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aacharah 16.7 good behaviour


aacharan 3.19 doing
aacharatah 4.23 undertaken
aacharati 3.21 does
aacharya 1.3 teacher
aadarsah 3.38 a mirror
aadau 3.41 after first
aadhatsva 12.8 fix
aadhyah 16.15 wealthy
aadyantavantah 5.22 having a beginning and an end
aadih 10.2 the source
aadim 11.16 beginning
aadityan 11.6 The group of Sun gods.They are
twelve in number
aajyam 9.16 Ghee melted and clarified for
offering in the sacrifice. oblation

aakasam 13.32 space


aakasa-sthitah 9.6 situated in space
aakhyahi 11.31 tell
aakhyatam 18.63 imparted
aarambhah 14.12 undertaking
aarjavam 13.7 sincerity
aartah 7.16 one who is in peril
aaruruksoh 6.3 for one who aspires to ascend
aasadhya 9.2 having reached
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aasanam 6.11 seat


aasane 6.12 on the seat
aascharyani 11.6 wonders
aashaa-paasha- 16.12 bound by hundreds of hopes
shataih
aashayaat 15.8 from seats
aasinah 14.23 sitting
aasinam 9.9 remaining
aasita 2.54 should sit
aasrayet 1.36 accrue
aasritah 12.11 resorted to
aasritam 9.11 who have taken
aaste 3.6 sits
aasthaya 7.2 adopting
aasurah 16.7 related to the non-divine beings

aasuram 7.15 demoniacal


aasuri 16.5 demoniacal nature
aatataayinah 1.36 criminals - One who sets fire to
the house of, administers poison
to, steals the wealth, land, and
wife of, another person

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aatma 6.5 Self. Gita-verses 11-30 in Chapter


II and again in Verses 5 and 6 in
VI. Atma is eternal, all pervading,
immovable and immutable.

aatma-bhava 10.11 situated in their hearts


sthah
aatma-yogat 3.13 through the power of My yoga
(see under Yoga)
aavartate 8.26 he returns
aavartinah 8.16 liable to return
aavesita- 12.7 who have their minds fixed on
chetasam
aavesya 8.1 having fixed
aavriyate 3.38 is surrounded
aavrtya 3.4 having covered
abhaktaya 18.67 to one who lacks devotion
abhibhavati 1.4 overtakes
abhibuya 14.1 prevails
abhidhasyati 18.68 will speak of
abhihita 2.39 has been conveyed
abhihita 2.39 has been conveyed
abhijananti 9.24 they know
abhi-janavan 16.15 of noble birth
abhijayate 13.1 arises
abhimukhah 11.2 towards
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abhinandati 1.4 welcomes


abhipravrittah 4.2 engaged in action
abhisandhaya 17.12 in expectation
abhi-vijvalanti 11.28 blazing
abhyadhikah 11.43 greater
abhyanunadyan 1.19 resounding

abhyarchya 18.46 by worshipping


abhyasath 12.12 practise
abhyasa-yoga 8.8 involved in the yoga of practice
yuktena
abhyasa-yogena 12.9 through the yoga of practice

abhyasuyakah 16.18 jealous by nature


abhyasuyantah 3.32 criticising
abhyasuyati 18.67 speaks ill
achala- 2.7 permenant and beyond change;
pratistham imperishable, well established

acharam 13.15 moving


achintyam 12.3 inconceivable
achintyarupam 8.9 whose form is inconceivable
achyuta 1.21 name of Vishnu - Krishna
adambhitvam 13.7 devoid of deceit
adbhutam 11.2 amazing
adesakale 17.22 at an improper place and time
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adhah-sakham 15.1 whose branches spread


downwards
adhamam 16.2 lower
adharmabhi- 1.41 when adharma dominates
bhavat
adharmam 18.31 sin; opposite of dharma
adhibhutam 8.1 the level of creation from where
the five basic elements of ether,
air, fire, water and earth are active

adhidaivam 8.1 the level of creation from where


the divinity and the gods are
active.
adhidaivatam 8.4 the entity in the divine plane
adhigacchati 2.64 attains
adhipatyam 2.8 sovereignty
adhisthanam 3.4 dwelling place
adhiyajnah 8.2 the level of the activity from
where the effects of the sacrifice
starts
adhruvam 17.18 temporary
adhyaks ena 9.1 as the overseer
adhyatma 3.3 with concentration on the self
chetasa steadiness in the knowledge of

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adhyatma-jn'ana 13.11 the spirit


nityatvam -

adhyesyate 18.7 those who study this


adrohah 16.3 absence of enmity
adrsta-purvam 11.45 not seen before
adya 4.3 today
agama-apayinah 2.14 have a beginning and an end

agatasun 2.11 those whoare still living


agham 3.13 sin
aghayuh 3.16 a person who leads a sinful life
agnih 4.37 god of fire -
agre 18.37 in front of
aha 1.2 said
ahah 8.17 day
a-haitukam 18.22 illogical
aharah 17.7 food
ahave 1.31 in battle
ahimsa 10.5 The principle of not harming or
hurting anybody or anything. This
is a fundamental tenet of
Hinduism, Buddhism and
Jainism.
ahitah 2.36 harmful
aho 1.45 alas
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aho 17.1 oh
ahoratra- vidah 8.17 those who know about day and
night
ahuh 3.42 say
aisvaram 9.5 belonging to divinity
ajah 2.2 One who is not born; meaning
thereby permenant, transcendent

ajasram 16.19 for all time


ajnana 11.41 not knowing
ajnanajam 10.11 arising from ignorance
ajnana- 16.15 deluded by ignorance
vimohitah
akarma 4.16 inaction meaning therby absence
of a specific type of action;
technically inaction is also a type
of action.
akartaram 4.13 non-performer
aksara 3.15 the transcendent as the origin;
samudbhavam that which does not die
aksaranam 10.33 of the letters
aksayah 10.33 endless
akusalam 18.1 Action which ends up with
unworthy result; not safe
alasah 18.28 lazy
aloluptvam 16.2 freedom from covetousness
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alpa-buddhyah 16.93 of small intellect


alpam 18.22 trivial
alpa-medhasam 7.23 who are of little wisdom

amalan 14.14 flawless


amalan 14.14 flawless
amanitvam 13.7 modesty
amanitvam 13.7 modesty
ami 11.21 these
ami 11.21 these
amrtatvaya 2.15 for immorality
amrtatvaya 2.15 for immorality
amsah 15.7 a part
amsuman 10.21 the radiant
anabhisvangah 13.9 absence of affection
anadim 10.3 without beginning
anadi-madhya 11.19 without beginning, middle and
antam end
anadimat 13.12 devoid of beginning
anahamvadi 18.26 not egoistic
anahankarah 13.8 free from egoistic attitude
analah 7.4 fire
anamayam 2.51 beyond all evils
Ananta 11.37 0, infinite
ananta-bahum 11.19 having enormous arms
anantam 11.11 endless
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anantavirya 11.19 having enormous energy


ananyena 12.6 single-minded
anarambhat 3.4 by not commencing
anaryajushtam 2.2 Unworthy of a refined cultured
person following the sanatana
dharma
anasnatah 6.16 for one who does not eat
anas'ritah 6.1 without reliance on
anasuyantah 3.31 without the feeling of jealousy
anatmanah 6.6 for one who has not disciplined
oneself
anavalokayan 6.13 not seeing
anavrttim 8.23 having no re-birth
anekadha 11.13 differently
anena 3.1 by this
angani 2.58 limbs
anicchan 3.36 against his desire
aniketah 12.19 one who has no home
anirdesyam 12.3 the indefinable
anistam 18.12 unpleasant
anityah 2.14 ephemeral
anityam 9.33 fleeting
anna-sambhavah 3.14 born out of food

anoh 8.9 than the subtle


antam 11.16 end
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antar-aramah 5.24 has inner joy


antaratmana 6.47 with his mind
antare 5.27 between
antavantah 2.18 perishable
antavat 7.23 limited
ante 7.19 at the end
antike 13.15 near
anu dvegakaram 17.15 painless

anusmaret 8.9 thinking on


anya-devata 9.23 worshippers of other deities
bhaktah
anyam 7.5 the other
anyani 2.22 other
anyatha 13.11 other
anyatra 3.9 other than
apaisunam 16.2 aversion to vilification
apalayanam 18.43 not withdrawing
apanam 4.29 incoming breath. Refers to the
energy with which food, solid and
liquid, not absorbed into the
body, is carried downward. It is
the compliment of Pranic force.

apane 4.29 in the incoming breath


apara 7.5 lower
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aparajitah 1.17 unconquerable


aparam 4.4 later
aparan 16.14 other
aparani 2.22 other
apare 4.25 other
apariharye 2.27 over'what is unavoidable
aparimeyam 16.11 numerous
aparyaptam 1.1 unlimited
apatrebhyah 17.22 to the undeserving
apavrtam 2.32 open
apohanam 15.5 lose
aprameyam 11.17 without limit
apravrttih 4.13 inactivity
apunaravrittim 5.17 the state of non returning
architum 7.21 to worship
arhah 1.37 justified
arhati 2.17 is able
arpita-mano 8.7 by devoting mind and intellect
buddhih
artha 3.18 dependence on any object
vyapasrayah
arthaka man 2.5 greedy for riches
asamshayam 6.35 doubtless
asasvatam 8.15 temporary
asat 9.19 non-existence
asesatah 6.24 completely
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asesena 4.35 without exception


Asita 10.13 father of the sage Devala
asnute 3.4 attain
asrada-dhanah 9.3 without faith
astikyam 18.42 belief that god exists
asusrusave 18.67 to one who does no service
atandritah 3.23 free from laziness and
sleep;energetically
atapaskaya 18.67 to one who has not performed
austerities
atatvarthavat 18.22 unconcerned with truth
athava 6.42 or
ati-adbhutam 18.77 highly mysterious and wonderful

atimanita 16.3 haughtiness


atindriyam 6.21 beyond the perception of senses
transcendent and divine
atistha 4.4 undertake
ati-svapna- 6.16 one who is prone to sleep and
silasya dreaming beyond limits
atitaranti 13.25 overcome
atitya 14.2 having gone beyond
ativa 12.2 very
ativartate 6.44 transcends
atma aupamyena 6.32 criteria one would apply to one

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atma-suddhayae 5.11 for purifying the heart

atma-vibhutayah 10.1 of your own manifestations

atma- 6.12 for purifying self


visuddhaye
atyaginam 18.12 to those who do not practise
charity and sacrifice
atyantam 6.28 supreme
atyartham 7.17 very much
atyasnatah 6.16 for one who eats in excess
avachya vadan 2.36 indecent words
avadhyah 2.3 can never be killed
avagaccha 10.41 know
avahasa artham 11.42 in fun
avajnatam 17.12 with insult
avapasyasi 2.33 you will commit
avapnoti 15.8 obtains
avapsyatha 3.11 you shall achieve
avaptavyam 3.22 to be obtained
avaptum 6.36 to obtain
avapya 2.8 having obtained
avapyate 12.5 achieved
avaram 2.49 inferior
avasadayeth 6.5 denigrate
avasah 3.5 under pressure
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avasam 9.8 powerless


avasisyate 7.2 there remains
avastabhya 9.8 holding under control
avasthatum 1.3 to stand
avasthitah 9.4 arrayed
avasthitam 15.11 existing
avatisthati 14.23 acts
avibhaktam 13.16 undivided
avijneyam 13.15 incomprehensible
avikampena 10.7 unfaltering
avikaryah 2.25 unalterable
avinasdyantam 13.27 indestructible
avyabhicharena 14.26 through the unwavering

avyabhicharini 13.1 unfaltering


avyabhicharinya 18.37 which is unfailing

avyakta-murtina 9.4 in My unmanifested form

avyaktat 12.5 from the unmanifested


avyavatma 4.6 of nature
avyayam 2.21 imperishable
avyayasya 2.17 of that which is immutable
ayanesu 1.11 in the divisions of the army
ayashah 10.5 infamy
ayatha vat 18.31 incorrectly
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ayatih 6.37 not energetic


ayuktasya 2.66 for one who lacks concentration

ayuktasya 2.66 for one who lacks concentration

baalaah 5.4 children


baddhah 16.12 bound
badhnati 14.6 it binds
badhyate 4.14 becomes bound
bahavah 1.9 many
bahih 5.27 outside
bahu damstra - 11.23 terrible with many teeth
karalam
bahu-baahu-uru 11.23 having many arms, thighs and
padam feet .The reference is to the
cosmic vision of the lord.
bahudha 9.15 variously
bahula-ayssam 18.24 very strenuous
bahumatah 2.35 acceptable
bahuna 10.42 elaborately
bahunam 7.19 of many
bahu-shakaah 2.41 with many branches
bahu-udaram 11.23 the reference is to the cosmic
form of the lord ;with many
bellies
bahu-vidhah 4.32 various kinds
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bahya-sparsesu 5.21 the touch; external ; external


objects
balam 1.1 strength
balavan 16.14 man of strength
balavatam 7.11 of the strong
bandham 18.3 bondage
bandhuh 6.5 relative, friend
bhaavesu 10.17 in moods
bhah 11.12 radiance
bhaiksyam 2.5 on alms
bhajatam 10.1 those who worship
bhaktah 4.3 devotee
bhaktiman 12.1 who is wholly devoted
bhakti-yogena 14.26 by the yoga of devotion
bhakty 9.26 presented with devotion
upahratam
Bharata 1.24 scion of Bharata dynasty
Bharatarsabha 3.41 Best of Bharatas; nameof Arjuna.

