grass on the tivities and becomes situated in
ground and then cover it with a transcendence--devoid of all exception, all material desires
_______; but for one who has failed born of ____________________
deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat material desires—he is said to be
should be neither too nor too well_in yoga. and thus control all the senses
on all sides by the mind.
6.25 Gradually, step by step, one persoul, knowing that I and the Su- 6.38 О mighty-armed Krsna, does 6.44 By virtue of the divine
should become situated in trance by persoul are_____, remains always in not such a man, who is bewildered consciousness of his previous
means of intelligence sustained by Me in all______________. from the path of transcendence, fall life, he automatically becomes
full conviction, and thus the mind away from both spiritual and to the yogic prin
6.32 He is a perfect yogi who, by material success and perish like a
should be fixed on the self alone and ciples—even without seeking
comparison to his own self, sees the riven______, with no position in any them. Such an inquisitive
should think of nothing else.
true_________of all beings, in both sphere? transcendentalist stands al
6.26 From wherever the mind their happiness and their distress, О ways _____the ritualistic prin
wanders due to its_____________and Arjuna! 6.39 This is my______, О Krsna, and ciples of the scriptures.
________nature, one must certain I ask You to dispel it completely. But
6.33 Arjuna said: О Madhusudana, for You, no one is to be found who 6.45 And when the yogi
ly withdraw it and bring it back
the system of yoga which You have can destroy this doubt. engages himself with sincere
under the control of the self.
summarized appears impractical and endeavor in making further
6.27 The yogi whose mind is fixed unendurable to mе, for the mind is 6.40 The Supreme Personality of ________, being washed of all
on Me verily attains the highest and_________. Godhead said: Son of Prtha, a contaminations, then ultimately,
perfection of transcendental transcendentalist engaged in achieving perfection
6.34 For the mind is restless, tur- auspicious activities does not meet
__________. He is beyond the mode after many, many__________of
bulent, obstinate and very strong, О with______________either in this
of________, he realizes his qualita practice, he attains the supreme
Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is world or in the spiritual world; one
tive identity with the Supreme, and goal.
more difficult than controlling the who does good, My friend, is never
thus he is freed from all reactions to
. overcome by______. 6.46 A yogi is greater than the
past deeds.
6.35 Lord Sri Krsna said: О mighty- , greater than the em
6.28 Thus the self-controlled yogi, 6.41 The unsuccessful yogi, after
armed son of Kunti, it is undoubtedly piricist and greater than the
constantly engaged in yoga prac many, many years of enjoyment on
very difficult to curb the restless ________________. Therefore,
tice, becomes free from all material the planets of the pious living en
mind, but it is possible by suitable О Arjuna, in all circumstances,
_____________and achieves the tities, is born into a family of
and by be a yogi.
highest stage of perfect happiness in _________people, or into a family
transcendental loving service to the of rich____________. 6.47 And of all yogis, the one
Lord. 6.36 For one whose mind is un- with great_______who always
6.42 Or [if unsuccessful after long abides in Me, thinks of Me
bridled, self-realization is difficult practice of yoga] he takes his birth
6.29 A true yogi observes Me in all within himself, and renders
work. But he whose mind is and in a family of transcendentalists
beings and also sees every being in transcendental loving service to
who strives by appropriate means is who are surely great in wisdom.
Me. Indeed, the self-realized per Me—he is the most intimately
assured of success. That is My Certainly, such a birth is_________in
son sees Me, the same Supreme united with Me in yoga and
opinion. this world.
Lord,____________. is the________of all. That is My
6.37 Arjuna said: О Krsna, what is 6.43 On taking such a birth, he opinion.
6.30 For one who sees Me the destination of the unsuccessful
everywhere and sees everything in _______the divine consciousness
transcendentalist, who in the of his previous life, and he again tries
Me, I am never______, nor is he ever beginning takes to the process of self-
____to Me. to make further progress in order to
realization with faith but who achieve complete success, О son of
6.31 Such a yogi, who engages in later desists due to_______________- Kuru.
the worshipful service of the Su- ___________and thus does not at
tain perfection in mysticism?
