Here's a list of analogies from Bhagavad Gita As It Is:
(this post is still under construction.)
BHAGAVAD GITA INTRODUCTION
1. physician :: directions for taking medicine; Krishna or guru :: Gita as it is
2. wife::husband; prakrti :: Lord
3. child :: automobile; ignorant person :: universe
4. gold :: goldmine; jiva :: Lord
5. drop :: ocean; jiva :: Lord
6. cloud :: rainy season or dry season; material manifestation :: manifest or unmanifest
7. body parts :: stomach; living entities :: Lord or machine parts :: machine;living entities :: Lord
8. water :: tree root; devotional service :: Lord
9. servant :: master; living entities :: Lord
10. liquidity :: water; sanatana dharma :: soul or heat :: fire; sanatana dharma :: soul
11. water :: desert; happiness :: material world
12. mirage :: water; material world :: spiritual world
13. wife:: paramour; devotee:: Krishna, supreme Beloved
CHAPTER ONE
1. farmer :: unwanted plants in a paddy field; Krona :: the opposing army (1.1)
2. Arjuna :: fighting his kinsmen; person not hungry:: cooking
3. sunshine, sun surface, sun planet :: sun; brahman, paramatma, bhagavan :: AT (2.2)
CHAPTER TWO
1. rain cloud :: forest fire; guru :: material existence (2.7)
2. gold:: miser; krpana :: human life (2.7)
3. person :: closed jar of honey; nondevotee :: Gita (2.12)
4. living entities :: stars; Krishna :: moon or sun (2.13)
5. sun :: illumination; soul :: consciousness (2.20)
6. sun :: universe; soul :: body (2.18)
7. capital punishment :: murderer; surgery :: patient (2.21)
8. person :: garments; soul:: bodies (2.22)
9. soul and Supersoul :: body; two birds :: tree (2.22)
10. sparks :: fire; atomic souls :: Supreme Soul ( 2.23)
11. mother :: knowledge of one’s father; Vedas :: knowledge of Lord (2.25)
12. person:: dream; soul:: material body (2.28)
13. water :: tree roots; worship :: Krishna (2.41, 5.7)
14. fools:: poisonous flowers; karmi :: heaven (2.43)
15. pond :: reservoir; purpose of the Vedas:: the Vedas (2.46)
16. boat :: ocean; Krishna’s lotus feet:: water in calf’s footprint (2.51)
17. tortoise :: limbs; yogi :: senses (2.58)
18. hungry man :: food; soul :: Krishna consciousness (2.60)
19. blazing fire :: everything in a room; meditation on Vishnu :: impurities in the heart (2.61)
20. wind ::boat; senses::intelligence (2.67)
21. rivers :: ocean; material desires :: self realized soul (2.70)
CHAPTER THREE
1. vaccine :: epidemic; prasadam :: material affection (3.14)
2. cashier::money; devotee :: Lord’s property (3.30)
3. accident :: royal road; falldown :: regulated sense gratification (3.34)
4. defanged teeth :: snake ; senses engaged in KC:: yogi/devotee (3.42)
5. milk :: yogurt ; love :: lust (3.37)
6. sense gratification :: lust; fuel :: fire (3.39)
CHAPTER FOUR
1. king :: law; Lord :: nature’s law (4.14) (7.12)
2. devotee :: Lord; hand :: body; part :: machine; animal :: master (4.21)
3. yogurt:: overindulgence in milk products; KC activity :: material activity (4.24)
4. Krishna consciousness :: material world; boat :: ocean (4.36)
5. fire :: firewood; transcendental knowledge :: karma (4.37)
CHAPTER FIVE
1. lotus :: water; devotee :: material world (5.11)
2. Supersoul :: desires; smelling :: flowers (5.14)
3. fish, tortoise and birds :: offspring; devotee :: Krishna and His abode (5.26)
CHAPTER SIX
1. limbs :: body; living entity :: Lord (6.1)
2. hungry man :: food; devotee :: Krishna consciousness(6.35)
3. sense gratification :: Krishna consciousness ; water :: fire (6.36)
CHAPTER SEVEN
1. soul :: developing body; Krishna :: developing universe (7.6)
2. everything :: Krishna ; pearls :: thread (7.7)
3. rescuer :: bound man ; Krishna :: conditioned soul (7.14)
4. beloved son :: father ; living entity :: Krishna (7.14)
5. material nature :: Lord; shadow :: object (7.15)
6. worship :: demigod; food :: ear or eyes (7.23)
7. cloud :: sky; maya :: Lord (7.26)
CHAPTER EIGHT
1. swan :: lotus; mind :: KC (8.2)
2. caterpillar :: butterfly; devotee :: Krishna (8.8)
3. leaves :: tree; Krishna’s expansions :: Krishna (8.22)
CHAPTER NINE