Bharata-sattama 18.4 name of Arjuna

Bharata-srestha 17.12 name of Arjuna.

bhartaa 9.16 supporter


bhasa 2.54 description
bhasah 11.12 radiance
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bhasase 2.11 you speak


bhasayate 15.6 illumines
bhasmasat 4.37 to ashes
bhasvata 10.11 with the radiant lamp of
knowledge
bhava 2.45 fixed
bhava - 10.8 full of fervour
samanvitah
bhava - 17.16 the purity of heart
samsuddhih
bhavah 10.4 existence
bhavah 2.16 being
bhavaih 7.13 by nature
bhavam 7.15 nature
bhavan 1.8 respected you
bhavana 2.66 meditation
bhavapyayau 11.2 origin birth and death
bhavisyatam 10.34 of future things to come
bhaya-abhaye 18.3 fear and fearlessness
bhayam 10.4 fear
bhayanakani 11.27 terrible
bhayavahah 3.35 that which causes fear
bhedam 17.7 classification
bheryah 1.13 kettle drums used in the war
Bhima-abhi 1.1 in the care of Bhima
rakshitam
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Bhima-Arjuna 1.4 equals of Bhima and Arjuna


samah
bhimakarma 1.15 of fearful deeds
bhinna 7.4 is divided
Bhisma 1.11 The chief warrior of the kaurava
army; the scion of the family; He
is the eighth son of King
Sanatanu
Bhisma-Drona 1.25 in front of Bhisma and Drona
pramukhatah
bhita-bhithah 11.35 fits of fear
bhitam 11.5 frightened one
bhoga-aisvarya 2.43 attainment of enjoyment and
gatim prosperity
bhoga-aisvarya- 2.44 of those who are addicted to
prasaktanam enjoyment and wealth
bhogaih 1.32 of enjoyments
bhogan 2.5 enjoyments
bhogi 16.14 one who enjoys
bhojanam 17.1 food
bhoksyase 2.37 you will enjoy
bhokta 9.24 one who enjoys
bhoktaram 5.29 one who enjoys the fruits
bhoktrutve 13.2 enjoyment of happiness
bhoktum 2.5 to live and enjoy
bhraamayan 18.61 rotating
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bhramati 1.3 whirls


Bhrguh 10.25 name of a sage.
bhruvoh 5.27 of the eye-brows
bhumih 7.4 earth
bhungte 3.12 enjoys
bhunjanam 15.1 enjoying
bhutabhartr 13.16 supporter of beings
bhutadim 9.13 origin of all objects
bhuta-ganan 17.4 the hordes of spirits
bhuta-gramam 9.8 the five elements of creation-
earth, water, fire, air and space
bhuta- 9.11 the Lord of all beings
maheswaram
bhutanam 4.6 of beings
bhutani 2.28 all beings
bhuta-prakrti- 13.34 liberation of beings from Prakrti
moksam
bhuta-prthak 13.3 diversity of living things
bhavam
bhuta-sargau 16.6 creation of beings
bhutasthah 9.5 contained in the beings
bhut-bhrt 9.5 supporter of beings
bhutejyah 9.25 worshippers of elemental forces-
like earth etc;
bhutesa 10.15 the Lord of beings
bhutesu 7.11 among beings
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bhutih 18.78 prosperity


bhuvi 18.69 in the world
bhuyah 2.2 again and again; more earnestly

bibharti 15.17 supports


bijam 7.1 seed
bija-pradah 14.4 who plants the seed
boddhavyam 4.17 to be known
bodhayantah 10.9 enlightening
brahma 6.28 contact with Brahman
samsparsam
brahma-agnau 4.24 in the fire of Brahman
brahma-bhu tam 6.27 who has identified himself with
Brahman
brahmacharyam 8.11 the disciplined life according to
the scriptures,when the student
studies at the master
Brahmakarma 18.42 here the word brahma is
indicative of the person of
knowledge and knowledge-
profession; duties of Brahmanas

Brahma-karma 4.24 the yogic practice by wich the


samadhina supreme is realized.
Brahman 3.15 The supreme force of creation;
the unmanifest force
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brahmana 4.24 by Brahman


brahmana 18.41 The three social categories-
ksatriya-visam knowledge worker; the warrior
and the traders and service
providers - the Brahmanas, the
Ksatriyas and the Vaisyas
brahma- 2.72 identification with Brahman
nirvaanam
brahma-sutra 13.4 Brahma-sutra is a vedanta work;
padaih the formulae in this work and
sentences of this work which
lead to the knowledge of the
Brahman
brahma-vadinam 17.24 of those who interpret the Vedas

brahma-vidah 8.24 knowers of Brahman


brahmi 2.72 of Brahman
brahmodbhavan 3.15 with Brahma as its source

bratrn 1.26 brothers


bravimi 1.7 I speak
bravisi 10.13 you speak
Brhaspatim 10.24 Brahaspati; Teacher of gods
Brhat-Sama 10.35 the foremost of the Sama hymns.

bruhi 2.7 tell


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buddhau 2.45 sheltering in the wisdom


buddhi-bhedam 3.26 doubt in understanding,
confusion, second thought
buddhi-grahyam 6.21 can be grasped by intellect

buddhim 3.2 intellect


buddhiman 4.18 man of wisdom
buddhi-matam 7.1 of the wise people
buddhi-nashah 2.63 loss of wisdom
buddhi-yogam 10.1 possession of wisdom
buddhi-yogat 2.49 from the yoga of wisdom
buddhi-yukta 2.5 possessed of wisdom
buddhva 3.43 after understanding
budhah 5.22 the wise one
cchandasam 10.35 of the metres
cchandobhih 13.4 vedic texts
cchetta 6.39 the dispeller
cchinna-abhram 6.38 scattered cloud

cchinnasamsaya 18.2 free from doubts

ccinna-dvaidha 5.25 whose doubts have been dispelled

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chaila-ajina 6.11 cloth, deer skin and kusa grass


kusauttaram placed to fom one seat.These are
offered to the respected guests as
a mark of holy welcome.

chakra-hastam 11.46 with disc in hand , Krishna


chakram 3.16 wheel, disc, weapon of that
shape.
chakrinam 11.17 holding a disc, A name for
krishna who used the disc weapon
as his favorite
chaksuh 5.27 eyes
chamum 1.3 army
chanchalam 6.26 restless
chanchalatvat 6.33 owing to mental restlessness
chandramasam 8.25 lunar light
Chandramasi 15.12 in the moon
chapam 1.47 bow
chara-acharam 10.39 moving and non-me ring
chara-acharasya 11.43 moving and non-moving

charam 13.15 moving


charanti 8.11 practise
charatam 2.67 the wandering
charati 2.71 moves about
chaturbhujena 11.46 with four arms
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chaturvidam 15.4 of four kinds


chaturvidhah 7.16 four classes
chatvarah 10.6 the four
Chekitanah 1.5 a renowned warrior in the army of
the Pandavas
cheshtate 3.33 behaves
chet 2.33 if
chetana 10.22 intelligence
chetasa 8.8 mentally
chikrisuh 3.25 being desirous
chintayet 6.25 let him think
chintyantah 9.22 becoming meditative
chitrarathah. 10.26 Chief of the Gandharvas
chittam 6.18 the mind
churnitaih 11.27 crushed
chyavanti 9.24 they fail
dadami 10.1 I give
dadasi 9.27 you give
dahati 2.23 burns
daityanam 10.3 among the demons
daivah . 16.6 divine
daivam 4.25 for the gods, related to gods
daivim 9.13 divine
daksah 12.6 who is clever

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daksinayanam 8.25 southwardly movement of the sun


with reference to the earth as the
center of reference.
daksyam 18.43 promptness
damah 10.4 self-control
dambha 17.5 addicted to ostentation and pride
ahankara
samyuktah
dambhah 16.4 ostentation
dambha-mana 16.1 filled with vanity, conceit and
mada-anvitah arrogance
dambhartham 17.12 for ostentation
dambhena 16.17 with ostentation
danakriyah 17.25 charitable acts
danam 10.5 charity
danavah 10.14 'demons
dandah 10.38 the rod
darpah 26.4 pride of wealth
darpam 16.18 conceit
darsana 11.52 eager to see
kanksinah
darsaya 11.4 show
dars'ayamasa 11.9 showed
dars'itam 11.47 has been shown
dasanantaresu 11.27 between the teeth
dasyante 3.12 will give
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datavyam 17.2 ought to be given


dattam 17.28 offered in charity
daya 16.2 kindness
deha-bhrt 14.14 an embodied one
dehabhrta 18.11 for one who maintains a body
dehah 2.18 bodies
deham 4.9 body
dehantara- 2.13 getting another body
praptih
dehasamud 14.2 which are having for their source
bhavan the body- bodily born
dehavadbhih 12.5 by the embodied ones
dehi 2.22 the embodied being
dese 6.11 place
Deva 11.15 Gods, living at the heaven
devaanaam 10.2 of the gods
Devadattam 1.15 the name of the conch used by
Arjuna. It was called Devadatta or
God- given because it was gifted
to him by Indra.

Devadeva 10.15 0, God of gods


Devadevasya 11.13 of the God of gods
devatah 4.12 the gods
dhanam 16.13 wealth

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dhana-mana 16.17 full of pride and arrogance of


mada-anvitah wealth
Dhananjaya 2.47 A name of Arjuna. It means one
who has conquered wealth.
Arjuna is so called because he
acquired much wealth-human,
divine, material and
spiritualunder the guidance of
lord srikrishna.
dhanuh 1.2 bow
dhanurdharah 18.78 the wielder of the bow
dharayami 15.13 I support
dharayate 18.33 one controls
dharma atma 9.31 noble soul
dharma 7.11 not opposed to righteousness
aviruddah
dharma 2.7 mind confused by incorrect
sammudha- understanding of the rules
chetah regarding the duty to be
performed according to
dharma.dharma-samsthapa-
narthaya
dharma-kama- 18.34 righteousness, lust and wealth
arthan
Dharmakshetre 1.1 in the holy field of dharma

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dharmam 18.31 righteousness. Code of conduct


governing the rights and
responsibilities of individuals in
society. : it stands for that
collective Indian conception of
the religious, social and moral
rule of conduct , the law of self-
discipline and endeavor dharmic

dharmasya 2.3 of dharma


dharme 1.4 in righteousness
dharmyam 2.33 conducive to righteousness
dharmyamrtam 12.2 eternal wisdom
dharmyat 2.31 than righteous
Dhartarastrasya 1.23 of the sons of Dhrtarastra- the
king of the hastina town.
dharyate 7.5 is supposed
dhata 9.17 dispenser
dhataram 8.9 the ordainer
dhirah 2.13 a wise person
dhiram 2.15 the wise man
Dhrstaketuh 1.5 name of a king on the pandava
side. Brother-in-law of Nakula.
He was the king of the Cedi tribe.

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Dhrtarastrah 1.1 Eldest son of Vichitravirya and


Ambika. He married Gandhari.
Dhrtarastra was blind. But he was
the king of the kurus.
Duryodhana is his son.
dhrtim 11.24 firmness
dhruva 18.78 unfailing
dhruvam 2.27 eternal
dhumah 8.25 smoke
dhumah 8.25 smoke
dhyanena 13.24 through meditation
dhyayantah 12.6 by thinking
dipta-anala-arka 11.17 having the brilliance of the fire
dhyutim and the sun
dipta-hutasa 11.19 with a mouth from which blazing
vaktram fire is coming out as if,
divya-aneka 11.1 holding many uplifted divine
udhyata-ayu weapons
dham
divya-gandha 11.11 annointed with divine perfumes
anu-lepanam
divyam 4.9 divine
doshaih . 1.43 by defects and imperfections
dosham 1.38 evil
doshavat 18.3 sinful
doshena 18.48 with sin
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drastum 11.3 to see


Draupadeyah 1.6 sons of Draupadi. Draupadi was
the wife of the pandavas. She was
the daughter of Draupada, king of
Panchala. Despite her dark
complexion, she had a divine
beauty which attracted numerous
princes to her. She was married to
the five Pandavas and by each of

Dronah 11.26 The commander-in-chief of the


Kurus at the battle of
Kurukshetra. He was the
preceptor of Arjuna in military
science
druda vratah 7.28 firm in their beliefs
drudam 6.34 firm
drudena 15.3 with strength
Drupadah 1.4 Drupada was the king of Panchala
. he was the father in law of the
pandavas.
drusta-purvam 11.47 seen before
drustavan 11.52 you have seen
drustim 16.9 view
drustva 1.2 by seeing
dukham 5.6 sorrow
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durasadam 3.43 difficult to control


durgatim 6.4 sad end
durlabhataram 6.42 very difficult
durniriksyam 11.17 difficult to see
duskrtam 4.8 of the wicked ones
duskrtinah. 7.15 evil doers
dusprapa 6.36 hard to achieve
duspurena 3.39 which is insatiable
dustasu 1.41 corrupted
dvandvah 10.33 a compound of two or more
words
dvandva-moha 7.28 being liberated from the delusion
vinir-muktah of duality
dvandva- 7.27 by the delusion of duality
mohena
dvandvatitah 4.22 having gone beyond the dualities

dvaram 16.21 door


dvau 15.16 two
dvesah 13.6 aversion
dvesti 2.57 hates
dvesyah 9.29 hateful

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Dvijottama 1.7 0, best of the twice-born or the


