# Duty (duties) [[bg/2/31–32|Bg. 2.31–32]] * *yajña *born of, [[bg/3/14|Bg. 3.14]] * & goodness mode, [[bg/18/9–10|Bg. 18.9–10]] * acceptance of, [[bg/18/9–11|Bg. 18.9–11]] * authorized, [[bg/2/32|Bg. 2.32]] * bodily maintenance &, [[bg/3/9|Bg. 3.9]] * charity out of, [[bg/17/20|Bg. 17.20]] * compared with Kṛṣṇa consciousness, [[bg/2/40|Bg. 2.40]], [[bg/3/5|Bg. 3.5]], [[bg/3/33|Bg. 3.33]] * conditioned souls require, [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]] * despite difficulties, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]] * devotees &, [[bg/1/41|Bg. 1.41]], [[bg/6/23|Bg. 6.23]], [[bg/9/28|Bg. 9.28]] * devotional service &, [[bg/1/41|Bg. 1.41]], [[bg/3/4|Bg. 3.4]], [[bg/6/23|Bg. 6.23]], [[bg/6/47|Bg. 6.47]], [[bg/8/28|Bg. 8.28]], [[bg/10/3|Bg. 10.3]] * elevation via, [[bg/2/31–32|Bg. 2.31–32]] * example of acceptance of, [[bg/3/20–26|Bg. 3.20–26]] * examples of, [[bg/8/28|Bg. 8.28]] * for *sannyāsī,*, 16.1 (6) * for *vaiśya,*, 18.47, [[bg/18/48|Bg. 18.48]] * for Arjuna, 25, [[bg/2/2|Bg. 2.2]] (6), [[bg/2/7|Bg. 2.7]], [[bg/2/26–27|Bg. 2.26–27]], [[bg/2/31–38|Bg. 2.31–38]], [[bg/2/47–48|Bg. 2.47–48]], [[bg/3/8|Bg. 3.8]] * for Kṛṣṇa, [[bg/3/21–24|Bg. 3.21–24]] * for liberated & conditioned souls, [[bg/2/31–32|Bg. 2.31–32]] * for Lord, [[bg/3/21–24|Bg. 3.21–24]] * for Lord’s pleasure, [[bg/3/9|Bg. 3.9]] * for merchant, [[bg/18/47|Bg. 18.47]] * for purification, [[bg/3/4|Bg. 3.4]] * for self-realized soul, [[bg/3/17–19|Bg. 3.17–19]] * for* kṣatriya, *, 2.14, [[bg/2/15|Bg. 2.15]], [[bg/2/27|Bg. 2.27]], [[bg/2/31–33|Bg. 2.31–33]], [[bg/3/22|Bg. 3.22]], [[bg/18/47–48|Bg. 18.47–48]] * freedom from * goal of, [[bg/3/7|Bg. 3.7]] * in *varṇāśrama,*, 2.31, [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]], [[bg/8/28|Bg. 8.28]], [[bg/18/23|Bg. 18.23]], [[bg/18/47|Bg. 18.47]], [[bg/18/66|Bg. 18.66]] * in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, [[bg/3/30–31|Bg. 3.30–31]], [[bg/4/20|Bg. 4.20]], [[bg/5/29|Bg. 5.29]] * inferior, attachment to, [[bg/3/29|Bg. 3.29]] * Janaka Mahārāja &, [[bg/3/20|Bg. 3.20]] * Kṛṣṇa consciousness * alongside, [[bg/8/7|Bg. 8.7]] * as, [[bg/6/1|Bg. 6.1]] * transcends, [[bg/2/38|Bg. 2.38]], [[bg/2/41|Bg. 2.41]], [[bg/2/52|Bg. 2.52]], [[bg/3/17–19|Bg. 3.17–19]], [[bg/3/43|Bg. 3.43]] * Kṛṣṇa illuminates, for self–realized soul, [[bg/3/17|Bg. 3.17]] * Kṛṣṇa meditation not hindered by, 25 * Kṛṣṇa’s example regarding, [[bg/3/21–24|Bg. 3.21–24]] * leaders neglect, [[bg/1/42|Bg. 1.42]] * material & spiritual, [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]] * materialist’s idea of, [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (6) * modes dictate, [[bg/2/47|Bg. 2.47]] * necessity of, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]], [[bg/3/8|Bg. 3.8]], [[bg/3/20–26|Bg. 3.20–26]], [[bg/3/33|Bg. 3.33]], [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]], [[bg/6/1|Bg. 6.1]], [[bg/18/47–54|Bg. 18.47–54]] * neglect of, [[bg/2/47|Bg. 2.47]], [[bg/18/7–8|Bg. 18.7–8]] * as forbidden, [[bg/18/7–8|Bg. 18.7–8]], [[bg/18/47|Bg. 18.47]] * as sinful, [[bg/2/27|Bg. 2.27]] * by Bhīṣmadeva & Droṇācārya, [[bg/11/49|Bg. 11.49]] * for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, [[bg/2/38|Bg. 2.38]] * reaction for, [[bg/2/32–34|Bg. 2.32–34]], [[bg/6/40|Bg. 6.40]], [[bg/6/47|Bg. 6.47]] * occupational, [[bg/18/47|Bg. 18.47]] * of *brahmacārī,*, 8.28 * of *brāhmaṇa,*, 18.47–48 * of government leaders, [[bg/4/1|Bg. 4.1]] (1) * of preaching, [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (6) * of work without attachment, [[bg/3/19|Bg. 3.19]] * one’s own, compared with another’s duties, [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]] * partially complete, [[bg/2/40|Bg. 2.40]] * per one’s own nature, [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]], [[bg/18/47–49|Bg. 18.47–49]] * prescribed, [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]], [[bg/8/7|Bg. 8.7]], [[bg/17/26|Bg. 17.26]], [[bg/18/6–9|Bg. 18.6–9]] * religious principles define, [[bg/2/31|Bg. 2.31]] * renounced for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, [[bg/2/40|Bg. 2.40]], [[bg/3/33|Bg. 3.33]], [[bg/3/43|Bg. 3.43]] * results of, detachment from, [[bg/2/47–49|Bg. 2.47–49]] * sacrifice performed as, [[bg/17/11|Bg. 17.11]] * scripture as authority on, [[bg/16/6|Bg. 16.6]], [[bg/16/23–24|Bg. 16.23–24]] * self-created, [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (6) * spiritual & material, [[bg/2/2|Bg. 2.2]] (6), [[bg/2/31|Bg. 2.31]], [[bg/2/38|Bg. 2.38]], [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]] * spiritual master &, [[bg/2/41|Bg. 2.41]], [[bg/3/35|Bg. 3.35]], [[bg/18/57|Bg. 18.57]] * spiritual, not subject to renunciation, [[bg/18/2|Bg. 18.2]], [[bg/18/3–9|Bg. 18.3–9]] * to mold one’s life so as to never forget Kṛṣṇa, [[bg/9/27|Bg. 9.27]] * to respect others, [[bg/9/11|Bg. 9.11]] (7) * to worship Lord, [[bg/17/11|Bg. 17.11]], [[bg/18/46|Bg. 18.46]] * transcended via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, [[bg/2/38|Bg. 2.38]], [[bg/2/41|Bg. 2.41]], [[bg/2/52|Bg. 2.52]], [[bg/3/17–19|Bg. 3.17–19]], [[bg/3/43|Bg. 3.43]] * transcendental, in goodness mode, [[bg/18/26|Bg. 18.26]] * types of, three, [[bg/2/47|Bg. 2.47]] * Vedic, & devotees, [[bg/9/28|Bg. 9.28]] * violence may be, [[bg/2/30–32|Bg. 2.30–32]] * with detachment, [[bg/3/30|Bg. 3.30]] *See also:* [Dharma](entries/dharma.md); [Occupation](entries/occupation.md); Sanātana-dharma