Chapter 7 9- I am the original____________of the
earth, and I am the heat in______. I am the
17- Of these, the one who is in full
knowledge and who is always engaged in
knowledge, they do not know My higher
nature, which is_________________and *
Knowledge of the Absolute life of all that__________, and I am the pure devotional service is the best. For I am
________of all ascetics. very_____to him, and he is______to Me.
25-1 am never manifest to the _____ and
1- The Supreme Personality of Godhead 10- О son of Prtha, know that I am the 18- All these devotees are undoubtedly unintelligent. For them I am covered by My \
said: Now hear, О son of Prtha how by original_____of all existences, the intel magnanimous souls, but he who is situated internal potency, and therefore they do not
practicing yoga in full___________of Me, ligence of the_, and the in knowledge of Me I consider to be just know that I am_______and___________. \
with mind_________to Me, you can know prowess of all___________men. like My_________. Being engaged in My
Me in_______, free from______. transcendental service, he is sure to attain 26- О Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality L
11- I am the___________of the strong, Me, the highest and most perfect______. of Godhead, I know everything that has
2-1 shall now declare unto you in full this devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life happened in the___, all that is happen
knowledge, both________________and which is not____________to religious 19- After many________and________, he ing in the________, and all things that are
________. This being known, nothing fur ___________, О lord of the Bharatas [Ar who is actually in knowledge surrenders yet to_____. I also know all living entities; /
ther shall remain for you to_____ . juna]. unto Me, knowing Me to be the______of but Me no one knows.
3- Out of many thousands among men, one all_______and all that is. Such a great soul
12- Know that all states of being-be they of is very_____. 27-Oscionof Bharata, О conqueror of the *
may endeavor for__________, and of those goodness, passion or ignorance-are foe, all living entities are born into ,
who have achieved perfection, hardly one manifested by My energy. I am, in one 20- Those whose intelligence has been delusion,___________by dualities arisen ^
knows Me in sense, everything, but I am___________. I stolen by material desires surrender unto from_______and______.
am not under the modes of material nature, ________and follow the particular' rules
and regulations of worship according to 28- Persons who have acted piously in pre
_______,_________and___________-all for they, on the contrary, are_______Me.
their own natures. vious lives and in this life and whose sinful 4
together these eight constitute My actions are completly _____________ are
separated material energies. 13- Deluded by the three modes
21- I am in everyone's heart as the freed from the dualities of delusion, and 4
[________,________and___________], the
. As soon as one desires to wor they engage themselves in My service with
5-Besides these, О mighty-armed Arjuna, whole world does not know Me, who am
ship some demigod, I make his faith -----------------• *
there is another, superior energy of Mine, above the modes and inexhaustible.
______so that he can devote himself to that
which comprises the__________________ 29- Intelligent persons who are endeavor
who are exploiting the resources of this 14- This_______energy of Mine, consisting particular deity.
ing for ____________ from old age and '
material, inferior nature. of the three modes of material nature, is
22- Endowed with such a faith, he en _____take refuge in Me in devotional ser
difficult to overcome. But those who have
deavors to worship a particular demigod vice. They are actually_________because *
6- All created beings have their source in _____________unto Me can easily cross
and obtains his desires. But in actuality they entirely know everything about
these two natures. Of all that is material beyond it.
these benefits are bestowed by____alone. transcendental activities.
and all that is____________in this world,
15- Those miscreants who are grossly
know for certain that I am both the 23- Men of small intelligence worship the 30- Those in full consciousness of Me, (
_______, who arc lowest among mankind,
_________and the___________.. demigods, and their fruits are________and who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to be the
whose knowledge is stolen by
____________. Those who worship the governing principle of the material v
7- О conqueror of wealth, there is no______ ____________, and who partake of the
demigods go to the planets of the demigods, manifestation, of the demigods, and of all
superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, atheistic nature of_______do not surrender
but My devotees ultimately reach My methods of sacrifice, can understand and {
as__________are strung on a_______. unto Me. know Me, the Supreme Personality of God
16- О best among the Bharatas, four kinds head, even at the_____ of______.
of______men begin to render devotional 24- Unintelligent men, who do not know <
8- О son of Kunti, I am the taste
service unto Me-the______________, the Me perfectly, think that I, the Supreme
of_________, the light of the________and
desirer of_______, the_____________, and Personality of Godhead, Krsna, was
the moon, the syllable _____in the Vedic
he who is searching for__________of the __________before and have now assumed
mantras; I am the sound in _________ and this personality. Due to their small
_________in man. Absolute. i
■
Chapter 8 Lord, represented as the Super- ____________, who is thinks of the Supreme Per
Attaining the Supreme soul in the_______of every em _____________, and who is al sonality of Godhead and quits his
bodied being, am called ways a_______. He is body, he will certainly reach the
1- Arjuna inquired: О my Lord, ___________ [the Lord of _____________ _________planets.