Brahmin. The second birth is
into the world of knowledge and
mysticism. . The individual born
as a child of nature grows up into
his spiritual manhood and
becomes a child of lightby the
process of refinement attained b

dvisatah 16.19 hateful


dvi-vidha 3.3 two kinds of
dyava-prthivyoh 11.2 between heaven and earth

dyutam 10.36 gambling


edha-msi 4.37 wooden pieces
ekam 3.2 single
eka-ntam 6.16 at all
ekastham 11.7 concentrated at one place
esyasi 8.7 you will come
esyati 18.68 he will come
etaih 1.43 from these
eti 4.9 attains
evam 1.24 thus
evam vidah 11.53 in this manner
evam-rupah 11.48 in this form
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gaam 15.13 the earth


gadinam 11.17 holding a mace, a name of vishnu

gajendranam 10.27 among the elephants


gamyate 5.5 is reached
gandhah 7.9 fragrance
garbham 14.3 seed which caused the birth of all
things
gariyah 2.6 better
gariyan 11.43 greater than
gariyase 11.37 who is greater
gata-agatam 9.21 going and returning
gatah 8.15 who have attained
gata-rasam 17.1 ne which has lost it's taste and
essence
gata-sandehah 18.73 with doubts dispelled
gatasangasya 4.23 who has abandoned attachment

gatasun 2.11 the departed


gatavyathah 12.16 who is fearless
gatih 4.17 the real nature
gatim 6.37 goal
gavi 5.18 onacow
gehe 6.41 in the house
ghatayati 2.21 cause to be killed
ghoram 11.49 terrible
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ghosah 1.19 uproar


ghraanam 15.9 nose
giram 10.25 of words
gitam 13.4 sung about
glanih 4.7 decline
ghnatah 1.35 killed
Govinda 1.32 name of
grasishnu 13.16 one who devours
guhyam 11.1 secret
guhyanam 10.3 of secret things
guhyatamam 9.1 highest secret
guhyataram 18.63 more secret
gunapravrdhah 15.2 strengthened by gunas
gunatitah 14.25 gone beyond the gunas
guruh 11.43 teacher
guruna 6.22 bythe master / by the great
hanih 2.68 eradication
hanisye 16.14 I shall kill
hanta 10.19 now
hantaram 2.19 the killer
hanti 2.19 kill
hantum 1.35 to kill
hanyate 2.19 killed
hanyuh 1.46 kill
haranti 2.6 carry away
harati 2.67 carries away
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Hareh 18.77 of Narayana


Harih 11.9 Narayana
harsa-amarsa- 12.15 from joy, impatience, fear and
bhaya-udvegaih worry

harsam 1.12 joy


harsa-soka- 18.27 liable to joy and sorrow
anvitah
hastat 1.29 from the hand
hastini 5.18 on an elephant
hatah 2.37 has been killed
hatam 2.9 the killed
hatan 11.34 killed
hatva 1.31 by killing
havih 4.24 oblation
hayaih 1.14 horses
hetavah 18.5 causes
hetuh 13.2 cause
hetumadbhih 13.4 by the rational
hetuna 9.1 for this reason
Himalayah 16.25 The great mountains-the abode of
snow.
himsam 18.25 harm
himsatmakah 18.27 naturally cruel
hinasti 13.28 harm
hita-kamyaya 10.1 wishing your welfare
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hitam 18.64 beneficial


hitva 2.33 abandoning
hrdayadaur- 2.3 mean weakness of the heart
balyam
hrdayani 1.19 the hearts
hrd-dese 18.61 in the area of the heart
hrdhyah 17.8 agreeable
hrdi 8.12 in the heart
hrih 16.2 modesty
Hrsikesa 11.36 name of Krishna.
hrsitah 11.45 delighted
hrstaroma 11.14 with hairs standing on end
hrsyami 18.16 I rejoice
hrsyati 12.17 rejoices
hrta-jnanah 7.2 deprived of their wisdom
hrtoh 1.35 for the sake of
hrtstham 4.42 in the heart
hryate 6.44 carried forward
hutam 18.64 offered in sacrifice
iccha 12.9 desire
iccha-dvesa 7.27 by what originates from likes and
samutthena dislikes
icchantah 8.11 desiring to know
icchasi 11.7 you would desire
icchati 7.21 desires
idam 1.1 this
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idanim 11.51 now


idrk 11.49 so much
idrsam 2.32 like this
idyam 11.44 worthy of worship
ihante 16.12 they strive
ihate 7.22 indulges in
ijyate 17.11 performed
ijyaya 11.53 by sacrifices
iksate 6.29 sees
Iksvakave 4.1 to Iksvaku who was the first
among the kings of the solar
dynasty
indriya- 2.58 from the objects of senses
arthebhyah
indriya.gocharah 13.5 sense objects which can be felt
and experienced
indriya-aramah 3.16 who is happy in enjoying the
pleasures of the senses; not going
beyond it.
indriya-arthan 3.6 objects of senses
indriya-arthasu 5.9 among the objects of senses
indriya-karmani 4.27 activities of senses

ingate 6.19 flickers


isam 11.15 lord of creatures
istah 18.64 dear
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ista-ka-ma dhuk 3.1 giver of desired objects.The


reference is to the mystic desire
yielding cow at heaven.
istam 18.12 the desirable
isubhih 2.4 with arrows
isvarabhavah 18.43 godliness
isvarah 4.6 God
itarah 3.21 another
jaagratah 7.6 of the world
Jagannivasa 11.25 0 Lord of Universe
jagat 7.5 world
jaghanya guna 14.18 those who are involved in low
vrttasthah quality actions
jagratah 6.16 one who keeps awake too long
jagrati 2.69 keeps awake
jahi 3.43 defeat
Jahnavi 19.31 The Ganges. The Ganges is the
39th longest river of the world
and the 15th longest in Asia with
a lenqth of 2506 kilometres.But,
from the point of view of
sacredness, it is a river without a
rival. Lord Krishna says, in the
Bhagavad Gita, (Chapter 10, Ve

janah 3.21 person


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janan 8.27 has known


janati 15.19 knows
jane 11.25 know
janma-karma 2.43 result in rebirth as the fruit of
phala pradam their actions of birth janma-mrtyu
and misery
janma-mrtyu 13.8 seeing the evil in birth, death, old
jara-vyadhi age, diseases and sorrows
duhkha- dosa
anu-darsanam
jantavah 5.15 the creatures
japa-yajnah 10.25 ritual of meditation
jara 2.13 oldage
jatasya 2.27 of one who is born
jatu 2.12 at anytime
jaya-ajayau 2.38 victory and defeat
Jayadrata 11.34 king of Sindhu, A warrior of
kaurava side; he was killed by
Arjuna .
jayah 10.36 splendour
jayante 14.12 come into existence
jayeha 2.6 they should conquer
jayema 2.6 we should conquer
jetasi 11.34 you shall conquer
jhasanam 10.31 among the whales -that type of
water form of life
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jinanagnih 4.37 the fire of knowledge


jitah 5.19 has been conquered
jivabhutam 7.5 which appears in the shape of
individual souls
jivaloke 15.7 in the world of the living
jivanam 7.9 life, water
jivati 3.16 lives
jnana dipena 10.11 with the lamp of knowledge
jnana-chaksusa 15.1 those with eyes of wisdom
jnana-dipite 4.27 which has been enlightened by
knowledge
jnanam 18.5 the knowledge
jnana-nirdhuta 5.1 their dirt having been removed by
kalmasah knowledge
jnana-sangena 14.6 through attachment to knowledge

jnanasina 4.42 with the sword of knowledge


jnanavan 3.33 man of wisdom
jnana-vijnana 3.41 destroyer of knowledge and
nasanam discrimination
jnana-vijnana 6.8 whose mind is pleased with
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jnana-yajnah 4.33 sacrifice in which knowledge is


substituted for all the materials of
the sacrifice; or the knowledge
acquiring-distribution-
preservation is considered
equivalent ot sacrifice.

jnana-yoga vya- 16.1 perseverence in knowledge- yoga


vasthitih
jnani 7.16 man of knowledge
jnaninah 3.39 of the wise
jnasyasi 7.1 will know
jnatavyam 7.2 to be known
jnatum 11.54 to be known
jnatva 4.15 having known
jneyah 5.3 should be known
jneyam 1.39 to be known
josayet 3.26 he should make them work
juhvati 4.26 offer
jvalanam 11.29 fire
jyayah 3.8 superior
jyayasi 3.1 is superior
jyotih 8.24 light
kaalam 8.23 time
kadachit 2.2 at any time

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kala-anala 11.25 resembling the flames of


samnibhani dissolution
kalah 10.3 time
kalayatam 10.3 among calculators of time
kalevaram 8.5 body
kalpadau 9.7 at the start of a yuga cosmic time
cycle
kalpa-ksaye 9.7 at the end of a cosmic time cycle

kalpate 2.15 becomes worthy


kalyana-krt 6.4 doing good
kam 2.21 whom
kamah 2.62 Desire. Cupid; basic universal
desire which prompts action and
pleasures.
Kamala-patraksa 11.2 0, you, having eyes like lotus
petals. This is an attribute of lord
vishnu because his eyes are
beautiful like a lotus and of the
shape of the leaf of the lotus.

kamalasana 11.15 seated on lotus


stham
kamatmanah 2.43 with minds full of desire

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kama-upabhoga 16.11 absorbed in the enjoyment of


paramah objects

kamepsuna 18.24 by one desiring results


Kandarpah 10.28 God of love, cupid
kapidhvajah 1.2 Arjuna, so-called because his flag
had the emblem of Hanuman the
great monkey god.

Kapilah 10.26 the sage Kapila who is the


founder of the samkhya system of
philosophy.
karanam 18.14 organs of actions
karanani 18.13 causes
karma 2.49 Action. An analysis of karma is
given in Gita - verses chapter 3-
(27-29) ; chap 4-(16-18); (6-14)

karma 15.2 followed by action


anubandhini
karma 3.9 becomes action-bound
bandhanah
karma 9.28 from bondages of actions
bandhanaih
karma phala 4.2 attachment to the fruit of action
asangam
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karma phalam 5.12 fruits of action


karma 3.14 born of action
samudbhavah
karma-bandham 2.39 the bond of action

karma-chodana 18.18 incentive for action

karma-indriyani 3.6 organs of action

karmaja 4.12 from action


karmajam 2.51 caused by actions
karmajan 4.32 arising from action
karmanah 3.2 to action
karmanam 3.4 from actions
karmani 2.47 duty
karma-phala 2.47 who desires the results of actions
prepsuh
karma-phala 5.14 association with the results of
samyogam actions
karma-phala 12.12 renunciation of the fruits of
tyagai action
karma- 2.47 fruits of action as the motive
phalahetuh
karma- 18.18 understanding of actions
sangrahah

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karma-sanjnitah 8.3 meaning of action

karma-sanyasam 5.2 over renunciation of action

karmayogam 3.7 karma yoga- Ref.Gita (2-38,47,48


,51),
Karna 1.8 One of the chief warriors of
kaurava army ; the friend of
duryodhana ; By relation he was
the eldest of the pandava
brothers; He was well known for
his charity and generosity.
karomi 5.8 1 do
karoti 4.2 act
karsati 15.7 draws to itself
kartaram 4.13 agent
kartrtvam 5.14 agency
kartum 1.45 to do
karunah 12.13 one who is kind to all creatures

karya-akarye 18.3 duty and what is not duty


karyam 3.17 work to be done
karyate 3.5 to work
karye 18.22 form
kas'chit 2.17 perhaps
Kasirajah 1.5 King of Kasi -A warrior.
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kasmalam 2.2 dejection


kasmat 11.37 'why
kas'yah 1.17 Kasya, king of Kasi.
katarat 2.6 which
kathanyatah 10.9 when he was speaking
kathaya 10.18 describe to me
katva-amla 17.9 the tastes of bitter, sour, salty,
lavan atyusna- very hot, pungent, dry and
tiksna ruksa- irritating
vidahinah
kaumaram 2.18 boyhood
Kaunteya 2.14 0, son of Kunti; name of Arjuna

kausalam 2.5 cleverness


kavayah 4.16 the wise ones
kavim 8.9 the omniscient
kavinam 10.37 of the omniscient
kayam 11.4 body
Kesava 1.3 Name of Krishna-
Kesavasya 11.35 of Kesava
kham 7.4 space
kilbisam 4.21 sin
kimacharah 14.21 of what conduct
kimchit 4.2 anything
kireetee 11.35 the crowned one; Arjuna
kiritinam 11.17 wearing a diadem
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kirtayantah 9.14 extolling


kirtim 2.33 reputation
klaibhyam 2.3 cowardice
kledayanti 2.23 to make wet
Klesah 1.25 the struggle
kratuh 9.16 a sacrifice
kripaya 1.27 with pity
kriyate 17.18 undertaken
krodhah 2.62 anger
Krpah 1.8 brother-in-law of Drona
Krsna 1.28 Krishna is the eighth avatar of
Vishnu, the son of Vasudeva,
brother of Kunti, and Devaki,
cousin of Kamsa. Krishna is "the
most celebrated hero of Indian
mythology and the most popular
of all deities." Krishna is "a
divinity of remarkable
psychologic
Krsnah 8.25 the dark fortnight
krupanah 2.49 to be pitied
kruta-anjalih 11.14 with folded hands
kruta-krutyah 15.2 duties done
krutam 4.15 done
kruta-nischayah 2.37 with firmness

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krutena 3.18 with action


krutsna-karma- 4.18 doer of all actions
krt
krutsnam 1.4 whole
krutsnasya 7.6 of the whole
krutsnavat 18.22 as if it were all
krutsna-vit 3.19 one who knows the All
krutva 2.38 having acted
ksahmi 12.13 who is forgiving
ksanam 3.5 moment
ksatra-karma 18.43 duties of Ksatriyas
kshama 10.4 forgiveness
kshantih 13.7 forgiveness
ksharam 15.18 the perishable
kshayam 18.25 destruction,loss
kshemataram 1.46 better option and safer
kshetram 13.1 field
kshetri 13.33 knower of the field
kshina-kalmasah 5.25 whose sins have been destroyed

kshine 9.21 on the exhaustion


kshipami 16.19 I throw
kshudram 2.3 mean
ksipram 4.12 quickly
kuladharmah 1.4 family rituals

