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Śri Īśopaniṣad
transcendental Pastimes with cows and cowherdsboys. The nature of Govardhana is that it is non-different from Kṛṣṇa Himself. The Absolute Truth is non-different from His Name, Fame, Land, devotees, Entourage.
Govinda —A Name for Kṛṣṇa, the Cowherd Boy, the Pleaser of the senses.
Hiraṇmaya Pātra —The dazzling covering preventing the impersonalists from seeing the Personality of Godhead.
Hiraṇyakaśipu —The most powerful materialist of his time. He tried to be immortal for the sake of material enjoyment but was killed by the Claws of Lord Nṛsiṁha, the  avatāra  of Godhead in the Form of half-lion, half-man.
Iconoclasts —Those who refuse to accept that God can appear in the Form of Deities supposedly made of earth or stone. They do not accept as reality the inconceivable potencies of God, by which He, as the one Source of all energies, can convert material energy into spiritual energy according to His own will.
Iśāvāsya —God-centered.  Īśopaniṣad  instructs there is no harm in any activity such as family life or politics, provided the center of the activity is God.
Jñānins —Persons engaged in mental speculation as a means to realizing the Absolute Truth, such as philosophers and metaphysical poets. By the  jñāna  process one can reach to the realization of the Absolute Truth as  Brahman .
Kaniṣṭha Adhikāri —A person in the lowest stage of realization of God, who worships in the temple or church according to routine formulas but who does not realize the respective advancement of different devotees or the Spiritual Nature of the Supreme Lord.
Karanodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu  or  Mahā-Viṣṇu —The gigantic expansion of the Lord Who lies down in the Causal Ocean in a section of the Spiritual Sky. Innumerable universes are generated from the pores of His body when He breathes, and they exist only during the period of His outgoing