40 Questions
According to the text, who is the chief man or chief deity of the sun planet?
Vivasvān
According to the text, who is the chief man or chief deity of the heavenly planet?
Indra
According to the text, who is the chief man or chief deity of the moon planet?
Candra
According to the text, who is the chief man or chief deity of your country?
Brahmā
According to the text, who can occupy the post of the sun-god, Vivasvān?
Qualified individuals
Who is the forefather of mankind according to the text?
Manu
In which planet can living entities travel from one planet to another using their bodies?
Siddhaloka
Which kṣatriya family does Sūrya (the sun-god) belong to?
Sūrya-vaṁśa
Which type of yoga is described as the direct method of approaching God?
Bhakti-yoga
What is the nature of matter according to the text?
Annihilated
According to the text, what is the prediction for the next hundred years?
People will live underground
What does the text say about the nature of the material world?
It is temporary and illusory
According to the text, what is the recommended duration for a sannyasi to live in one place?
Three days
What does the text say about the eternal nature of the soul?
The soul is eternal and never dies
According to the text, how is the Bhagavad-gita meant to be useful?
It provides eternal life and happiness
According to the text, what is the reason why material happiness will never make us happy?
All of the above
What did the person in the text say when he was offered a golden cage?
No, I don't like golden cage
What is the analogy used in the text to explain that material happiness cannot make us happy?
A bird in a golden cage
What is the goal of life according to the text?
Viṣṇu
What do people who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life fail to understand?
The goal of life
According to the text, who said 'I am Kāla. I have come to kill.'?
Kṛṣṇa
What is the business of kāla, or time, according to the text?
To kill
What is the age of the Bhagavad-gītā yoga system, according to the text?
Eternity
Why was the Bhagavad-gītā specifically spoken to Arjuna, according to the text?
Because he was a devotee of Kṛṣṇa
Who can understand the knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā, according to the text?
Bhaktas
Who were the rājarṣis?
The great kings who were just like saints and sages
Who was Mahārāja Parīkṣit?
The grandson of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira
What is the meaning of 'posthumous'?
Born after the death of the father
How was Uttarā married?
She was married to a grown-up son of Arjuna
What was the system of governance in the kingdom?
Actual democracy with guidance from brāhmaṇas
According to the text, what is the analogy used to explain that material happiness cannot make us happy?
a bird kept in a golden cage
According to the text, what is the goal of life?
to understand and attain spiritual happiness
According to the text, what is the reason why material happiness will never make us happy?
because we are spirit souls
According to the text, who can understand the knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā?
those who are not entrapped by material consciousness
According to the text, why was the Bhagavad-gītā specifically spoken to Arjuna?
because he was a devotee of Lord Krishna
According to the text, what is the nature of the material world?
temporary and full of suffering
According to the text, what does Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum mean?
such persons do not understand the ultimate goal of life is to attain Lord Vishnu
According to the text, what does kāla, or time, do?
it kills everyone eventually
According to the text, who is the chief man or chief deity of the sun planet?
Vivasvān
According to the text, who is the chief man or chief deity of the moon planet?
Candra
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