Bhagavad Gita As It Is

References to text BG 4.8
BG 4.8: To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.

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Is He going to quit His earthly pastimes, as Devará¹£i NÄrada indicated? Has that time already arrived?
The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
SB 1.14.8
Also, Åšrutadeva, Uddhava and others, Nanda, Sunanda and other leaders of liberated souls who are constant companions of the Lord are protected by Lord BalarÄma and Kṛṣṇa. Are they all doing well in their respective functions? Do they, who are all eternally bound in friendship with us, remember our welfare?
The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
SB 1.14.32-33
The Personality of Godhead, Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, being prayed to by BrahmÄ to bring welfare to the earth, was begotten by Vasudeva in the womb of his wife DevakÄ« in the prison of the King of Bhoja.
Remembrance of Lord Krishna
SB 3.2.25
At that time the Lord of the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the well-wisher of all living entities, will descend and kill them, just as Indra smashes the mountains with his thunderbolts.
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
SB 3.14.41
The Lord replied: O brÄhmaṇas, know that the punishment you inflicted on them was originally ordained by Me, and therefore they will fall to a birth in a demoniac family. But they will be firmly united with Me in thought through mental concentration intensified by anger, and they will return to My presence shortly.
The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuntha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages
SB 3.16.26
The tour you have undertaken, O lord, is surely intended to protect the virtuous and kill the demons, since you embody the protecting energy of Śrī Hari.
Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
SB 3.21.50
O King Pṛthu, son of Vena, you are the part-and-parcel expansion of Lord Viṣṇu. Due to the mischievous activities of King Vena, religious principles were almost lost. At that opportune moment you descended as the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu. Indeed, for the protection of religious principles you have appeared from the body of King Vena.
King Prithu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
SB 4.19.37
Dear Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You because Your existence is completely independent of all material influences. Your Lordship always takes away the devotee’s miserable conditions, for Your brain plans how to do so. You live everywhere as ParamÄtmÄ; therefore You are known as VÄsudeva. You also accept Vasudeva as Your father, and You are celebrated by the name Kṛṣṇa. You are so kind that You always increase the influence of all kinds of devotees.
The Activities of the Pracetas
SB 4.30.24
Dear Lord, we conditioned souls are always covered by ignorance in the bodily conception of life. We therefore always prefer the miserable conditions of material existence. To deliver us from these miserable conditions, You have advented Yourself in this transcendental form. This is evidence of Your unlimited causeless mercy upon those of us who are suffering in this way. Then what to speak of the devotees to whom You are always so favorably disposed?
The Activities of the Pracetas
SB 4.30.27
Chapter Summary
SB 5..0
O most worshipable of all, You are the best of all benefactors, and Your appearance at saintly King NÄbhi’s sacrificial arena is meant for our benediction. Because You have been seen by us, You have bestowed upon us the most valuable benediction.
Rishabhadeva's Appearance in the Womb of Merudevi, the Wife of King Nabhi
SB 5.3.10
Chapter Summary
SB 8..0
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no material birth, activities, name, form, qualities or faults. To fulfill the purpose for which this material world is created and destroyed, He comes in the form of a human being like Lord RÄma or Lord Kṛṣṇa by His original internal potency. He has immense potency, and in various forms, all free from material contamination, He acts wonderfully. He is therefore the Supreme Brahman. I offer my respects to Him.
Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender
SB 8.3.8-9
For the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is no one to be killed, no one to be protected, no one to be neglected and no one to be worshiped. Nonetheless, for the sake of creation, maintenance and annihilation according to time, He accepts different forms as incarnations either in the mode of goodness, the mode of passion or the mode of ignorance.
The Demigods Appeal to the Lord for Protection
SB 8.5.22
O King, MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, but for the Lord’s personal desire, there is no cause for His appearance, disappearance or activities. As the Supersoul, He knows everything. Consequently there is no cause that affects Him, not even the results of fruitive activities.
Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead
SB 9.24.57
Although the demons who take possession of the government are dressed like men of government, they do not know the duty of the government. Consequently, by the arrangement of God, such demons, who possess great military strength, fight with one another, and thus the great burden of demons on the surface of the earth is reduced. The demons increase their military power by the will of the Supreme, so that their numbers will be diminished and the devotees will have a chance to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead
SB 9.24.59
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, known as lÄ«lÄ-puruá¹£ottama, appeared as the son of Vasudeva but immediately left His father’s home and went to Vá¹›ndÄvana to expand His loving relationship with His confidential devotees. In Vá¹›ndÄvana the Lord killed many demons, and afterwards He returned to DvÄrakÄ, where according to Vedic principles He married many wives who were the best of women, begot through them hundreds of sons, and performed sacrifices for His own worship to establish the principles of householder life.
Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead
SB 9.24.66
Thereafter, having heard of the distress of mother earth, Lord BrahmÄ, with mother earth, Lord Åšiva and all the other demigods, approached the shore of the Ocean of Milk.
The Advent of Lord Krishna: Introduction
SB 10.1.19
The inhabitants of Vá¹›ndÄvana, headed by Nanda MahÄrÄja and including his associate cowherd men and their wives, were none but denizens of the heavenly planets, O MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, best of the descendants of Bharata, and so too were the descendants of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty, headed by Vasudeva and DevakÄ« and the other women of the dynasty of Yadu. The friends, relatives and well-wishers of both Nanda MahÄrÄja and Vasudeva and even those who externally appeared to be followers of Kaá¹sa were all demigods.
The Advent of Lord Krishna: Introduction
SB 10.1.62-63
Once the great saint NÄrada approached Kaá¹sa and informed him of how the demoniac persons who were a great burden on the earth were going to be killed. Thus Kaá¹sa was placed into great fear and doubt.
The Advent of Lord Krishna: Introduction
SB 10.1.64
Although the causes of death, the daityas, were very fierce, they could not kill this boy Kṛṣṇa. Rather, because they came to kill innocent boys, as soon as they approached they themselves were killed, exactly like flies attacking a fire.
The Childhood Pastimes of Krishna
SB 10.11.56
When the invincible Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, heard the demigods crying “Alas! Alas!†from behind the clouds, He immediately enlarged Himself within the demon’s throat, just to save Himself and the cowherd boys, His own associates, from the demon who wished to smash them.
The Killing of the Demon Aghasura
SB 10.12.30
The Personality of Godhead said: If I especially favor someone, I gradually deprive him of his wealth. Then the relatives and friends of such a poverty-stricken man abandon him. In this way he suffers one distress after another.
Lord Siva Saved from Vrikasura
SB 10.88.8
An intermediate or second-class devotee, called madhyama-adhikÄrÄ«, offers his love to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a sincere friend to all the devotees of the Lord, shows mercy to ignorant people who are innocent and disregards those who are envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Maharaja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras
SB 11.2.46
Thus the Lord is equipped with sharp weapons in the form of His parts and plenary portions. All these weapons are competent enough to crush the faithless atheists.
The External Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
CC 1.3.73
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service in Lord Åšeá¹£a, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pá¹›thu. Lord ParaÅ›urÄma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth
CC 2.20.372
For two purposes — to spread the cult of bhakti and to defeat and subdue the atheists — Lord NityÄnanda, the most dedicated devotee of the Lord, moved throughout the country.
The Glories of Srila Haridasa Thakura
CC 3.3.149
Chapter 12: Bewildering Pastimes
Teachings of Queen Kunti
TQK 12
The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well. He is within everything, and yet He is outside of everything.