О Supreme Person, what is sacrifice]. like the sun, and He is 14- For one who always remem
__________?What is the_______? _______________, beyond this bers Me________deviation, I am
What are__________activities? 5-_And whoever, at the end of his
material nature. easy to obtain, О son of Prtha,
What is this life, quits his body, remembering
10- One who, at the time of because of his ____________
______________? And what are ___alone, at once attains My na
death, fixes his life air between engagement in devotional ser-
the__________? Please explain ture. Of this there is no______. vice.
the_________and, by the strength
this to me. 6- Whatever state of being one of yoga, with an undeviating 15- After attaining Me, the great
2- Who is the Lord of ___________when he quits his mind, engages himself in souls, who are yogis in devotion,
___________, and how does He body, О son of Kunti, that state he _________the Supreme Lord in never_______to this temporary
live in the_______, О Mad- will_______without fail. full devotion, will certainly attain world, which is full of
husudana? And how can those to the Supreme Personality of ________, because they have at
7- Therefore, Arjuna, you should
engaged in devotional service Godhead. tained the_perfection.
always think of Me in the form of
know You at the time of______? ______and at the same time______ 11- Persons who are learned in 16- From the highest_______in
3- The Supreme Personality of ____your prescribed duty of fight the Vedas, who utter_______and the material world down to the
Godhead said: The indestructible, ing. With your activities dedi who are great sages in the ______, all are places of misery
-transcendental living entity is cated to Me and your mind and renounced order enter into Brah- wherein repeated________and
called________, and his eternal intelligence fixed on Me, you will man. Desiring such perfection,
_____take place. But one who
nature is called___________, the attain Me without doubt. one practices _________. I shall
attains to My abode, О son of
self. Action pertaining to the now briefly explain to you this
8- He who meditates on Me as Kunti, never takes______again.
development of the material process by which one may attain
the______________________of
bodies of the living entities is salvation. 17- By human calculation, a
________, his mind constantly
called________, or fruitive ac thousand ages taken together
engaged in remembering Me, un-
tivities. 12- The yogic situation is that of form the duration of Brahma's
deviated from the path, he, О Par-
detachment from all___________ one ____. And such also is the
4- О best of the embodied tha, is sure to______Me.
engagements. Closing all the duration of his______.
beings, the physical nature, 9- One should meditate upon the doors of the senses and fixing the
which is constantly changing, is Supreme Person as the one who mind on the heart and the life air 18- At the beginning of
called__________[the material _____everything, as He who is at the top of the head, one estab Brahma's day, all living entities
manifestation]. The universal lishes himself in_____. become manifest from the
the ________, who is the
form of the Lord, which includes _____state, and thereafter, when
___________, who is smaller than
all the demigods, like those of the 13- After being situated in this the night falls, they are merged
the___________, who is the
sun and moon, is called yoga practice and vibrating the into the unmanifest again.
___________of everything, who
__________. And I, the Supreme sacred syllable___, the supreme 19- Again and again, when
is beyond all
combination of letters, if one Brahma's day arrives, all living
___________________________
entities come into being, and with moment of the day, during the
the arrival of Brahma's night they fortnight of the waxing moon, or
are helplessly____________. during the six months when the sun
travels in the______.
20- Yet there is another un-
manifest nature, which is eternal 25- The mystic who passes away
and is transcendental to this from this world during the smoke,
manifested and unmanifested mat the night, the fortnight of the
ter. It is___________and is never waning moon, or the six months
____________. When all in this when the sun passes to the_______
world is annihilated, that part reaches the_____planet but again
remains as it is. comes back.
