GLOSSARY
Ānanda —spiritual bliss, pleasure.
Avatāra —an incarnation of God who descends from the spiritual world.
Bhagavad-gītā —the book which records the spiritual instructions given by Kṛṣṇa to His friend Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra.
Bhakti —devotional service to God.
Brāhmaṇas —the intellectual class in human society.
Cātur-varṇyam —divisions of labor in human society as described in the Vedic literatures.
Dharma —the natural occupation of the living entity, which is to serve God.
Gopīs —cowherd girl friends of Kṛṣṇa described in the Vedic literatures.
Govinda —Kṛṣṇa, who gives pleasure to the senses.
Guru —spiritual master.
Jagadīśa —the Lord of the universe, Kṛṣṇa.
Jīvas —living entities or souls.
Jñānīs —speculative philosophers.
Karma —fruitive activities or their reactions.
Karmīs —fruitive laborers.
Kṣatriyas —the administrative and military class in human society.
Kṣetrajña —the individual spirit soul who is the knower of the field of the body.