Sri Isopanishad
Iso 5
London, July 10, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.4
London, July 11, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.6
London, July 11, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.6
London, July 18, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.21-22
London, July 25, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.32-35
London, July 25, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.32-35
London, July 31, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.44
London, July 31, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.44
London, July 31, 1973
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruks?etra
LBG 1.44
Ahmedabad, December 7, 1972
Contents of the Gita Summarized
LBG 2.1
London, August 5, 1973
Contents of the Gita Summarized
LBG 2.4
New York, May 30, 1966
Karma-yoga
LBG 3.21
New York, May 30, 1966
Karma-yoga
LBG 3.21
New York, May 30, 1966
Karma-yoga
LBG 3.21
Bombay, March 21, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.1
New York, July 18, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.3
New York, July 20, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.6
New York, July 20, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.6
New York, July 20, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.6
New York, July 20, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.6
New York, July 20, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.6
Bombay, March 27, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.7
Bombay, March 27, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.7
New York, July 22, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.7
New York, July 22, 1966
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.7
Montreal, June 14, 1968
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Montreal, June 14, 1968
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Montreal, June 14, 1968
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Bombay, March 28, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Bombay, March 28, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Bombay, March 28, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Bombay, March 28, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Bombay, March 28, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.8
Bombay, March 29, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.9
Bombay, April 3, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.14
Vrndavana, August 6, 1974
Transcendental Knowledge
LBG 4.14
Calcutta, January 27, 1973
Knowledge of the Absolute
LBG 7.1
London, March 9, 1975
Knowledge of the Absolute
LBG 7.1
London, March 10, 1975
Knowledge of the Absolute
LBG 7.2
New York, October 26, 1966
Attaining the Supreme
LBG 8.5
Toronto, June 20, 1976
The Most Confidential Knowledge
LBG 9.3
Hyderabad, April 19, 1974
Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
LBG 13.3
Bombay, October 6, 1973
Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
LBG 13.13
Hyderabad, August 17, 1976
Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
LBG 13.22
Sanand, December 26, 1975
The Divine And Demoniac Natures
LBG 16.7
Caracas, February 24, 1975
Questions by the Sages
LSB 1.1.3
Montreal, August 2, 1968
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.5
At Ladies Club
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.5
At Ladies Club
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.5
New Vrindaban, September 4, 1972
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.5
New Vrindaban, September 4, 1972
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.5
Delhi, November 11, 1973
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.6
Montreal, August 3, 1968
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.6
Montreal, August 3, 1968
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.6
Mauritius, October 5, 1975
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.6
Vrndavana, October 20, 1972
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.9
Vrndavana, October 24, 1972
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.13
Los Angeles, August 17, 1972
Divinity and Divine Service
LSB 1.2.14
Los Angeles, September 27, 1972
Krishna Is the Source of All Incarnations
LSB 1.3.22
Los Angeles, October 3, 1972
Krishna Is the Source of All Incarnations
LSB 1.3.28
Los Angeles, October 3, 1972
Krishna Is the Source of All Incarnations
LSB 1.3.28
Los Angeles, October 3, 1972
Krishna Is the Source of All Incarnations
LSB 1.3.28
Vrndavana, August 11, 1974
Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva
LSB 1.5.30
Vrndavana, April 24, 1975
The Son of Drona Punished
LSB 1.7.7
Vrndavana, September 20, 1976
The Son of Drona Punished
LSB 1.7.23
Vrndavana, September 25, 1976
The Son of Drona Punished
LSB 1.7.28
Mayapura, September 30, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.20
Mayapura, September 30, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.20
Mayapura, September 30, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.20
Mayapura, October 3, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.23
Los Angeles, April 21, 1973
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.29
Mayapura, October 12, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.32
Los Angeles, April 25, 1972
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.33
Los Angeles, April 26, 1973
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.34
Los Angeles, May 3, 1973
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.41
Mayapura, October 24, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.44
Mayapura, October 26, 1974
Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved
LSB 1.8.46
Mayapura, June 19, 1973
Departure of Lord Krishna for Dvaraka
LSB 1.10.4
Los Angeles, November 30, 1973
The Pandavas Retire Timely
LSB 1.15.20
Los Angeles, December 12, 1973
The Pandavas Retire Timely
LSB 1.15.34
Los Angeles, December 12, 1973
The Pandavas Retire Timely
LSB 1.15.34
Los Angeles, December 15, 1973