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kulaghnanam 1.42 of those who have destroy the


family
kulaks aye 1.4 in the process of the destruction
of a family
kulaksayakrtam 1.38 the defects in the act of the
destruction of a family
kulam 1.4 family .
kulastriyah 1.41 women of the family
kulasya 1.42 of the family
Kuntibhojah 1.5 the name of a warrior
Kuntiputrah 1.16 Yudhishtira, son of Kunti
Kuru 2.48 undertake
Kurukshetra 1.1 In Kurukshetra. Name of the
place where the Mahabharata war
wasfought. The discourse
between Krishna and Arjuna was
held here before the war began.
Kurukshetra has been described
in the Mahabharata as bounded
by the rivers Sarasvati on

Kuruvrddhah 1.12 eldest members of the kuru family


-
kuryat 3.2 should do
kutah 2.2 how
kuurmah 2.58 tortoise
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labdha 18.73 has been regained


labdham 16.13 has been gained
labdhva 4.39 obtaining
labha-alabhau 2.38 gain and loss
labham 6.22 gain
labhante 2.32 attain
labhasva 11.33 you gain
labhate 4.39 attains
labhe 11.25 find
labhet 18.8 acquire
labhyah 8.22 reached
laghavam 2.35 fall into disgrace
lelihyase 11.3 you lick your lips
limpanti 4.14 taint
lingaih 14.21 signs
lipyate 5.7 tainted
lobhah 14.12 greed
lobhopahata 1.36 minds deluded by greed
chetasah
loka 10.3 great Lord of the worlds
maheswaram
lokah 3.9 man
loka-ksya-krt 11.32 destroying the world
lokam 9.33 world
loka-sangraham 3.2 guidance of mankind

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lokasya 5.24 of all beings


lokat 12.15 by the world
loka-trayam 11.2 three worlds namely the Earth,
Intermediate Space and Heaven

luptapindodaka 1.42 deprived of the offering of rice-


kriyah balls and water to the manes
ma 2.3 do not
maardavam 16.2 gentleness
Maarga-shirsah 10.35 The lunar season relating to
December-January.
mad - yaaji 9.34 sacrifice to me
mad -ashrayah 7.1 taking refuge in me
mad - 18.56 one who takes refuge in me
vyapasrayah
madam 18.35 pride and arrogance
mad-anugrahaya 11.1 for my blessings

mad-arpanam 9.27 your offer to me


mad-artham 12.1 for me
mad-bhaktah 9.34 devoted to me
mad-bhaktesu 18.68 to my devotees
mad-bhaktim 18.54 devotion to me
mad-bhavah 10.6 through their thoughts on me
mad-bhavam 4.1 my state
mad-bhavhya 13.18 for my state
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mad-gata-pranah 10.9 whose lives are dedicated to me

mad-gatena 6.47 fixed on me


Madhava 1.37 One of the thousand names of
Vishnu( Krishna).
Madhusudana 1.35 name of Krishna.
madh-yajinah 9.25 those who worship me
madhyam 10.2 middle
mad-yogam 12.11 to the yoga for me
maha-baho 2.26 O, mighty armed one, name of
Arjuna
mahabhutani 13.5 The great elements which
constitute the universe, namely,
the ether, air, fire, water and
earth. They are present in the
entire universe though not evenly
distributed.
mahad-brahma 14.3 the great Brahman
mahadh-yonih 14.4 great womb
mahan 9.6 great
mahanubhavan 2.5 noble minded
maha-papma 3.37 great sinner
maharathah 1.4 great warriors
maharsayah 10.2 the great sages
maharsi-siddha 11.21 groups of great sages
sangah
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mahasankham 1.15 the great conch, named Paundra

mahashanah 3.37 all-consuming


mahatmanah 11.12 of the great soul
mahatmyam 11.2 glory
maheekrute 1.35 for the earth
mahesvasah 1.4 wielding great bows
maheswarah 13.22 the great God
mahiksitam 1.25 rulers of the earth
mahimanam 11.41 greatness
mahipate 1.2 O, king
maitrah 12.13 he who is friendly
makarah 10.31 shark
malena 3.38 by dirt
mamakah 1.1 my
mamakam 15.12 mine
mamikam 9.7 to mine
mamsyante 2.35 will think
mana 6.7 in honour and dishonour
apamanayoh
manah 1.3 mind
manah-pranen 18.33 functions of the mind, life, forces
driya-kriyah and organs
manah-prasadah 17.16 tranquility of mind

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manah-shasthani 15.7 which have the mind as their


sixth sense
manasa 3.6 mentally
manasah 10.6 from mind
manasam 17.61 mental
Manavah 10.6 to Manu
manavah 3.31 men
Manave 4.1 to Manu
mandaan 3.29 of poor intellect
mani-ganah 7.7 pearls on string, necklace
manisinah 2.51 learned persons
manogatan 2.55 desires, which have entered the
mind
manoratham 16.13 desired object
mantavyah 9.3 to be considered
mantra-hinam 17.13 where mantras are not recited
manusam 11.51 human
manuse-loke 16.2 in the human world
manusim 9.11 human
manusyaloke 15.2 into the world of men
manusyanam 1.44 among men
manusyesu 4.18 of men
manyate 2.19 thinks
maranat 2.34 than death
Marichi 10.21 Marichi - name of the chief of
Maruts
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martya-lokam 9.21 human world


Marutah 11.6 a group of wind gods
masaanam 10.35 of the lunar based caluculation of
the months
mata 3.1 thought
mata 9.17 mother
matah 6.32 is regarded
matam 3.31 teaching
mat-chittah 10.9 with minds fixed on me
matih 6.36 faith, mind
mat-paramh 12.2 who regards me (as the Supreme
Goal)
mat-samstham 6.15 which abides in me
matsthani 9.4 abide in me
matulah 1.34 maternal uncles
matva 3.28 thinking
maunam 10.38 silence
mauni 12.19 one who is silent
mayaya 7.15 by maya
mayaya 7.14 Cosmic illusion
medhah 10.34 intelligence
medhavi 18.1 intelligent person
Meruh 10.23 Mountain of gods;golden
mountain
misram 18.12 the mixed
mithya 18.59 vain, false hood
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mithya-acharah 3.6 a hypocrite


mitradrohe 1.38 cheating and treacherytowards
friends
modisye 16.15 I shall hopes
mogha- jnanah 9.12 of vain knowledge
mogha- 9.12 of vain actions
karmanah
mogham 3.16 in vain
moha-jala 16.16 trapped in the web of ilusion
samavrutah
moha-kalilam 2.52 confusion of delusion
moham 4.35 delusion
mohanam 14.8 delusive
mohayasi 3.2 you confuse me
moksa-kan- 17.25 by persons desiring salvation
ksibhih
moksam 18.1 salvation
moksa- 5.28 fully desiring salvation
parayanah
moks'aya 7.29 for freedom from old age and
death-
moksayase 4.16 you will be liberated
moksayisyami 18.66 I shall liberate you
mrityum 13.25 death
mriyate 2.2 dies
mrtasya 2.27 of the dead
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mrtyu-samsara 9.3 along the path of the living


vart-mani mortals
mrtyu-samsara- 12.7 from the sea of the mortal world
sagarat of death
mruganam 10.3 among animals
mrugendra 10.3 lion
mrutam 2.29 dead
muchyante 3.13 become freed
muda-yonisu 14.16 in the wombs of the foolish
muhuh 18.76 moment
muhyati 2.13 is deluded
mukham 1.28 face, opening, mouth
mukhani 11.25 faces, moths , openings
mukhyam 10.24 the most important
mukta sangah 3.9 free from attachment
muktah 5.28 liberated
muktam 18.4 freed
muktasya 4.23 of the liberated person
muktva 8.5 by abandoning
mulani 15.2 roots
mumuksubhih 4.15 seekers of salvation
munayah 14.1 monks
munih 2.56 monk
murdhani 8.12 in the head
muuda-grahena 17.19 with a foolish purpose
na 1.32 not
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nabhah 1.19 sky


nabhah-sprsam 11.24 reaching heaven
naganam 10.29 among snakes or the elephants or
the people of this class
naiskarmya 18.49 supreme state of freedom from
siddhim duties
naiskarmyam 3.4 freedom from action
naiskritikah 18.28 cruel
naisthikim 5.12 arising from firmness
Nakulah 1.11 Nakula and Sahadeva were the
twin brothers born to Madri,
second wife of King Pandu.
namaskuru 9.34 bow down
nama-yajnaih 16.17 type of meditation i which the
name of the lord is repeated .
Such repetition is also
considered equivalent to the
ritualistic sacrifice.
nara-adhaman 16.19 lowest among men

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Naradah 10.13 A divine sage-Devarishi. He was


the son of Brahma and devotee of
Vishnu. Narada was an expert in
law and the author of the book,
Naradiya Dharma-Sastra. A book
explaining the true secret of
devotion and how the devotee
should behave is also associated
w

narakasya 16.21 of hell. In Verse 21 of Chapter


XVI Krishna says that lust, anger
and greed constitute the triple
gates of hell and therefore one
should avoid these.Seven hells
are listed in the texts. These are
the places where the dead suffer
punishment for their evil

narake 1.44 in hell


nara-loka virah 11.28 heroes of the world men
naranam 10.27 among men
narapungavah 1.5 the best among men
narinam 10.34 of the woman

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nasa-abhyantara 5.27 that which goes through the


charinau nostrils

nasanam 16.21 destroyer


nasayami 10.11 I destroy
nastan 3.32 to have been ruined
nasthah 4.2 is lost
nas'yati 6.38 is ruined
nava-dvare 5.13 This word refers to the human
body which has nine entry-exit
points for the life to enter in to
this mortal coil . The nine gates
are the two eyes, two
navani 2.22 new ones
nibaddah 18.6 being strongly body
nibadhnati 14.7 binds
nibandhaya 4.41 for binding purpose only
nibodha 1.7 learn
nidhanam 3.35 death
nidra-alasya 18.39 originating from sleep,lethargy
pramada uttham and indifference

nigacchati 9.31 he attains


nigrahah 3.33 control
nigrhitani 2.68 are withdrawn
nigrhnami 9.19 I withdraw
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nihatah 11.33 have been surely killed


nihatya 1.36 by killing
nihspruhah 2.71 free from covetousness
nimisan 5.9 shutting the eyes
nimitta-matram 11.33 merely a tool
nimittani 1.3 omens
nindantah 2.36 while deprecating
nirasih 3.3 free from hope
nirgunam 13.14 without quality
nirgunatvat 13.31 devoid of qualities
nirikshe 1.22 observe
niruddam 6.2 controlled
nirvairah 11.55 who is free from enmity
nirvedam 2.52 dispassion
nirvikarah 18.26 un perturbed
nis'chala 2.53 unshakable
nischarati 6.26 wanders
nis'chayam 18.4 certainly
nischayena 6.23 with firmness
nis'chitam 2.7 firm
nischitya 3.2 for certain
nishs'reyasa 5.2 lead to salvation
karau
nistraigunyah 2.45 Free from the three qualities of
Sattva, Rajas and Tamas
nitih 10.38 right policy
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nityah 2.2 eternal


nityajatam 2.26 constantly born
nityam 2.2 eternal
nitya-sanyasi 5.3 a man of constant renunciation
nitya-truptah 4.2 constant concentration
nitya-vairina 3.39 constant enemy
nityayuktah 7.17 constant firmness
nitya-yuktasya 8.14 of constant concentration
nivaasah 9.18 abode
nivartante 8.21 they return
nivartanti 15.4 return
nivartitum 1.39 to turn away
nivasisyasi 12.8 you will dwell
nivata-sthah 6.19 located in a place away from
wind
nivesaya 12.8 rest
nivruttani 14.22 when they disappear
nivruttim 16.7 withdrawal
niyaman 7.2 methods
niyatah 7.2 regulated
niyataharah 4.3 having their food controlled
niyatam 1.44 daily
niyata-manasah 6.15 of controlled mind
niyatasya 18.7 of the daily obligatory duties
niyatatmabhih 8.2 by controlled minds
no 17.28 no
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nru loke 11.48 in the world of man


nrushu 7.8 in men
nu 1.35 then
nyayyam 18.15 righteous
ojasa 15.13 through power
paapah 3.13 impure persons
paapa-krit- 4.36 the worse sinner
tamah
paapat 1.39 from sin
paapa-yonayah 9.32 born of sin
paapena 5.1 by sin
paatakam 1.38 sin
pachami 15.14 digest
pachanti 3.13 cook
paksinam 10.3 among birds
panava-anaka 1.13 war drums and instruments
gomukhah tabors, drums and horns
panca 13.5 five
Panchajanyam 1.15 Name of Krishna's conch . It is
made from the bones of a
demon,named Panchajana, who-
lived under the sea and was killed
by Krishna. The sound of this
conch created terror in the minds
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Pandavah 1.1 Pandavas were the sons of Pandu


who was the brother of
Dhritarastra and king of
Hastinapura. The five sons of
Pandu are Yudhisthira,-Bhima,
Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva.
panditah 2.11 learned ones
panditam 4.19 learned
Panduputranam 1.3 of the sons of Pandu

papebhyah 4.36 than sinners


papesu 6.9 among sinners
papmanam 3.4 sinful
para-dharmah 3.35 another's dharma
para-dharmat 3.35 than another's dharma
parama-atma 6.7 supreme self
paramah 6.32 the best
Parama-isvara 11.3 0 Supreme Lord
paramam 8.3 highest
paramam 8.13 supreme
parampara- 4.2 received through a regular
praptam succession of tradition
Parantapa 2.3 scorcher of foes-a name of Arjuna

parastat 8.9 beyond


paratah 3.42 superior
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parataram 7.7 higher