1. wind :: sky; living entities :: Lord (9.6) (everything rests in Lord)
2. seed :: fruit; sin :: reactions (9.2)
3. king :: state; Lord :: manifestation (9.4)
4. sunshine :: universe; Lord’s energy :: creation (9.4)
5. judge :: judgements; Lord :: material activities (9.9) (He is neutral)
6. fragrance :: smelling power; material world :: Krishna( 9.10) (He is detached from it)
7. demigod worship :: Krishna worship; steps :: elevator (9.18)
8. rain cloud :: rock, land, water; Krishna :: all varieties of living entities (9.29)
9. diamond :: gold; Lord :: living entity (9.29)(they enhance one another)
CHAPTER TEN
1. fish :: water; jiva :: spiritual world (10.10)
2. knowledge of Krishna :: heart ; shining lamp :: ignorance (10.11)
CHAPTER ELEVEN
1. river waves::ocean; warriors :: mouths of universal form
CHAPTER TWELVE
1. deity :: Krishna ; mailbox :: post office (12.5)
2. devotee:: Krishna ; child :: parents (12.7) (complete care)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
1. Supersoul :: body; king :: patch of land (13.3)
2. soul/Supersoul :: body; knower of a field:: field
3. sun :: universe; soul :: body (13.34) (lights up body with consciousness)
4. air :: all other matter; soul :: body (13.33)
5. soul does not mix with body (13.34)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
1. living entity :: Krishna; gold :: gold mine (14.26) (one in quality)
2. living entity:: Krishna; assistant or servant :: king(`14.26) (enjoy cooperatively)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
1. living entity :: different conception of life; air :: aromas (15.8)
2. pure water::coloring; pure consciousness:: material contamination (15.9)
3. soul:: body; Lord :: planets (15.13)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
1. devotee :: Lord; soldier :: superior officer (18.17) (protected by authority)
2. fault::every endeavor; smoke :: fire (18.48) (every work has some fault)
3. servant :: master; devotee :: Lord (18.57)
Web searches may reveal more analogies in Srila Prabhupada's books.
(this post is still under construction.)
BHAGAVAD GITA INTRODUCTION
1. physician :: directions for taking medicine; Krishna or guru :: Gita as it is
2. wife::husband; prakrti :: Lord
3. child :: automobile; ignorant person :: universe
4. gold :: goldmine; jiva :: Lord
5. drop :: ocean; jiva :: Lord
6. cloud :: rainy season or dry season; material manifestation :: manifest or unmanifest
7. body parts :: stomach; living entities :: Lord or machine parts :: machine;living entities :: Lord
8. water :: tree root; devotional service :: Lord
9. servant :: master; living entities :: Lord
10. liquidity :: water; sanatana dharma :: soul or heat :: fire; sanatana dharma :: soul
11. water :: desert; happiness :: material world
12. mirage :: water; material world :: spiritual world
13. wife:: paramour; devotee:: Krishna, supreme Beloved
CHAPTER ONE
1. farmer :: unwanted plants in a paddy field; Krona :: the opposing army (1.1)
2. Arjuna :: fighting his kinsmen; person not hungry:: cooking
3. sunshine, sun surface, sun planet :: sun; brahman, paramatma, bhagavan :: AT (2.2)
CHAPTER TWO
1. rain cloud :: forest fire; guru :: material existence (2.7)
2. gold:: miser; krpana :: human life (2.7)
3. person :: closed jar of honey; nondevotee :: Gita (2.12)
4. living entities :: stars; Krishna :: moon or sun (2.13)
5. sun :: illumination; soul :: consciousness (2.20)
6. sun :: universe; soul :: body (2.18)
7. capital punishment :: murderer; surgery :: patient (2.21)
8. person :: garments; soul:: bodies (2.22)
9. soul and Supersoul :: body; two birds :: tree (2.22)
10. sparks :: fire; atomic souls :: Supreme Soul ( 2.23)
11. mother :: knowledge of one’s father; Vedas :: knowledge of Lord (2.25)
12. person:: dream; soul:: material body (2.28)
13. water :: tree roots; worship :: Krishna (2.41, 5.7)
14. fools:: poisonous flowers; karmi :: heaven (2.43)
15. pond :: reservoir; purpose of the Vedas:: the Vedas (2.46)
16. boat :: ocean; Krishna’s lotus feet:: water in calf’s footprint (2.51)