21- That which the Vedantists 26- According to Vedic opinion,
describe as unmanifest and infal there are two ways of passing from
lible, that which is known as the this world—one in______and one in
supreme destination, that place _________. When one passes in
from which, having attained it, one light, he does not___________; but
never returns-that is My_________ when one passes in darkness, he
22- The Supreme Personality of 27- Although the devotees know
Godhead, who is greater than all, is these two paths, О Arjuna, they are
attainable by unalloyed_________. never____________. Therefore be
Although He is present in His always fixed in devotion.
abode, He is all-pervading, and
28- A person who accepts the path ii
everything is___________within
of devotional service is not bereft
Him.
of the results derived from studying i I
23- О best of the Bharatas, I shall the_______, performing austere
I
now explain to you the different ___________, giving_________or
times at which, passing away from pursuing philosophical and fruitive i
this world, the ____does or does activities. Simply by performing
not come back. ___________________, he attains (
24- Those who know the Supreme all these, and at the end he reaches
Brahman attain that Supreme by the supreme eternal abode. i
30. О Visnu, I see You___________all people from all sides with Your 39.You are air, and You are the supreme controller! You are fire, You
flaming mouths. Covering all the universe with Your effulgence, You are are water, and You are the moon! You are Brahma, the first living
manifest with terrible, scorching rays. creature, and You are the great-grandfather. I therefore offer
my respectful obeisances unto You a___________times, and again and
31.0 Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell me_______You are. I offer yet again!
my obeisances unto You; please be gracious to me. You are the primal
Lord. I want to know about You, for I do not know what Your mission 40. Obeisances to You from the_______, from_______and from all sides!
is. О unbounded power, You are the master of limitless might! You are all-
pervading, and thus You are everything!
32. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:________I am, the great
destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. 41-42. Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You "O
With the exception of you [the____________], all the soldiers here on Krsna," "O Yadava," "O my friend," not knowing Your glories. Please
both sides will be slain.
________ whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have form and at last showed His_______-armed form, thus encouraging the
dishonored You many times, jesting as we relaxed, lay on the same bed, fearful Arjuna.
or sat or ate together, sometimes alone and sometimes in front of many
friends. О infallible one, please_________me for all those offenses. 51. When Arjuna thus saw Krsna in His original form, he said: 0;Janar-
dana, seeing this_______like form, so very beautiful, I am now composed
43. You are the_________of this complete cosmic manifestation, of the in mind, and I am restored to my original nature.
moving and the nonmoving. You are its worshipable chief, the supreme
spiritual master. No one is equal to You, nor car. anyone be 52. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, this
one with You. How then could there be anyone_______________than You form of Mine you are now seeing is very____________to behold. Even the
within the three worlds, О Lord of immeasurable power? demigods are ever seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is
so_____.
44. You are the Supreme Lord, to be worshiped by__________living being.
Thus I fall down to offer You my respectful obeisances and ask Your 53. The form you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be
mercy. As a father tolerates the impudence of his son, or a friend tolerates __________simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious
the impertinence of a friend, or a wife tolerates the familiarity of her enances, nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means that one
partner, please tolerate the wrongs I may have done You. can see Me as I am.
45. After seeing this universal form, which I have never seen before, I 54. My dear Arjuna, only by undivided_______________________can I be
am gladdened, but at the same time my mind is disturbed with___________. understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly.
Therefore please bestow Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding.
the Personality of Godhead, О Lord of lords, О abode of the universe.
46. О universal form, О thousand-armed Lord, I wish to see You in 55. My dear Arjuna, he who engages in My pure devotional service,
Your______-armed form, with helmeted head and with с__________, w free from the contaminations of_________________________and mental
__________, speculation, he who works for Me, who makes Me the supreme__________
с____and lotus________in Your hands. I long to see You in that form. of his life, and who is____________to every living being—he certainly
comes to Me.
47. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, happily
have I shown you, by My internal potency, this supreme universal form
within the material world. No one_________you has ever seen this primal
form, unlimited and full of glaring effulgence.
48. О best of the Kuru warriors, no one before you has ever seen this
universal form of Mine, for neither by studying the_____________, nor by
performing____________, nor by charity, nor by pious______________, nor
by severe penances can I be seen in this form in the material world.