parisamapyate 4.33 get merged
parisusyati 1.28 dries up
parjanyah 3.14 rainfall
parjanyat 3.14 from rainfall
parnani 15.1 leaves
Partha 1.25 another name of Arjuna
parusyam 16.4 haughtiness
paryaptam 1.1 limited
paryavatisthate 2.65 becomes well established
paryupasate 4.25 undertake
paryusitam 17.1 stale
pasya 1.3 behold
pasyami 1.31 I see
pasyan 5.8 while seeing
pasyanti 1.38 they see
pasyatah 2.69 to those who see
pasyati 2.29 sees
pas'yet 4.18 finds
patangah 11.29 moths
patanti 1.42 fall
patram 9.26 a leaf
paurusam 7.8 manliness and courage
paurva-dehikam 6.43 related to the body of the
previous birth
pautran 1.26 grandsons
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pavakah 2.2 fire


pavanani 18.5 the purifiers
pavatam 10.31 among the purifiers
pavitram 4.38 purifying
phala-akanksi 18.34 desiring their results
phala-hetavah 2.49 who are eager for results
phalam 2.51 result
phalani 18.6 results
pidaya 17.19 causing pain
pita 9.17 father
pitamah 1.12 grandfather
pitarah 1.33 forefathers
pitruunam 10.29 among the manes
pitru-vratah 9.25 followers of the manes
praapnuyat 18.71 shall attain
prabha 7.8 effulgence
prabhaseta 2.54 speak
prabhavam 10.2 source of emergence
prabhavisnu 3.16 the originator
prabhuh 5.14 the self
pradhanyatah 10.19 according to their significance
pradiptam 11.29 shining
pradistam 8.28 ordained by the scripture
pradusyanti 1.41 become impure
pradvisanti 16.18 hate each other
praha 4.1 told; instructed
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praharsyet 5.2 he should be happy


prahasan 2.1 with a smile
Prahlada 10.3 son of the demon king
Hiranyakasipu.
prahrsyati 11.36 will become happy
prajah 3.1 the beings
prajahati 2.55 when one completely gives up,
renounces
prajanah 10.28 the projenitor
prajanati 18.31 when one realises
prajapatih 3.1 Father of mankind
prajna 2.57 wisdom
prajnam 2.67 final wisdom arising from the
knowledge of distinction between
self and non-self
prajnavadan 2.11 speech wich imitates the speech
of the learned persons
prajuyyate 17.26 is used
prak 5.23 before
praka-sah 7.25 shining
prakasakam 14.6 an illuminator
prakasam 14.22 light
prakasayati 5.16 reveals
prakirtya 11.36 after praising
prakritah 18.28 uncivilized

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prakrti 13.19 born out of natural temparament


sambhavan and disposition
prakrtih 7.4 nature; divine power, identified
with sakti and maya the source
of creation; the form a,
expression and power of the
Lord
prakrti-stani 15.7 which is seated in nature
prakrtisthah 13.21 enshrined in nature
prakrutijan 13.21 born of nature
pralapan 5.9 speaking
pralayam 14.14 final cosmic dissolution
pralayantam 16.11 that which survives up to the end
of the dissolution
pralaye 14.2 during dissolution
pralinah 14.15 when one dies
praliyate 8.19 disappears
pramada-alasya 14.8 through carelessness, laziness and
nidrabhih sleep

pramadah 14.13 carelessness


pramadat 11.41 through carelessness
pramanam 3.21 authority
pramathi 6.34 which causes turbulence
pramuchyate 5.3 is liberated
pramukhe 2.6 in front
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prana-apana 15.14 in conjunction with prana and


sama-yuktah apana forces of vital air
prana-apana-gati 4.29 movements of outgoing and
inhaling breaths-
pranakarmani 4.27 the life function of the vital
organs
pranam 4.29 breath , life force
pranamya 11.14 after bowing down
pranastah 18.72 self-destroyed
pranasyati 2.63 he is doomed
pranavah 7.8 sacred letter Om
pranayama 4.29 Yogic way to control the life
parayanah force-regularly practising control
of the vital forces
pranayena 11.41 out of love rising out of intimacy

pranesu 4.3 in the vital forces


pranidhaya 11.34 After prostrating - before the
elders/gods/learned persons .
praninam 15.14 of creatures
pranipatena 4.14 by bodily salutation in which the
student falls falt on the ground
before the master and seeks his
blessings

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pranjalayah 1121 saluting with respect-with the


hands folded and palms together

prapadyate 7.19 attains


prapadye 15.4 I take refuge- in you
prapannam 2.7 those who have taken refuge
prapasya 11.49 see well
prapasyadbhi 1.39 seeing very well with clear mind
and sight
prapasyami 2.8 I see clearly
pra-pitamahah 11.39 the great grandfather
praptah 18.5 achieved
prapya 2.57 after reaching
prarabhate 18.15 performs
prarthayante 9.2 offering prayers
prasabham 2.6 without proper care
prasadam 2.64 tranquillity
prasadaye 11.44 I try to propitiate
prasaktah 16.16 absorbed
prasangena 18.34 as the situation arises
prasanna- 2.65 of one with peace of mind
cetasah
prasannena 11.47 by the grace of
prasanta 6.27 whose mind has become
manasam completely calm
prasantasya 6.7 of one who is of cool mind
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prasantatma 6.14 with a peaceful mind


prasaste 17.26 auspicious
prasavisyadhva 3.1 you support each other
m
praseeda 16.25 be pleased
prasiddhyet 3.8 will be possible
prasrtah 15.2 extending
prasruta 15.2 has occurred, spread allover
pratapanti 11.3 burning due to heat and scorching

pratapavan 1.12 one who has courage


prathitah 15.18 well known
prati 2.43 about; this is an indeclinable form
of word.
pratijane 18.65 I understand like this
pratijanihi 9.31 You understand like this.
pratipadyate 14.14 he obtains
pratistha 4.27 that abode/support in which
something dwells
pratisthapya 6.11 having established
pratisthitam 3.15 established
pratiyotsyami 2.4 I fight against the warriors of the
enemy camp
pratyaksa 9.2 directly realisable and
avagamam experiencable
pratyanikesu 11.32 in the armies of the enemies
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pratyavayah 2.4 trouble, disturbance, blocking,


obstructing
pratyupakara 17.21 expecting reciprocity
artham
pravadanti 2.42 they speak
pravadatam 10.32 of those who debate
pravartate 5.14 engage in actions
pravartitam 3.16 set in motion
pravestum 11.54 to be entered into
pravibhaktam 11.13 differentiated
pravibhaktani 18.41 have been grouped
pravillyate 4.23 is destroyed
pravisanti 2.7 enter
pravksayami 4.16 I shall tell
pravrddah 11.32 grown , improved
pravrittih 14.12 movement
pravruttah 11.32 engaged
pravruttim 11.31 actions
pravyathita 11.24 becoming agitated in my mind
antara-atma
pravyathitam 11.2 struck with great fear and
disturbed
prayana-kale 7.3 at the last moment of death
prayata 8.23 they have also gone by the same
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prayat-atmanah 9.26 a person who has made efforts to


achieve
prayati 8.5 leaves
prayatnat 6.45 by effort
prayuktah 3.36 forced to do, empowered,
motivated
preeta-manah 11.49 pleased in mind
Preeti-purvakam 10.1 with love

preeyamanaya 10.1 who is happy


pretan 17.4 ghosts of deceased persons.
pretya 17.28 after death
pritih 1.36 pleasure, affection
pritivee pate 1.18 O king
priyachikirsavah 1.23 those who are desirous of
pleasing
priyah 7.17 dear
priyahitam 17.15 dear and beneficial
priya-krttamah 18.69 one who does only those deeds
which are liked by ; the best
amongst such persons.
priyam 5.2 what is pleasing
priyatarah 18.69 dearer
prochyamanam 18.29 while it is being stated

prochyate 18.19 are stated


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prokta 3.3 were spoken of


proktah 4.3 has been taught
proktam 8.1 is spoken of
proktani 18.13 which have been spoken of
proktavan 4.1 proclaimed
protam 7.7 is strung
prthagdvidhan 18.21 of different kinds
prthak 1.18 as seaperated
prthaktvena 9.15 in distinct and seqperate forms

prthivyam 7.9 in this earth


prthvim 1.19 earth
prucchami 2.7 I seek and request you
prusthatah 11.4 behind
pujarhau 2.4 worthy of respect
Pujyah 11.43 worthy of honour
puman 2.71 man
pumsah 2.62 of the individual
punah 4.9 again
punyah 7.9 sacred
punyakarmanam 7.28 of those who do noble deeds

punyakrtam 6.41 those who are righteous


punyam 9.2 virtuous and meritorious deeds
and the fruit of it
punya-phalam 8.28 fruits of noble deeds
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pura 3.3 in ancient times


puranah 2.2 timeless and belonging to the
past; very old
puranam 8.9 the ancient
purani 15.4 of the past; ancient
purastat 11.4 in the front
puratanah 4.3 belonging to the past
purodhasam 10.24 among priests
Purujit 1.5 Purujit - the name of a warrior
;(see Kuntibhoja)
purusah 2.21 man; a generic name for all
human beings
Purusarsabha 2.15 A title ; like a bull among men;
name of Arjuna
purusasya 2.6 of a person
Purusa-vyaaghra 18.4 An adjective- like a tiger among
men, name of Arjuna
Purusottama 8.1 The supreme being ; best among
men
purva-abhyasena 6.44 by past practice

purvaih 4.15 by the seers of the yore


purvataram 4.15 the previous one

puskalabhih 11.21 Detailed , plentily, without limit


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pusnami 15.13 I make them grow and nourish

puspam 9.26 flower


puspitam 2.42 This is a poetic usage. It means
that which has come out like the
flower from the tree; the best
output.
putah 4.1 purified
puta-papah 9.2 who are freed from sin due to the
grace of the lord; or their
meritorious deeds.
puti 17.1 putrid
putra-dara 13.9 regarding the issues like sons and
gruhadisu wife and home
putrasya 11.44 of the son
raga-dvesa 2.64 which are free from attraction and
viyuktaih aversion
raga-dvesau 3.34 attraction and aversion
ragatmakam 14.7 of passionate nature
ragi 18.27 who is attached
rahasi 6.1 in a solitary place
rahasyam 4.3 secret
raja 12 king
raja-guhyam 9.2 royal wisdom
rajan 11.9 O king

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rajarsayah 4.2 royal sages; men who were kings


and sages at the same time

Rajasah 14.16 of the temperament of the quality


called rajas
rajasam 17.12 done through rajas
rajasasya 17.9 having rajas
raja-vidhya 9.2 sovereign knowledge
rajoguna 3.37 originating from the quality of
samudhbhavah rajas
rajyam 8.17 kingdom
rajyasukhalobhe 1.45 for the joys of a kingdom
na
rajyena 1.32 for a kingdom
raksamsi 11.36 Raksasas:
raksasim 9.12 of demons
Ramah 10.31 Sri Rama -the chief charecter of
the epic Ramayana. There are
three personalities called RAMA
in indian mythology- One is Sri
Rama,Second is Parashu Rama;
the third is Balarama. The first
two are the avatars of lord
Vishnu; the third is the brother of
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ramanti 10.9 they enjoy


ramate 5.22 enjoys
ranaat 2.35 from battle
rasah 2.59 taste
rasanam 15.9 tongue
rasatmakah 15.13 watery
rasavarjam 2.59 excepting the taste
rasyah 17.8 juicy
ratah 5.25 who are engaged
ratham 1.21 chariot
rathopasthe 1.47 near the chariot
rathottamam 1.24 splendid chariot
ratrih 8.25 night
ratrya-agame 8.18 when night comes
ravih 10.21 the sun
ripuh 6.5 enemy
Rk 9.17 Rig Veda - One of the four vedas
and the first amongst them

roma-harsanam 18.74 the experience which makes hair


stand on end
rshayah 5.25 the sages
rsheen 11.15 sages
rshibhih 13.4 by the sages
rtam 10.14 cosmic law of righteousness.
rte 11.32 without
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rtunam 10.35 of the seasons


ruddhva 4.29 by stopping
rudhirapradi- 2.5 drenched in blood
gdhan
Rudra-Adityah 11.22 Rudras and Adityas
Rudranam 10.23 among the Rudras.
rupam 11.3 form
sa 2.69 that
sa-adhi-bhuta- 7.3 as dwelling in the material and
adhidaivam the divine planes
sa-adhiyajnam 7.3 as existing in relation to sacrifice

sabda-brahma 6.44 result of vedic rites


sabdadin 4.26 originating from sound
sabdah 1.13 sound
sacchabdah 17.26 the word "sat"
sachara-acharam 9.1 with the moving and non-moving
thing
sachetah 11.51 calm in mind
sada 5.28 always
sad-asadh-yoni- 13.21 born in wombs good and bad
janmasu
sad-bhave 17.26 goodness
sadharmyam 14.2 identify with nature
sadhu-bhave 17.26 in the sense of goodness
sadhunam 4.8 of the good people
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sadhusu 6.9 regarding good people


sadhyah 11.22 a class of demi-gods
sadosam 18.48 faulty
sadrsam 3.33 comparable
sadrsi 11.12 similar
saduh 9.3 good
sagadgadam 11.35 with faltering voice
sagarah 10.24 ocean
saha 1.2 along with
Sahadevah 1.16 the youngest of the Pandu princes

sahajam 18.48 to which one is born


sahankarena 18.24 by one who is egoistic
sahasa 1.13 suddenly
sahasra-baho 11.46 O, you with a thousand hands
sahasra-krtvah 11.3 a thousand times
sahasrasah 11.51 in thousands
sahasra-yuga- 8.17 ends in a thousand yugas
par-yantam
sahasresu 7.13 among thousand
saha-yajnah 3.1 together with the sacrifices
sainyasya 1.7 of the army
sajiante 3.29 they become attached
sajiate 3.28 becomes attached
sakha 4.3 friend
sakhe 11.41 O, friend
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sakhyuh 11.44 of a friend


saknomi 1.3 I can
saknosi 12.9 you can
saknoti 5.23 one who can
saksat 18.75 actually
saksi 9.18 witness
saktah 3.25 being confined
saktam 18.22 confined
sakyah 6.36 possible
sakyam 11.4 possible
sakyase 11.8 you can
sama 9.17 Sama Veda
sama-buddha 12.4 being even attain
yah
sama-buddhih 6.9 equal minded
samachara 3.9 you perform
samacharan 3.26 performing
sama-chittatvam 13.9 mental equanimity

sama-darsinah 5.18 look equally


samadhatum 12.9 to establish
samadhau 2.44 in the minds
samadhaya 17.11 conviction
samadhi- 3.4 does he attain
gacchati

