Bhakti Shastri KVMs

(Key Verses to Memorize)

Bhagavad Gita

Module 1 (Chapters 1-6)

2.13, 2.44, 3.27, 4.2, 4.8, 4.9, 4.13, 4.34, 5.29, 6.26, 6.47


Module 2 (Chapters 7-12)

7.14, 7.19, 8.5, 8.7, 9.2, 9.14, 9.22, 9.26, 9.27, 9.29, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 11.54


Module 3 (Chapters 13-18)

13.23, 14.4, 14.26, 15.7, 15.15, 18.54, 18.55, 18.61, 18.65, 18.66

Śrī Īśopaniṣad (ISO)

Invocation verse, Mantra 1

Nectar of Instruction (NOI)

Text 1, Text 2, Text 3

Nectar of Devotion (NOD)

Click on verse numbers --> 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.2.234, 1.2.255


anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ

jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam

ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-

śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā

One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.  

(Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is, text 7.16 purport)




sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ

tat-paratvena nirmalam

hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-

sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate


One should be free from all material designations and, by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, must be cleansed of all material contamination. He should be restored to his pure identity, in which he engages his senses in the service of the proprietor of the senses.

(Source: Nectar of Devotion, Introduction)




ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi

na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ

sevonmukhe hi jihvādau

svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ


No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him.

(Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is, text 6.8 purport)




anasaktasya visayan
yatharham upayuñjatah
nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe
yuktam´ vairagyam ucyate


When one is not attached to anything but at the same time accepts everything in relation to Krsna, one is rightly situated above possessiveness.

(Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is, text 6.10 purport)


anasaktasya — of one who is without attachment; 

visayan — to material sense objects; 

yatha-arham — according to suitability; 

upayuñjatah — engaging; 

nirbandhah — without bondage; 

krsna-sambandhe — in relationship with Krsna; 

yuktam — proper; 

vairagyam — renunciation; 

ucyate — is called;