17. tortoise :: limbs; yogi :: senses (2.58)
18. hungry man :: food; soul :: Krishna consciousness (2.60)
19. blazing fire :: everything in a room; meditation on Vishnu :: impurities in the heart (2.61)
20. wind ::boat; senses::intelligence (2.67)
21. rivers :: ocean; material desires :: self realized soul (2.70)
CHAPTER THREE
1. vaccine :: epidemic; prasadam :: material affection (3.14)
2. cashier::money; devotee :: Lord’s property (3.30)
3. accident :: royal road; falldown :: regulated sense gratification (3.34)
4. defanged teeth :: snake ; senses engaged in KC:: yogi/devotee (3.42)
5. milk :: yogurt ; love :: lust (3.37)
6. sense gratification :: lust; fuel :: fire (3.39)
CHAPTER FOUR
1. king :: law; Lord :: nature’s law (4.14) (7.12)
2. devotee :: Lord; hand :: body; part :: machine; animal :: master (4.21)
3. yogurt:: overindulgence in milk products; KC activity :: material activity (4.24)
4. Krishna consciousness :: material world; boat :: ocean (4.36)
5. fire :: firewood; transcendental knowledge :: karma (4.37)
CHAPTER FIVE
1. lotus :: water; devotee :: material world (5.11)
2. Supersoul :: desires; smelling :: flowers (5.14)
3. fish, tortoise and birds :: offspring; devotee :: Krishna and His abode (5.26)
CHAPTER SIX
1. limbs :: body; living entity :: Lord (6.1)
2. hungry man :: food; devotee :: Krishna consciousness(6.35)
3. sense gratification :: Krishna consciousness ; water :: fire (6.36)
CHAPTER SEVEN
1. soul :: developing body; Krishna :: developing universe (7.6)
2. everything :: Krishna ; pearls :: thread (7.7)
3. rescuer :: bound man ; Krishna :: conditioned soul (7.14)
4. beloved son :: father ; living entity :: Krishna (7.14)
5. material nature :: Lord; shadow :: object (7.15)
6. worship :: demigod; food :: ear or eyes (7.23)
7. cloud :: sky; maya :: Lord (7.26)
CHAPTER EIGHT
1. swan :: lotus; mind :: KC (8.2)
2. caterpillar :: butterfly; devotee :: Krishna (8.8)
3. leaves :: tree; Krishna’s expansions :: Krishna (8.22)
CHAPTER NINE
1. wind :: sky; living entities :: Lord (9.6) (everything rests in Lord)
2. seed :: fruit; sin :: reactions (9.2)
3. king :: state; Lord :: manifestation (9.4)
4. sunshine :: universe; Lord’s energy :: creation (9.4)
5. judge :: judgements; Lord :: material activities (9.9) (He is neutral)
6. fragrance :: smelling power; material world :: Krishna( 9.10) (He is detached from it)
7. demigod worship :: Krishna worship; steps :: elevator (9.18)
8. rain cloud :: rock, land, water; Krishna :: all varieties of living entities (9.29)
9. diamond :: gold; Lord :: living entity (9.29)(they enhance one another)
CHAPTER TEN
1. fish :: water; jiva :: spiritual world (10.10)
2. knowledge of Krishna :: heart ; shining lamp :: ignorance (10.11)
CHAPTER ELEVEN
1. river waves::ocean; warriors :: mouths of universal form
CHAPTER TWELVE
1. deity :: Krishna ; mailbox :: post office (12.5)
2. devotee:: Krishna ; child :: parents (12.7) (complete care)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
1. Supersoul :: body; king :: patch of land (13.3)
2. soul/Supersoul :: body; knower of a field:: field
3. sun :: universe; soul :: body (13.34) (lights up body with consciousness)
4. air :: all other matter; soul :: body (13.33)
5. soul does not mix with body (13.34)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
1. living entity :: Krishna; gold :: gold mine (14.26) (one in quality)
2. living entity:: Krishna; assistant or servant :: king(`14.26) (enjoy cooperatively)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
1. living entity :: different conception of life; air :: aromas (15.8)
2. pure water::coloring; pure consciousness:: material contamination (15.9)
3. soul:: body; Lord :: planets (15.13)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
1. devotee :: Lord; soldier :: superior officer (18.17) (protected by authority)
2. fault::every endeavor; smoke :: fire (18.48) (every work has some fault)
3. servant :: master; devotee :: Lord (18.57)
Web searches may reveal more analogies in Srila Prabhupada's books.