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samadhi-sthasya 2.54 of a man of firm wisdom

sama-duhkha 2.15 same attitude in sorrow and


sukham happiness
sama-duhkha- 12.13 one to whom sorrow and
sukhah happiness are the same
samagatah 1.23 who have assembled
samagram 4.23 the whole
samah 6.3 inaction
samah 2.48 same
samah 6.41 years
samahartum 11.32 in destroying
samahitah 6.7 become manifest
samaksam 11.42 in public
sama-losta- 6.8 to whom a piece of earth, steel
asama and gold are the same
kanchanab
samam 11.24 peace
samam 5.19 equality
samantatah 6.24 from every side
samapasthitam 1.28 arrayed
samapnosi 11.4 you pervade
samarambhah 4.19 actions
Samarthyam 2.36 Strength
samasaresu 16.19 in the worlds
samasatah 13.18 briefly
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samasena 13.3 briefly


samasi-kasya 10.33 of the group of compound words

samata 10.5 equanimity


samatijayah 1.8 ever victorious
samatitani 7.26 the past beings
samatitya 14.26 having gone beyond
samatvam 2.48 equanimity in success and defeat

samavasthitam 13.28 present alike


sama-vedah 10.22 Sama veda
samavetah 1.1 they assembled
samavetan 1.25 assembled
sambandhinah 1.34 relatives
Sambhavah 14.3 birth
sambhavami 4.6 I am born
sambhavanti 14.4 are born
sambhavitasya 2.34 to a worthy person
samdrsyante 11.27 are seen
samgrahena 8.11 briefly
samgramam 2.33 battle
samharate 2.58 fully withdrawn
samidhah 4.37 blazing
samiksya 1.27 having seen
samistabhya 3.43 fully establishing
Samjanayan 1.12 causing
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samjnartham 1.7 for information


samkalpa- 6.24 which arrive from thoughts
prabhavan
samkarah 1.42 confusion
samkarasya 3.29 intermingling
samkhye 1.47 in the battle
sammoham 7.27 deluded
sammohat 2.63 from delusion
samnam 10.35 of the Sama mantras
samniyamya 12.4 by completely controlling
sampad 16.5 wealth
sampadhyate 13.3 becomes identified
sampasyan 3.2 with a view to
samplutodake 2.46 when it is flooded
samprakirtitah 18.4 has been clearly explained
sampravrttani 14.22 when they appear
sampreksya 6.13 looking
samrddham 11.33 prosperous
samrddha-vegah 11.29 with great haste

samsaya- 4.4 who has a doubting mind


atmanah
samsayah 8.5 doubt
samsayam 4.42 doubt
samsayasya 6.39 of doubt
samsiddhau 6.43 for success
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samsiddhim 3.2 complete success


samsita-vratah 4.28 in observing severe vows
samsmrtya 18.76 while remembering
samsparsajah 5.22 arising from contact with objects

samsritah 6.18 resorting to


samsuddha- 6.45 becoming absolved from sin
kilbisah
samtarisyasi 4.36 you will cross over
samud ram 2.7 ocean
samuddharta 12.7 the deliverer
samupasrita 18.52 endowed with
samvadam 18.7 conversation
samvrttah 11.51 become
samyak 5.4 properly
samya-matam 10.29 among those who keep the law
samyami 2.69 the self-controlled man
samyamya 2.61 by controlling
samyate- 4.39 whose senses are controlled
indriyah
samyati 2.22 goes
samye 5.19 on sameness
samyena 6.33 as sameness
sanaih 6.25 gradually
sanatanah 2.24 eternal
sanatanam 4.31 eternal
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sangah 2.47 inclination


sangam 2.48 attachment
sanga-rahitim 18.23 without attachment
sangat 2.62 from attachment
sanga-varjitah 11.55 free from attachment
sanga-vivarjitah 12.18 free from attachment to
everything
Sanjaya 1.1 Literally, one whose victory is
complete.
sanjayate 2.62 is born
sanjayati 14.9 leads
sankhah 1.13 conchs
sankhyaih 5.5 by the sankhyas
sankhyam 5.5 Literally, it means counting.
sankhyanam 3.3 for men of renunciation
sankhya-yogau 5.4 of Sankhya Yoga
sankhye 2.39 in Sankhya
sankhyena 13.24 by the sankhyas
sanmasah 8.24 six months
san-nivistah 15.15 seated
sannyasah 5.2 renunciation
sannyasam 5.1 renuniciation
sannyasanat 3.4 through renunciation
sannyasasya 18.1 about renunciation
sannyasa-yoga- 9.28 The soul endowed with the yoga
yukta-atma of renunciation
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sannyasena 18.49 through renunciation


sannyasi 6.1 a monk.

sannyasinam 18.12 to those who resort to


renunciation
sannyasya 3.3 by dedicating
sanrani 2.22 bodies
santah 3.13 by being
santustah 3.17 who is satisfied
sapatnan 11.34 enemies
sapta 10.6 seven
sarapam 2.49 refuge
sarasam 10.24 among large lakes
sargah 5.19 rebirth
sarganam 10.32 of creations
sarge 7.27 during creation
sarhyama-agnisu 4.26 in the fires ofself-discipline

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sarira 5.23 departing from the body


vimokasnat
sariram 13.1 body
sariranah 2.18 embodied one
sarirastham 17.6 in the body
sarira-vang- 18.15 with the body, speech, and mind
manobhih
sarira-yatra 3.8 body maintenance
sarire 1.29 in the body
sarma 11.25 comfort
sarva 11.4 all
sarva 6.18 for all desirable objects
kamebhyah
sarva-arambah 18.48 all undertakings
sarva-arambha- 12.16 who has renounced all initiative
parityagi of action
sarva-arthan 18.32 all objects
sarva- 11.11 abounding in wonder everywhere
ascaryamayam
sarva-bhavena 15.19 with whole being
sarva-bhrt 13.14 supporter of all
sarva-bhuta- 10.2 dwelling in the hearts of all
asaya-sthitah beings
sarva-bhutanam 2.69 of all creatures

sarva-bhutani 6.29 in all creatures


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sarva-bhuta- 6.31 abiding in all beings


sthitam
sarva-bhutatm 5.7 the self of the selves of all beings
abhutatma
sarva-bhute-hite 5.25 in the happiness of all beings

sarva-bhutesu 3.18 in all beings


sarva-dehinam 14.8 of all embodied beings
sarva-dharman 18.66 all duties
sarva-dukhanam 2.65 all sorrows

sarva-durgani 18.58 all difficulties


sarva-dvarani 8.12 all passages
sarva-dvaresu 14.13 through all passages
sarva-gatah 2.24 omnipresent
sarvaghatam 3.15 to all-pervading
sarva-guhya- 18.64 of utmost secrecy
tamam
sarvah 3.5 all
sarvah 8.18 all
sarva-harah 10.34 destroyer of all
sarvaih 15.15 through all
sarva-indriya- 13.14 devoid of all senses
vivarjitam
sarva-jnana 3.32 who are confused about all
vimudhan knowledge
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sarva-karmanam 18.13 of all actions

sarva-karmani 3.26 all the duties


sarva-karma- 12.11 give up the result of all work
phala-tyagam-
kuru
sarva-kilbisaih 3.13 from all sins
sarva-ksetresu 13.2 in all the fields
sarva-loka- 5.29 the great Lord of all the worlds
maheswaram
sarvam 2.17 all
sarvani 2.3 all
sarva-papaih 10.3 from all sins
sarva-papebhyah 18.66 from all sins

sarvasah 1.18 in various ways


sarva-samkalpa- 6.4 who has abandoned thoughts of
sannyasi verything

sarvasya 2.3 of all


sarvatah 2.46 all round
sarvatah-pani 13.13 which has hands and feet
padam everywhere
sarvatah- 13.13 which has ears everywhere
srutimat
sarvatha 6.31 whatever
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sarvato-di- 11.17 shining all around


ptimantam
sarvatoksi-siro- 13.13 which has eyes, heads , and
mukham mouths everywhere
sarvatra 2.57 everywhere
sarvatragah 9.6 moving everywhere
sarvatragam 12.3 all-pervading
sarvatra-sama- 6.2 who sees everything in the same
darsanah manner
sarva-vedesu 7.8 in all the Vedas
sarva-vit 15.19 omniscient
sarva-vrksanam 10.26 among all trees

sarva-yajanam 9.24 of all sacrifices


sarva-yonisu 14.4 from all wombs
sarve 1.6 all
sarvebhyah 4.36 among all
sarvendriya- 13.14 shining with the activites of all
guna-abhasam senses
sarvesu 1.11 in all
sasankah 11.39 the moon.
sasvat 9.31 ever-lasting
sat 9.19 existence
satah 2.16 of the real, of the self
satatam 3.19 always
satatayuktah 12.1 being always devoted
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satata-yuktanam 10.1 who are always devoted

sathavara- 13.26 moving or non-moving


jangamam
sati 18.16 being
satkaramana- 17.18 for getting name, fame and being
pujartham worshipped
satrau 12.18 towards an enemy
satruh 16.14 enemy
satrum 3.43 enemy
satrun 11.33 enemies
satrutve 6.6 hostile
satruvat 6.6 like an enemy
sattva-anurupa 17.3 in accordance with nature
sattvam 10.36 virtuous
sattva- 18.1 endowed with virtue
samavistah
sattva- 16.1 mental purity
samsuddhih
sattvastah 14.18 those who stick to sattva or virtue

sattvat 14.17 from virtue


sattva-vatam 10.36 of the virtuous persons
sattve 14.14 in virtue
sattvikah 17.11 those with the sattva quality

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sattvika-priyah 17.8 favourite of one endowed with


sattva
sattviki 17.2 born of sattva
Satyakih 1.17 Name of a warrior
satyam 10.4 truth
Saubhadrah 1.6 son of Subhadra- the wife of
Arjuna.
sauksmyat 13.32 because of its subtletly
Saumadatti 1.8 son of Somadatta,
saumyam 11.51 serene
saumyatvam 17.16 gentleness
saumyavapuh 11.5 graceful form
savijnanam 7.2 together
savikaram 13.6 together with knowledge
savyasachin 11.33 Name of Arjuna
senaninam 10.24 among commanders
senayoh 1.21 of thearmies
sevate 14.26 serves
sevaya 4.34 through service
Shaibyah 1.5 a king of the sibi tribe
Shankarah 10.23 An ephithet of Siva -God of
destruction.
shariram 4.21 bodily
shasi-surya- 11.19 having the sun and the moon as
netram eyes

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shastra-bhrutam 10.31 among the wielders of weapons

shastram 15.2 the scriptures


shastrani 2.23 weapons
shastra-panayah 1.46 armed with weapons

shastra-sampate 1.2 discharge of weapons

shastra-vidhana 16.24 as prescribed in the scriptures


uktam
shastra-vidhim 16.23 what is prescribed in the
scriptures
shasva tam 10.12 eternal
shasvata-dharma 11.18 Protector of the eternal dharma
gopta
shasvatah 2.2 undying
shasvatah 1.43 eternal
shasvate 8.26 eternal
shasvatih 6.41 eternal
shatashah 11.5 in hundreds
shathah 18.28 deceitful
shaucham 13.7 cleanliness
shauryam 18.43 valour

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Shikhandi 1.17 name of the charioteer on


Pandava side. He was
instrumental in the killing of the
warrior Bhishma.
shochati 12.7 grieves
shochitum 2.26 to grieve
shokam 2.28 sorrow
shokasamvi- 1.47 with a mind filled with sorrow
gnamanasah
shosayati 2.23 dries
shraddadhanah 6.37 with faith
shrnoti 2.29 hears
shrnu 2.39 listen
shrnuyat 18.71 may hear
shrnvan 5.8 hearing
shrnvatah 10.18 while hearing
shubha-asubham 2.57 good or bad

shubha-asubha- 12.17 who renounce good and bad


parityagi
shubha-asubha- 9.28 which produce good and bad
phalaih results
shubhan 18.71 the auspicious
shuchau 6.11 in a clean
shuchinam 6.41 of the pious

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shudrah 9.32 sudras -One of the four castes; the


service providers
shudranam 18.41 of the sudras
shudrasya 18.44 of the sudra
shuni 5.18 on a dog
shurah 1.4 heroes
shyalah 1.34 brothers-in-law
sidanti 1.28 become languid
siddhah 16.14 perfect
siddhanam 7.3 among the siddhas
siddha-sanghah 11.36 groups of the siddhas

siddhau 4.22 in success


siddhaye 7.3 for the accomplishment
siddhi- 2.48 by success and defeat
asiddhyoh
siddhih 4.12 succeeds
siddhim 3.4 fruition of actions
sikharinam 10.23 among the mountain peaks
simhanadam 1.12 lions roar
sirasa 11.14 with head
sisyah 2.7 disciple
sisyena 1.3 by disciple
sita-usna sukha- 2.14 Producers of cold, heat, pleasure
duhkha-dah, and pain

