348
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Devotional service to the Lord ( continued )
knowledge and detachment in, 312 
  learned following of, 29 
  love of God as purpose of, 27 
  material desires vanquished by, 108 
  power of, 4, 24 
  protection through, 83, 84 
  purification impossible without, 30 
  purifies one to understand God, 215–216 
  purity of, 24 
  seed of, how received, 6 
  sex life restricted in, 259 
  sinful reactions vanquished by, 25 
  as sole means of knowing the Lord, 
  157–158, 166–167, 252, 279–280 
  strength of, 12 
  as supreme religion, 116 
  surpasses all impediments, 219–220 
  transcends material modes, 64 
  as ultimate religion, 116, 166–167 
  unauthorized, as disturbance, 35 
 See also: names of devotional processes
Dharma
bhakti  as transcendental, 116 
  eternal nature of, 57 
 See also:  Devotional service, as ultimate 
  religion; Religion;  Varṇāśrama-  
 dharma
Dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra , 
  quoted. 56, 166
Dharma-śāstras
on atonement, 11 
  surpassed by chanting, 101
Dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi , 
  quoted, 258
Dhṛtaṁ vrataṁ strī-saṅga- , 
  quoted. 79
Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena , 
  quoted, 230
Disciple
duty of, 287 
 See also: Brahmacārī ; Devotees of the 
  Supreme Lord
Disciplic succession(s)
( Paramparā  or  Sampradāya ) 
  the four authorized, 145
Disciplic succession(s)
from Nārada Muni, 290 
  necessity of, 29, 165 
  true and false, 165
Disease
atonement compared to cure for, 13 
  knowledge compared to cure for, 18
Distress.  See:  Suffering
Divā cārthehayā rājan , 
  quoted, 178
Dreams
as example of misidentity, 67 
  transcended in God realization, 215
Durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ , 
  quoted, 180
Duty
of disciple and spiritual master, 287 
  of government in spiritual life, 93 
  of government to protect life, 196–197, 
  200–201 
  of Lord toward one who chants His name, 
  100 
  of parents toward child, 285 
  pleasing the Lord by, 155 
  special, of human being, 269, 270–271 
  in Vedic society toward old men, cows, etc., 
  119
E
Earth planet, the body compared to, 266, 
  268–269
Education
as father's duty, 294 
  material, fruitless, 281
Eka-deśa-sthitasyāgner jyotsnā vistāriṇī , 
  quoted, 279
Elements, material
the Haryaśvas' understanding of, 278 
  ultimate cause of, 278–280
See also:  Creation; Material world
Energies
combined in creation, 9 
  Nārāyaṇa's control through, 58–59 
  need of understanding, 280
Energy, external, body as machine of, 47