# Disciplic succession *27 references in Bhagavad-gītā As It Is* * Arjuna as beginning of, **[[bg/4/4#translation|Bg. 4.4]]**, **[[bg/10/12-13#translation|Bg. 10.12-13]]**, **[[bg/10/15#translation|Bg. 10.15]]**, **[[bg/11/9#translation|Bg. 11.9]]** * as criterion for spiritual master, **[[bg/4/34#translation|Bg. 4.34]]**, **[[bg/4/35#translation|Bg. 4.35]]** * as means to knowledge, [[bg/0a|Bg. Introduction]], **[[bg/1/43#translation|Bg. 1.43]]**, *[[bg/7/2#purport|Bg. 7.2]]* * begins with Brahmā, [[bg/0a|Bg. Introduction]] * begun with sun-god, [[bg/0a|Bg. Introduction]] * broken in course of time, **[[bg/4/2#translation|Bg. 4.2]]** * commentaries by māyayāpahṛta-jñāna outside, **[[bg/7/15#translation|Bg. 7.15]]** * from Kṛṣṇa to sun-god to Manu to Ikṣvāku, *[[bg/4/1#purport|Bg. 4.1]]* * Gāyatrī passed down by, **[[bg/10/36#translation|Bg. 10.36]]** * importance in understanding Gītā, *[[bg/1/1#purport|Bg. 1.1]]*, **[[bg/4/2#translation|Bg. 4.2]]** * must stem from Kṛṣṇa, **[[bg/11/43#translation|Bg. 11.43]]** * one should follow in, *[[bg/2/7#purport|Bg. 2.7]]*, **[[bg/4/16#translation|Bg. 4.16]]**, **[[bg/4/17#translation|Bg. 4.17]]**, **[[bg/4/41#translation|Bg. 4.41]]** * outline given, [[bg/0a|Bg. Introduction]] * referred to by Arjuna, **[[bg/1/43#translation|Bg. 1.43]]** * spiritual master in it from time eternal, *[[bg/4/42#purport|Bg. 4.42]]*