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sita-usna-sukha- 6.7 in the midst of cold, heat, joy and


duhkhesu sorrow

Skandah 10.24 a war-god, chief of Gods-army.

smaran 3.6 remembering


smarati 8.14 remembers
smrta 6.19 thought of
smrtah 17.23 regarded
smrtam 17.2 referred to
smrti-bhramsat 2.63 from failure of memory
smrtih 10.34 memory
smrti-vibhramah 2.63 failure of memory

snigdhah 13.7 nourishing


sodhum 5.23 withstand
somah 15.13 the juice of the soma plant
somapah 9.2 those who drink the soma juice

sparsan 5.27 contacts


sparsanam 15.9 the organ of touch; skin
sprha 4.14 hankering
sprsan 5.8 touching

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Sraddha 17.2 faith ; a right by which the living


offer the food to the manes and
the departed. It is the yearly right
performed by the childres(sons)
in rememberance of their
departed parents.

sraddham 7.21 faith


sraddhamayah 17.3 steeped in faith
sraddhavan 4.39 man of faith
sraddhavantah 3.31 faithfully
sraddha- 17.13 devoid of faith
virahitam
sraddhya 6.37 with faith
sramsate 1.29 slips
sresthah 3.21 superior person
sreyah 1.31 superior
sreyan 3.35 superior to
srih 10.34 beauty
srimad 10.41 properous
srimatam 6.41 who prosper
sritah 9.12 possessed of
srjami 4.7 I manifest
srjati 5.14 creates
sroryasi 18.58 will hear
srotasam 10.32 among rivers
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srotavyasya 2.52 what has to be heard


srotradini 4.26 five senses like the eyes, ear etc.

srotram 15.9 the ear


srstam 4.13 have been created
srstva 3.1 having created
srti 8.27 courses
srutam 18.72 heard
srutasya 2.52 what is heard
srutau 11.2 have been heard
srutavan 18.75 heard
sruti-paryanah 13.25 who are engaged in hearing
sruti-vi- 2.53 confused by hearing the Vedas
pratipanna
srutva 2.29 after hearing
stabdhah 18.28 obstinate
stabdhah 16.17 those who are obstinate
stenah 3.12 theif
sthairyam 17.8 steadiness
sthanam 5.5 liberation
sthane 11.36 it is proper
sthanuh 2.24 stationary
sthapaya 1.21 fix
sthapayitva 1.24 having fixed
sthasyati 2.53 will become
sthira-buddhih 5.2 man of steady intellect
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sthirah 6.13 substantial


sthiram 6.11 steady
sthira-matih 12.19 steady minded
sthita-dhih 2.54 man of steady wisdom
sthitah 5.2 who is established
sthitah 5.19 are established
sthitam 5.19 established
sthitan 1.26 marshalled
sthita-prajhasya 2.54 of a man of steady wisdom

sthitau 1.14 stationed


sthitih 2.72 steadfastness
sthitim 6.33 continuance
sthitya 2.72 by being established
sthivarinam 10.25 of the immovables
strisu 1.41 of women
striyah 9.32 women
stutibhih 11.21 hymns
stuvanti 11.21 praise
suchah 16.5 grieve
suchih 12.16 the pure one
su-duracharah 9.3 a very wicked man
sudur-darsam 11.52 difficult to see
su-durlabhah 7.19 very rare
suduskaram 6.34 extremely difficult

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Sughosa mani- 1.16 two conchs named Sugosha and


puspakau Manipushpaka.
suhrda 1.26 friend
suhrdanmitraryu 6.9 to a benefactor
da
suhrt 9.18 friend
sukha-duhkha- 13.2 of happiness and sorrow
nam
sukha-duhkhe 2.38 happiness and sorrow
sukha-dukha 15.5 known as happiness and sorrow
sanjaih
sukham 2.66 happiness
sukhani 1.31 pleasures
sukhasangena 14.6 through attachment to happiness

sukhasaya 14.27 of happiness


sukhe 14.9 to happiness
sukhena 6.28 easily
sukhesu 2.56 for happiness
sukhi 5.23 happy
sukhinah 1.37 happy
suklah 8.24 the bright fortnight
sukla-krsne 8.26 white and black
sukrta-duskrte 2.5 virtue and vice
sukrtam 5.15 virtue
sukrtasya 14.16 of good
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sukrtinah 7.16 of noble deeds


suksmatvat 13.15 because of subtlety
sulabhah 8.14 easy to attain
sunischitam 5.1 for certain
sura-ganah 10.2 neither the gods
suranam 2.8 over the gods
sura-sanghah 11.21 groups of gods
surendra-lokam 9.2 the world of the king of gods

suryah 15.6 the sun


surya- 11.12 of one thousand suns
sahastrasya
susukham 9.2 very easy
Suta-putrah 11.26 The name of Karna, a prominent
kaurava warrior; literal meaning
is - son of charioteer.

sutre 7.7 on a string


suvirudha- 15.3 with roots well developed
mulam
suyate 9.1 produces
svabandvan 1.37 one's own relatives
svabavajam 18.42 natural
svabhavah 5.14 nature
svabhavaja 17.2 nature
svabhavajena 18.6 born of nature
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svabhavaniyatan 18.47 as guided by one's nature

svabhava- 18.41 born from nature


prabhavaih
sva-chaksusa 11.8 eye of yours
svadha 9.16 food offered to manes
sva-dharmah 3.35 one's own duty
sva-dharmam 2.31 one's own duty
sva-dharme 3.35 in one's own duty
svadhya-jnana- 4.28 sacrifice through study and
yajnah knowledge
svadhyaya- 17.15 the practice of the mastery of the
abhya -sanam scriptures
svadhyayah 16.1 study of the Vedas
sva-janam 1.28 relatives
svakam 11.5 his own
sva-karma-nir 18.45 one devoted to ones own duty
atah
svalpam 2.4 a little
svam 4.6 my own
svanusthitat 3.35 well performed
svapake 5.18 an outcaste
svapan 5.8 sleeping
svapnam 18.35 sleep
svarga-dwaram 2.32 heavenly gate
svarga-lokam 9.21 heavenly world
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svargam 2.37 heaven


svarga-parah 2.43 with heaven as the goal
svargatim 9.2 heavenly goal
svasan 5.8 breathing
svasthah 14.24 tranquil
svasti 11.21 well
svasurah 1.34 fathers-in-law
svasuran 1.26 fathers-in-law
sva-tejasa 11.19 your own brilliance
svaya 7.2 by their own
svayam 4.38 oneself
svena 18.6 by your own
svetaih 1.14 white
swam 6.13 at the tip
syakarmana 18.46 with ones duties
syam 3.24 shall be
syama 1.37 may be
syandane 1.14 in the chariot
syat 1.36 can be
syuh 9.32 born
taamasa-priyam 17.1 liked by people having the
tamasik disposition
tada 1.2 at that time
tadanantaram 17.27 soon after that
tadartham 3.9 for that sake
tadarthiyam 17.27 meant for these
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tadvat 2.7 in the same way


tadvidah 13.1 who are experts in this
tamah 10.11 darkness
tamasam 17.13 based on tamas
tamasi 14.13 in darkness
tamo.dvaraih 16.22 doors to darkness,delusion
tannisthah 5.17 who are firm in that
tanum 7.21 body
tapah 7.9 austerity
tapantam 11.19 heating up
tapasa 11.53 by austerity
tapyante 17.5 undertake
tasmat 1.37 therefore
tasmin 14.3 in that
tasya 1.12 of that
tasyam 2.69 in that
tat.bhava. 8.6 concentrated in its thought
bhavitah
tatam 2.17 is pervaded
tat-buddhayah 5.17 those who have their wisdom
concentrated in that
tat-para yanah 5.17 who have that as their ultimate
goal
tatparah 4.39 who is devoted
tat-param 5.16 that supreme self
tat-prasadat 18.62 through His blessings
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tatra 1.26 there


tattva-jnanartha 13.11 insight into the goal of the
darsanam knowledge of Reality
tatva-darsibhih' 2.1 by the seers of Truth
tatva-dars'inah 4.3 who have realized the Truth
tatvam 18.1 the truth
tatva-vit 3.28 knower of Truth
tatvena 9.24 in reality
tava 1.3 your
taya 2.44 with that
tejorasim 11.17 a mass of brightness
tisthati 3.5 resides
titiksasva 2.14 to bear
traigunya- 2.45 related to the realm of the
visayah activities of three qualities-
sattva, rajas and Tamas
trailokya- 1.35 for the kingdom of the three
rajyasya worlds, namely, the earth, the
heaven and the intermediate
region.
trayam 16.21 by three
trayate 2.4 saves
tribhih . 7.13 three
tridha 18.19 of three kinds
trin 14.2 three
trisu 3.22 in the three
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trividhah 17.7 of three kinds


trividham 16.21 of three kinds
trptih 10.18 satisfaction
trsna-sanga 14.7 arising from hankering and
samudabhvam attachment
tulya-ninda atma 14.24 to whom criticism and self- praise
samstutih are the same; man of equi-poised
disposition
tumulah 1.13 tremendous
tusnim 2.9 silent
tustah 2.55 remains pleased
tustih 10.5 satisfaction
tusyati 6.2 one remains satisfied
tvadanyah 6.39 other than you
tvadanyena 1.47 by anyone other than you
tvattah 11.2 from you
tyajyam 18.3 should be renounced
tyaktum 18.11 to give up
tyaktva 1.33 by giving up
ubhe 2.5 both
ucchaihs'ravasa 10.27 the divine horse on which the
m king of gods- Indra rides; this
horse was born from the milky
ocean and associated with nectar.

ucchistam 17.1 remnants of a meal


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udaahrtam 13.6 spoken of


udbhavah 10.34 prosperity
uddharet 6.5 one should help
udvijate 12.15 disturbed
udvijet 5.2 dejected
udyamya 1.2 having taken
udyatah 1.45 prepared
ugrah 11.3 fierce, intense
ugra-karmanah 16.9 given to cruel deeds
ugram 11.2 terrible
ugrarupah 11.31 of terrible form
uktah 1.24 is stated
ukta-h 2.18 are stated
uktam 11.1 stated
uktva 1.47 having stated
ulbena 3.38 the bag called the womb in
which the child is placed; the
cover inside mothers body
unmisan 5.9 opening
upaasate 9.14 take to contemplation
upaasritah 4.1 burdened with
upaasritya 14.2 by resorting to
upaavisat 1.47 sat down
upaayatah 6.36 through the means
upadrsta 13.22 the witness
upaiti 6.27 attains
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upajayante 14.2 born


upajayate 2.62 arises
upalabhyate 15.3 perceived
upalipyate 13.32 defiled
upama 6.19 Comparison, poetic speech of
simile
upapadyate 2.3 justified
upapannam 2.32 which presents itself
uparamate 6.2 gets retreated
uparamet 6.25 one should abstain
uparatam 2.35 having refrained
upasangamya 1.2 having approached
upasevate 15.9 enjoys
upavisya 6.12 sitting
upayanti 10.1 they attain
upetah 6.37 possessed
upetya 8.15 reaching
uragan 11.15 serpents
urdhavam 12.8 upwards
urdhvamulam 15.1 that which has its roots at the top

urjitam 10.41 vigorous

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Ushanaa 10.37 Sukracharya- the master of the


demons; he is also the author of
the treatise on morals- niti and
economics- artha shastra. He is
the counter part of Bruhaspati
who discharges the similar work
for the Gods.
ushmapah 11.22 a category of manes
usitva 6.41 residing there
uta 1.4 also
utkramantam 15.1 departing
utkramati 15.8 departs
utsadanartham 17.19 for destruction
utsadyante 1.43 are destroyed
uttamah 15.17 supreme
uttamam 4.3 the best
uttama-ngaih 11.27 with their heads
Uttamaujah 1.6 a warrior of great skill and
strength
uttamavidam 14.14 of those who know the noblest
utthita- 11.12 to shine brilliantly
uttisha 2.3 awake
vaadinah 2.42 who declares
vaasaamsi 2.22 clothes
vachah 2.1 utterance
vachanam 1.2 utterance
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Vada 3.2 you tell me


vadah 10.32 dialectic
vadanaih 11.3 mouths
vadati 2.29 talks about
Vahami 9.22 I arrange
vahnih 3.38 fire
Vainateyah 10.3 Garuda, son of Vinata
vairagyena 6.35 through non-attachment
vairinam 3.37 the enemy
vaisvanarah 15.14 fire in the stomach, which helps
the digestion of food.
vaisyah 9.32 vaisyas -trading community
vaisya-karma 18.44 duties of Vaisyas
vajram 10.28 Divine weapon of lord Indra
,Thunderbolt
vak 10.34 speech
vaksyami 7.2 I shall tell
vaktrani 11.27 mouths
vaktum 10.16 to speak
vakyam 1.2 speech
vanijyam 18.44 cultivation, cattle rearing and
commerce
vara 8.4 being
varnasankara 1.43 which causes the inter-mingling
karakaih of castes and sets in impurity of
the races
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varna-sankarah 1.41 mixing of castes


varsam 9.4 rain
Varsneya 1.41 O, scion of the Vrsni dynasty;
another name for Krishna
vartamanani 7.26 present
vartate 5.26 there is
varte 3.22 I continue
varteta 6.6 acts
varteyam 3.23 continue
vartma 3.23 path
Varuna 10.29 god of the waters.
vasah 1.44 living
vasam 3.34 influence
vasat 9.8 under influence
Vasavah 11.22 Vasus; demi-gods of wealth
Vasavah 10.22 Indra- Indra is the Lord of
Heaven
vase 2.61 under discipline
vasi 5.13 man of self-discipline
Vasudevah 7.19 name of Krishna
Vasuki 10.28 King of serpents or the Nagas
vasyatmana 6.36 by one of disciplined mind
vayuh 2.67 the wind.
veda 2.21 know
vedah 2.45 the Vedas
vedaih 11.53 through Vedas
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vedanam 10.22 among the Vedas