49. You have been perturbed and bewildered by seeing this
feature of Mine. Now let it be finished. My devotee, be free again from all
disturbances. With a peaceful mind you can now see the form you
desire.
50. Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krsna, having spoken thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed
Chapter 12 To make progress in that dis 11- If, however, you are un 16- My devotee who is not de
Devotional Service cipline is always difficult for those able to work in this conscious pendent on the ordinary course
who are_________. ness of Me, then try to act of a , who is p_________,
1- Arjuna inquired: Which are _________all results of your e____, without cares, free from
considered to be more perfect, work and try to be self-situated. all pains, and not striving for
those who are always properly 6-7- But those who worship Me, some result, is very dear to Me.
engaged in Your______________ giving up all their activities unto
________or those who worship 12- If you cannot take to this
Me and being devoted to Me
the impersonal________, the un- practice, then engage yourself in 17- One who neither rejoices
without__________, engaged in
manifested? the___________ of_________. nor grieves, who neither
devotional service and always
Better than knowledge, however, 1_________nor d_________, and
meditating upon Me, having
is___________ , and better than who renounces both a__________
fixed their minds upon Me, О son
2- The Supreme Personality of meditation is______________of and i__________ things -such a
of Prtha—for them I am the swift
Godhead said: Those who fix the fruits of action, for by such devotee is very dear to Me.
__________from the ocean of
their mindson My personal_____ renunciation one can attain peace
birth and death.
and are always engaged in wor of_____.
shiping ___with great and 18-19- One who is equal to
transcendental faith are con- f______and e_____, who is equi
8- Just fix your_____upon Me,
sidered by Me to be most 13-14- One who is not_______ poised in h______and d______ ,
the Supreme Personality of God- h___and с_____, h_________and
but is a kind friend to all living
head, and engage all your d , f__and i______, who is
entities, who does not think him
____________ in Me. Thus you always free from contaminating
self a p_________and is free from
will live in Me always, without a association, always s______ and
3-4- But those who fully wor false____, who is equal in both
doubt. _________ and_________ .who s with anything, who
ship the unmanifested, that which
lies beyond the perception of the is t______, always s__________, doesn't care for any r_________,
senses, the all-pervading, incon self-_________ , and engaged in who is fixed in knowledge and
9- My dear Arjuna, О winner of _________ _______ with deter who is engaged in devotional ser-
ceivable, unchanging, fixed and
wealth, if you cannot fix your mination, his mind and intel vice—such a person is very dear to
immovable—the impersonal con
mind upon Me without deviation, ligence fixed on Me--such a Me.
ception of the Absolute Truth—by
controlling the various senses and then follow the_______________ devotee of Mine is very dear to
being equally disposed to __________ of bhakti-yoga. In Me.
everyone, such persons, engaged this way develop a desire to attain 20- Those who follow this im
in the welfare of all, at last Me. perishable path of devotional ser
_______Me. 15- He for whom no one is put vice and who completely engage
into___________and who is not themselves with faith, making
10- If you cannot practice the disturbed by a_____, who is equi Me the supreme goal, are very,
5- For those whose minds are regulations of bhakti-yoga, then poised in h______and very_____to Me.
attached to the unmanifested, im just try to_____for Me, because d______, f_____and a______, is
personal feature of the Supreme, by working for Me you will come very dear to Me.
advancement is very__________. to the perfect stage.
Chapter 13 everywhere. In this way the 20- Material nature and the
Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness _________exists, pervading every
thing.
living entities should be under
stood to be_______________.
1-2- Arjuna said: О my dear the aggregate, the life symptoms, and
Krsna, I wish to know about Their transformations and the
convictions--all these are considered, 15- The Supersoul is the original modes of matter are products of
______[nature],______[the enjoyer], in summary, to be the field of source of all senses, yet He is ________nature.
and the field and the knower of the activities and its interactions. without_______. He is unattached,
field, and of knowledge and
although He is the maintainer of 21- Nature is said to be the
the object of__________. 8-12- H_______; p___________; all____________. He transcends cause of all material_______ and
The Supreme Personality of God- non_______; t________; the modes of nature, and at the _____, whereas the living entity
head said: This body, О son of s__________; approaching a bona same time He is the master of all is the cause of the various suf-
Kunti, is called the_______, and fide s_______ m_____; с_________ ;
the______of material________. ferings and enjoyments in this
one who knows this body is s________; self-c______; renuncia world.
