409
The Nectar of Devotion
as indirect ecstasy, 377-378 mixed with other  rasas , 388, 397
Conjugal Love 
 
 
 
 
 divisions of, 129-131 
 
 
 six features of, 217 
 
 
 expressions of, 283-285 
 
 
 description of, 360-364 
 
 
 mixed with other  rasas , 387-388,
worshiped by Krṣṇa, 163 
    given in charity by Krṣṇa, 176 
    of Vrndāvana, ecstasy of, 255
Cowherd Boys symptoms of ecstasy manifested by, 256, 378 (see also  Friendship )
Dāmodara pastimes of Krṣṇa as, 40-41 worship of, 104
Dancing  
  importance of, 75  
  to invoke the Lord's grace, 135  
  as  anubhāva , 225  
  fatigue cause by, 244-245
Deity ( arcā-vigraha ) worship of, 55-56, 110, 111 offenses in worship of, 68-71, touching body of, 87
Demigods devotees of condemned, 64, 84 respect for, 67 absence of from earth, 177 as devotees in servitude, 299-300
Detachment as symptom of ecstatic love, 139- 140
Devakī, 231-232, 274  
 
 Devaprastha (Kṛṣṇa’s  sakhā  friend), 331
Devotees develop all good qualities, 7-9 classes of, 28-31, 209-213 neophyte, 29-31, 135-137
topmost, 44-45 of Lord Buddha, 60-61 of demigods, 64, 84 service of, 103 Krṣṇa partial to, 185 Krṣṇa surrounded by, 197 following in footsteps of, 280-281
Devotees, Pure definition of, xxii, 149 mercy of, 13, 134-137 association with, 119, 150-151 must follow regulative principles, 128-129 unable to check inner feelings, 278
Devotional Service ( bhakti )  
 
 defined, xix, xxii-xxiv  
 
 in practice (see  Sādhana-Bhakti )  
 
 spontaneous (see  Rāgānugā-bhakti )  
 
 pure, six characteristics of, 1-17  
 
 nine items of, 3, 118-120, 129  
 
 three categories of, 18-19  
 
 eligibility for execution of, 28-34  
 
 surpasses all liberation, 35-45  
 
 open for everyone, 46-47  
 
 basic principles enumerated, 53-57  
 
 direct &amp; indirect, 287  
 
 direct mellows of, 291-364  
 
 reverential, 298, 321-325  
 
 indirect mellows of, 365-384
Dhruva, Mahārāj  
 
 as neophyte devotee, 30  
 
 on transcendental happiness, 34  
 
 ecstatic symptoms manifested by, 223  
 
 chivalry of, 374
Distress, Material relief from, 2-6 Krşna free from, 181
Draupađī, 97-98, 168 Dread     as indirect ecstasy, 383-385     mixed with other  rasas , 387, 388,     399