The Pandavas Retire Timely
LSB 1.15.37
Los Angeles, January 8, 1974
How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali
LSB 1.16.11
Los Angeles, January 9, 1974
How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali
LSB 1.16.12
Los Angeles, July 13, 1974
How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali
LSB 1.16.23
Los Angeles, July 13, 1974
How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali
LSB 1.16.23
Hawaii, January 23, 1974
How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali
LSB 1.16.26-30
Tokyo, January 30, 1974
How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali
LSB 1.16.36
Los Angeles, August 13, 1972
The First Step in God Realization
LSB 2.1.5
Los Angeles, June 12, 1972
Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart
LSB 2.3.17
Bombay, November 3, 1974
The Glories of Devotional Service
LSB 3.25.3
Bombay, December 4, 1974
The Glories of Devotional Service
LSB 3.25.35
Bombay, December 4, 1974
The Glories of Devotional Service
LSB 3.25.35
Bombay, December 4, 1974
The Glories of Devotional Service
LSB 3.25.35
Bombay, December 4, 1974
The Glories of Devotional Service
LSB 3.25.35
Bombay, December 29, 1974
Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
LSB 3.26.20
Bombay, January 19, 1975
Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
LSB 3.26.44
Paris, August 12, 1973
Lord Rishabhadeva's Teachings to His Sons
LSB 5.5.1
Honolulu, May 8, 1976
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.7
Los Angeles, June 22, 1975
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.9
Indore, December 13, 1970
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.22
Honolulu, May 25, 1976
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.25
Honolulu, May 29, 1976
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.30
Surat, December 16, 1970
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.32
San Francisco, July 19, 1975
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.37
San Francisco, July 19, 1975
The History of the Life of Ajamila
LSB 6.1.37
Montreal, June 10, 1968
Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
LSB 7.6.1
Madras, January 2, 1976
Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
LSB 7.6.1
Hawaii, March 21, 1969
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.8
Mayapur, February 15, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.8
Mayapur, February 18, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.11
Hawaii, March 24, 1969
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.11
Montreal, August 21, 1968
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.13
Mayapur, February 20, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.13
Mayapur, February 20, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.13
Montreal, August 22, 1968
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.13
Mayapur, February 23, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.16
Mayapur, March 7, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.29
Mayapur, March 15, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.37
Vrndavana, April 2, 1976
Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers
LSB 7.9.47
Room Conversation
April 1969
TLKS 1969.4.24776
Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg
May 1969
TLKS 1969.5.2479A
Room Conversation
April 1971
TLKS 1971.4.247FA
Room Conversation
April 1971
TLKS 1971.4.247FA
Conversation with Prof. Kotovsky
June 1971
TLKS 1971.6.247FE
Conversation with Bajaj and Bhusan
September 1972
TLKS 1972.9.248FA
Room Conversation with Reporter from Researchers Magazine
July 1973
TLKS 1973.7.249E2
Morning Walk
December 1973
TLKS 1973.12.24AA2
Morning Walk
December 1973
TLKS 1973.12.24ACA
Morning Walk
March 1974
TLKS 1974.3.24B96
Morning Walk
April 1974
TLKS 1974.4.24B9A
Morning Walk
April 1974
TLKS 1974.4.24BAE
Morning Walk
April 1974
TLKS 1974.4.24BB6
Room Conversation with Prof. Regamay, Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Lausanne
June 1974
TLKS 1974.6.24C52
Room Conversation with Prof. Regamay, Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Lausanne
June 1974
TLKS 1974.6.24C52
Garden Conversation with Professors
June 1975
TLKS 1975.6.24ECA
Garden Conversation with Professors
June 1975
TLKS 1975.6.24ECA
Morning Walk
January 1976
TLKS 1976.1.251A2
Morning Walk
April 1976
TLKS 1976.4.2527E
Room Conversation
May 1976
TLKS 1976.5.252D6
Room Conversation
May 1976
TLKS 1976.5.252D6
Room Conversation
July 1976
TLKS 1976.7.25442
Evening Darsan
August 1976
TLKS 1976.8.25542
Room Conversation
August 1976
TLKS 1976.8.2554A
Morning Walk and Room Conversation
December 1976
TLKS 1976.12.256D2
Room Conversation
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.25742
Room Conversation
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.2575E
Room Conversation
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.257AE
Room Conversation
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.257AE
Morning Walk
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.257F2
Morning Walk
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.257FE
Room Conversation
January 1977
TLKS 1977.1.2580E
Room Conversation Varnasrama System Must Be Introduced
February 1977
TLKS 1977.2.25852
Evening Darsana
February 1977
TLKS 1977.2.2589A
Room Conversation
February 1977
TLKS 1977.2.258AA
Evening Darsana
May 1977
TLKS 1977.5.2599A
Room Conversation
November 1977
TLKS 1977.11.25B6A
Mayapur, March 26, 1975
LCC 1.1.2
Mayapur, April 6, 1975
LCC 1.1.13
Mayapur, March 3, 1974
LCC 1.7.3
San Francisco, February 20, 1967
LCC 1.7.109
New York, July 20, 1976
LCC 2.20.112
New York, December 7, 1966
LCC 2.20.154
New York, December 19, 1966
LCC 2.20.294
New York, December 20, 1966
LCC 2.20.298
New York, December 31, 1966
LCC 2.20.367
New York, January 2, 1967
LCC 2.20.391
New York, January 8, 1967
LCC 2.22.6
Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krsna in the Womb
Volume One
KB 1.2
Putana Killed
Volume One
KB 1.6
Ch.90 Summary Description of Lord Krsna''s Pastimes
Volume Two
KB 2.35