called the_______of the field. tion of the objects of___ 16- The Supreme Truth exists
___________; absence of f_____ e___; outside and________of all living 22- The living entity in material
3- О scion of Bharata, you the perception of the evil of b_____, beings, the moving and the nature thus follows the ways of
should understand that I am also d___, old age and d________; _________. Because He is subtle, life, enjoying the three modes of
the knower in all bodies, and to d________; freedom from en He is beyond the power of the nature. This is due to his
understand this body and its tanglement with с________w material______ to see or to know. _________with that material
knower is called___________. That h___and the rest; even-minded- Although far, far away, He is also nature. Thus he meets with good
is My opinion. ness amid p________and to all. and evil among various
u__________events; constant and
4- Now please hear My brief unalloyed devotion to____; aspiring 17- Although the Supersoul ap
___________of this field of activity to live in a_________place; detach pears to be divided among all 23- Yet in this body there is
and how it is constituted, what its ment from the general mass of beings, He is_______divided. He is another, a transcendental enjoyer,
changes are, whence it is produced, _____; accepting the importance situated as one. Although He is who is the Lord, the
who that knower of the field of of s___-r________; and philosophi the maintainer of every living en supreme__________, who exists
activities is, and what his influences cal search for the A_______T____- tity, it is to be understood that as the overseer and___________,
are. all these I declare to be He_______and develops all. and who is known as the
knowledge, and besides this
5- That knowledge of the field of whatever there may be is__________. 18- He is the source of light in all
activities and of the knower of ac ________objects. He is beyond 24- One who understands this
tivities is described by various 13-1 shall now explain the know- the darkness of matter and is un- philosophy concerning material
sages in various_______writings. It able, knowing which you will taste manifested. He is knowledge, He nature, the living entity and the
is especially presented in the eternal. Brahman, the spirit, is the_______of knowledge, and interaction of the modes of na
______________________________ beginningless and He is the_____of knowledge. He is ture is sure to________liberation.
- ___________to Me, lies beyond situated in everyone's______. He will not take birth here again,
____ with all reasoning as to the cause and effect of this regardless of his present position.
cause and effect. material world. 19- Thus the field of activities
[the body], knowledge and the 25- Some perceive the Super
6-7- The five gross e________, 14- Everywhere are His hands and knowable have been summarily soul within themselves through
f____e___, in__________, the legs. His eyes, heads and faces, and described by Me. Only My _________, others through the
un_________, the ten s_______and He has ears ______________________________ cultivation of________ , and still
the m____, the five sense objects, can understand this thoroughly
d ,h ,h________ , d_______ and thus attain to My_______.
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others through working without everywhere, he attains to the
____ desires. _______conception.
26- Again there are those who, al 32- Those with the vision of eter
though not conversant in spiritual nity can see that the imperishable
knowledge, begin to worship the soul is t____________, e_______, and
Supreme Person upon_________ beyond the_______of nature.
about Him from others. Because of Despite contact with the material
their tendency to hear from body, О Arjuna, the soul neither does
authorities, they also transcend the anything nor is entangled.
path of birth and death.
33- The sky, due to its subtle na
27- О chief of the Bharatas, know ture, does not mix with anything,
that whatever you see in exist although it is all-_________.
ence, both the moving and the Similarly, the soul situated in
nonmovirig, is only a combination Brahman vision does not mix with
of the______of activities and the the_____, though situated in that
______of the field. body.
28- One who sees the Supersoul 34- О son of Bharata, as the sun
accompanying the____________soul alone illuminates all this universe, so
in all bodies, and who under does the living entity, one within the
stands that neither the soul nor body, illuminate the entire body by
the Supersoul within the destruc .
tible body is ever_________, actual
ly sees. 35- Those who see with eyes of
knowledge the difference between
29- One who sees the Supersoul the_____and the knower of the
equally present everywhere, in ____, and can also understand the
every living being, does not process of liberation from bondage
_______himself by his_____. Thus in material nature, attain to the
he approaches the transcendental _______goal.
destination.