veda-vada-ratah 2.42 who are absorbed in the wisdom
of the Vedas
veda-vidah 8.11 those who know the Vedas
vedavit 15.1 versed in the Vedas
vede 15.18 in the Vedas
vedesu 2.46 regarding the Vedas
vedhyah 15.15 object to be known
vedhyam 9.17 object of knowledge
veditavyam 11.18 to be known
veditum 18.1 to be known
vegam 5.23 impulse
vepamanah 11.35 trembling
vepathuh 1.29 trembling
vetta 11.38 knower of all things
vettha 4.5 know
vetti 2.19 knows
vibhaktam 13.16 divided
vibhaktesu 18.2 in the different things
vibhavasau 7.9 in the fire
vibhuh 5.15 the omnipresent
vibhuhnam 10.4 to manifestations
vibhum 10.12 the omnipresent
vibhuteh 10.4 of manifestations
vibhutibhih 10.16 manifestations
vibhutim 10.7 divine minifestations
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vibhutimat 10.41 possessed of majesty


vichaksanah 18.2 the learned ones
vichalayet 3.29 should disturb
vichalyate 6.22 disturbed
vichetasah 9.12 senseless
vidadhami 7.21 I strengthen
vidheya-atma 2.64 self-controlled man
vidhi-hinam 17.13 contrary to the scriptures
vidhi-yate 2.44 established
vidhyam 10.17 I know
vidhyanam 10.32 among sciences
vidhyat 6.23 one should know
vidhya-vinaya 5.18 possessed of learning and
sampanne humility
vidita-atmanam 5.26 who have known the self
vidvan 3.25 learned man
vigata-bhi 6.14 free from fear
vigatah 11.1 has departed
vigata-iccha 5.28 free from desire, fear and anger
bhaya.krodhah
vigata-jvarah 3.3 who is devoid of desire
vigatakalmasah 6.28 faultless
vigata-sprihah 2.56 devoid of mental fever
vigunah 11.1 defective

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vihara-sayya- 11.42 while at play or on bed or seated


asana-bhojanesu or at meals

vihaya 2.22 after discarding


vihitah 17.23 ordained
vijanatah 2.46 who knows the reality
vijanitah 2.19 know the self
vijaniyam 4.4 am I to know
vijayam 1.31 victory
vijita-indriyah 6.8 who has controlled his organs
vijitatma 5.7 controlled in body
vijnanam 18.42 wisdom
vijnana-sahitam 9.1 combined with experience
vijnatum 11.31 to know well
vijnaya 13.18 by understanding
vikampitum 2.31 to deviate
Vikarana 1.8 the third of the hundred sons of
Dhrtarashtra
vikarmanah 4.17 about forbidden action
vikrantah 1.6 valiant
viksante 11.22 gaze
vilagna 11.27 sticking
vimastarah 4.22 being free from enmity
vimohayati 3.4 deludes
vimoksaya 16.5 for liberation
vimoksyase 4.32 you will be liberated
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vimrsya 18.63 thinking over


vimubha-atma 3.6 of deluded mind
vimuchya 18.53 having abandoned
vimu-dhabhavah 14.49 bewildered state

vimudhah 15.1 who are deluded


vimuhyati 2.72 becomes deluded
vimuktah 9.28 becoming free
vimuktah 15.5 who have been freed
vimunchati 18.35 abandons
vina 10.39 without
vinadhya 1.12 raised
vinangsyasi 18.58 you will be ruined
vinasah 6.4 ruin
vinasam 2.17 the destruction
vinasaya 4.8 destroying
vinasyati 4.4 is ruined
vinasyatsu 13.27 among the ruined
vindami 11.24 I get
vindate 5.4 gets
vindati 4.38 attains
vinischitaih 13.4 by the convincing
vinivartante 2.59 recede
viniyamya 6.24 controlling
viniyatam 6.18 controlled
viparitam 18.15 opposite
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viparitan 18.32 opposed to


vipari-vartate 9.1 revolves
viparrta-ni 1.3 adverse
vipaschritah 2.6 of an intelligent
Viratah. 1.4 Name of the king
viryavan 1.5 valiant
vis is yate 3.7 excels
visadam 18.35 despair
visadi 18.28 one who is in despair
visalam 9.21 vast
visam 18.37 poison
visame 2.2 in this hour of peril
visanti 14.11 enter
visargah 8.3 offerings
visate 18.55 enters
visaya pravalah 15.2 with sense objects for their shoots

visayah 2.59 objects of senses


visaya-indriya- 18.38 originating from the organs and
samyogat their objects
visayan 2.62 on objects of senses
visidan 1.27 in despair
visidendam 13.17 who was in despair
visistah 1.7 foremost
vismaya-avistah 11.14 wonderstruck

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vismayah 18.77 with wonder


vismitah 11.22 being struck with wonder
Visnuh 10.21 Vishnu-The God who preserves
the universe.
visrjami 9.7 send forth
visrjan 5.9 releasing
visrjya 1.47 casting aside
vistabhya 10.42 supporting
vistaram 13.3 spreading
vistarasah 11.2 in detail
vistarasya 10.19 of detail
vistarena 10.18 in detail
vistitam 16.17 seated
visuddhatma 5.7 of pure mind
visuddhaya 18.51 pure
Visvam 11.19 Universal
Visvamurte 11.46 O, you of universal form
Visvarupa 11.16 O, universal person
visvatomukham 9.15 facing many directions

Visve 11.22 Visva-devas consisting of Rudras


and other gods
visveswara 11.16 O, Lord of the universe
vita-ra gah 8.11 free from attachment
vita-raga-bhaya- 2.56 free from attachment, fear and
krodhah anger
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vitatah 4.32 spread


vivasvan 4.1 the sun
vivasvatah 4.4 of vivasyan, the sun.
vivasvate 4.1 to vivasvan,the sun
vivatomukhah 10.33 with faces everywhere
vividhah 17.25 many
vividhaih 13.4 by many kinds of
vivikta-desa 13.1 resort to quiet places
sevitvam
vivikta-sevi 18.52 one who resorts to a quiet place

vivrdd ham 14.11 increased


vivrddhe 14.12 increases
vraja 18.66 take
vrajeta 2.54 move about
Vrikrodarah 1.15 Bhima, one of the Pandavas.
vrjinam 4.36 sin
Vrsninam 10.37 Vrsni race to which Krishna
belonged.
vyadarayat 1.19 pierced
vyaharan 8.1 while speaking
vyaipya 10.16 permeating
vyaktamadhyani 2.28 manifest in the middle

vyaktim 7.24 glory


vyapasritya 9.32 by taking refuge
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vyaptam 11.2 is permeated


Vyasa-prasadat 18.75 through Vyasas favour.

vyatha 11.49 fear


vyathayanti 2.15 disturb
vyathisthah 11.34 be afraid
vyatitani 4.5 have passed
vyatitansyati 2.52 will cross over
vyatta-ananam 11.24 open-mouthed
vyavasayah 10.36 determination
vyavasayatmika 2.41 single determination

vyavasitah 9.3 determined


vyavasthitan 1.2 standing arrayed
vyavasthitau 3.34 seated
vyavastitah 1.45 prepared
vyktayah 8.18 manifested things
vymisrena 3.2 conflicting
vyudasya 18.51 removing
vyudham 1.2 in battle order
vyudham 1.3 battle array
yabhih 10.16 through which
yacchraddhah 17.3 which is the faith of the
individual
yada 2.52 when
yadasam 10.29 of the deities in water
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Yadava 11.41 name of Krishna


yadi 1.38 if
yadrccha-labha 4.22 pleased with what comes
santustah unexpected
yadrcchaya 2.32 unexpected
yadrk 13.3 how it is
yadvat 2.7 as
yagnah 4.32 sacrifices
yagna-vidah 4.3 those who know about sacrifice

yah 14.4 whatever


yajantah 9.15 by glorifying
yajante 9.23 they worship
yajha-bavitah 3.12 being nurtured by sacrifices
yajna.sista- 3.13 those who consume the remnants
asinah of sacrifices
yajna-dana- 17.24 the act of sacrifice, charity and
tapah kriyah austerity
yajnaih 9.2 through sacrifice
yajna-ksapita 4.3 have their sins destroyed by the
kalmasah performance of the sacrifices.

yajnam 4.25 sacrifice


yajnanam 10.25 among sacrifices
yajnarthat 3.9 meant for sacrifice

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yajna-sista- 4.31 those who consume the nectar


amrta bhujah remaining after sacrifice
yajnat 3.14 from sacrifice
yajna-tapah 17.25 works of sacrifice and austerity
kriyah
yajna-tapasam 5.29 of sacrifices and austerities
yajnaya 4.23 for a sacrifice
yajnena 9.2 in sacrifice
yajnena 4.25 by sacrifice
yajuh 9.17 Yajur Veda
yaksa-raksasam 10.23 among the Yaksas and goblins

yaksye 16.15 I shall perform sacrifice


yam 2.15 whom
yam 2.42 whichever
Yamah 10.29 King of death.
yanti 3.33 follow
yantra-arudhani 18.61 hoisted on a machine

yashah 10.5 fame


yasmat 12.15 owing to which
yasmin 6.22 in which
yasya 2.61 whose
yasyam 2.69 in which
yasyasi 2.35 will tell
yata atmanah 5.25 whose organs are controlled
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yata-atma 12.14 self-controlled


yata-atmavan 12.11 whose mind is controlled
yata-cetasam 5.26 whose internal organs are under
control
yata-chitta-atma 4.21 whose body and mind are
controlled
yata-chitta- 6.12 controlling the actions of the
indriya kryah mind and senses
yata-chittasya 6.19 whose mind is controlled
yatah 6.26 because of
yatamanah 12.11 applying himself
yatantah 9.14 striving
yatanti 7.29 strive
yatata 6.36 by one who tries
yatatah 2.6 while trying earnestly
yatate 6.43 he strives
yatati 7.3 efforts
yata-vak-kaya- 8.52 whose speech body and mind are
ma- nasah controlled
yatayah 4.28 ascetics
yata-yamam 17.1 food cooked three hours earlier,
that is, stale food, insipid, lost of
taste
yatendriya mano- 5.28 who has controlled his organs
buddhih mind and intellect
yatha 2.13 in which manner
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yathabhagam 1.11 in different directions


yathavat 18.19 as they are
yatinam 5.26 to the monks
yatra 6.2 where
yavan 2.46 what I am
yavat 1.22 whatever
Yaya 2.39 with which
yena 2.17 by which
yesam 1.32 in the case of those
yoddhavyam 1.22 must be fought
yoddhukaman 1.22 who are intending to fight
yodha mukhyaih 11.26 senior commanders

yodha- veeraan 11.34 brave warriors


yodhah 11.32 warriors
yoga sanjnitam 6.23 what is known as yoga
yoga sevaya 6.2 through the practice of yoga
yoga-arudhah 6.4 established in yoga
yoga-arudhasya 6.3 when he has reached yoga

yoga-balena 8.1 with the strength of yoga


yoga-brastah 6.41 one who has fallen from yoga
yogadharanam 8.12 Practice of Yoga.
yogaih 5.5 by the yogis
yogakshemam 9.22 welfare and security

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yogam 2.53 yoga (see under yogadharanam)

yoga- 7.25 being veiled by creative power


mayasamavrtah

yoga- 6.37 perfection in yoga


samsiddhin
yoga-sannyasta 4.41 one who has given up action
karmanam through yoga

yoga-sarisiddhat 4.38 one who has attained perfection


through yoga.
yogasthali 2.48 by being settled in yoga
yogasya 6.44 of yoga
yogat 6.37 from yoga
yoga-vittamah 12.1 those who are well versed in yoga

yoga-yajnah 4.28 those who perform sacrifices


through yoga
yoga-yukta-atma 6.29 whose mind is self absorbed in
yoga
yoga-yuktah 5.6 firmness in yoga
yogena 10.7 with yoga
Yogesvarah 18.78 Lord of Yoga
Yogesvarat 18.75 from the Lord of Yoga
Yogeswarah 11.4 O Lord of Yoga
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yogi 5.24 a man of concentrated mind


yoginam 6.27 to this yogi
yoktavyah 6.23 has to be practised
yonih 14.3 womb
yotsyamanan 1.23 those who have the intention to
fight
youvanam 2.13 youth
yuddha 1.9 proficient in battle
visaradhah
yuddham 2.32 battle
yuddhaya 2.37 for fighting
yuddhyasva 2.18 engage in battle
Yudhamanyu 1.6 name of a great warrior
yudhi 1.4 in battle
Yudhisthirah 1.16 the eldest of the five sons of
Pandu.
yugapat 11.12 simultaneously
yuga-sahasra- 8.17 which ends in a thousand yugas
antam
yuge 4.8 Yuga means a historical period.

yujyasva 2.38 you engage in battle


yukta-ahara 6.17 of one who is restrained in his
viharasya eating and movements
yukta-chestasya 6.17 of one who is moderate in his
action
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yukta-chetasah 7.3 of disciplined minds


yuktaih 17.17 by those who are self controlled

yukta-svapna 6.17 of one who is moderate in sleep


avabodhasya and in wakefulness
yukta-tamah 12.2 the most devoted yogis
Yuktatma 7.18 with a firm mind
yunjan 6.15 concentrating
yunjatah 6.19 who is engaged in
yunjita 6.1 should concentrate
yunjyat 6.12 should concentrate
yunkte 1.14 yoked
yuyutsavah 1.1 eager for battle
yuyutsum 1.28 eager to fight

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