General Index
917
Devotees
more kind than Kṛṣṇa, 195 must teach proper action, 185 Nārada as greatest amongst, 524 neophyte gives more attention to  arca-   mūrti , 461 never go to demigods for needs, 392, 395 never perish, 485 not awarded material benefits, 395 not confused by misguiding  Gītā  commen- taries, 585 not disturbed by flowery language of  Vedas , 139 not interested in seeing universal form, 581, 582-583, 590 often derided by philosophers, 508 only interested in two-handed Kṛṣṇa, 464, 582-583, 594 perform sacrifice in different modes, 176-177 pleased in discussing Kṛṣṇa's opulences, 518 process of purification, 387 never fall down, 490 relationships with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, 4-5, 23, 232, 390, 508-509, 551 released from sin by offering food, 176 reside in sacred places, 320 rewarded according to love, 232 risk their lives to spread God conscious- ness, 195, 593 sacrifice everything for Kṛṣṇa, 250 see Kṛṣṇa in everyone, 461 see the earth as Vaikuṇṭha, 823 their equality of vision, 337-338, 384, 687-688, 822 their mercy as requisite, 112, 229 their plans as good as Kṛṣṇa's, 566 think distresses to be Kṛṣṇa's mercy, 611 three classes of, 449-450 transcendental to all attachment, 151 transcendental to auspicious and inauspi- cious, 614-616 transcendental to four  varṇas , 236 transcendental to three modes of nature, 11 ( See also  Sages, Spiritual master, Vaiṣṇavas)
Devotional service
advocated by Krşna,  489   
 
 as  buddhi-yoga , 122-123  
 
 as Caitanya’s wish birth after birth,  309   
 
 as constitutional position, 137  
 
 as declaration of war against  măyă , 485
Devotional service
as disturbance if ignores scriptures, 366 
  as eternally existing, 447-448 
  as happy process, 447-466 
  as knowledge, 70, 264, 444, 630 
  as liberating force, 79, 91, 134, 136, 159, 273, 279, 381, 701 
  as main objective of  Gītā , 596, 632, 780 
  as means of attaining Brahman, 688-689 
  as means of attaining Kṛṣṇa, 424-425, 432, 589, 591-594, 610 
  as method of knowing the Self, 164 
  as only means to see Kṛṣṇa incessantly, 639 
  as only way to understand Kṛṣṇa, 588-590, 823-824 
  as  pavitram uttamam , the purest, 445 
  as process of detachment, 694 
  as result of knowing Kṛṣṇa, 502, 503-504, 718 
  as spiritual activity, 387, 395, 445-446, 719-720 
  as step toward love of Kṛṣṇa, 231 
  as subject for Chapter Nine, 442 
  as subject for Chapter Twelve, 595-617 
  attained after many births, 357 
  attained by Brahman realized, 822 
  automatically develops good qualifications, 616 
  awakens relationship with Kṛṣṇa, 4 
  begins with Hare Kṛṣṇa, 472 
  brings satisfaction like full meal, 345 
  by highest  yogī , 358-360 
  can alone award peace, 305 
  can be rendered by any  āśrama , 466 
  can transform lust into love, 209 
  clarifies Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, etc., 439 
  continues after liberation, 447-448 
  controls senses, 148, 301 
  delivers thousands of family members, 65-66 
  difficult for sensualists and miscreants, 128, 387 
  diminishes desire to dominate, 691 
  dispels dust of materialism, 509 
  does not deprive one of sacrifice, charity, etc., 438 
  easier than impersonal path, 600-601 
  engaged in by pious free from delusion, 404 
  everything directly perceived through, 446-447 
  five different paths of, 425 
  frees one from passion and ignorance, 363