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Body material (continued)
gross and subtle, 69 
  happiness according to, 5–6 
  human, as special, 2 
  by  karma , 67, 104 
  living entity causes, 62–63 
  Lord pervades, 242, 243 
  Lord powers, 127 
  Lord sanctions, 108 
  via nature, 108 
  soul vs., 58, 59–60, 61, 62–63, 64–65, 
  66, 67–68, 69–70, 71, 74, 220 
  subtle, 214 
  tree's fruits compared to, 58–59, 71
Body of the Supreme Lord
Brahma-saṁhitā  quoted on, 115 
  as everything, 239 
  as limitless, 185 
  rays of, 90 
  as transcendental, 312 
  universe as, 62–63
Bose, Shubhash Chandra, death defeated, 291
Brahmā, Lord
austerity purified, 242, 243 
  as authority, 306 
  in bliss, 243 
  at creation's dawn, 240, 242, 243 
  day of, calculated, 10 
  as demigod, 135 
  as devotee, 201 
  devotee's status vs., 225 
  in discipline succession, 57, 207–208 
  as first created being, 246 
  following, recommended, 242–243 
  from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, 144, 239–240 
  Hiraṇyakaśīpu blessed by, 149, 311 
  Kṛṣṇa above, 172, 311 
  life span of, vs. human life span, 10 
  Lord enlightened, 144 
  lotus flower bore, 314–315 
  under modes of nature, 211 
  Nṛsiṁhadeva frightened, 184, 185 
  Nṛsiṁhadeva preserved promise by, 138, 
  139, 149 
  Prahlāda enthroned by, 315, 316
Brahmā, Lord
Prahlāda's good fortune excelled, 223, 224 
  prayed to Nṛsiṁhadeva, 159, 310–313 
  quoted on Nṛsiṁhadeva and Prahlāda, 187 
  self-realization by, 243, 244 
  Viṣṇu seen by, 243, 244, 245
Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā  
  verse quoted, 91–92
Brahmacārī guru-kule  
  quoted, 13, 85
Brahmacārī
kings trained as, 15–16 
  training for, 13–14
Brahmacarya
for children, 2–3, 12–13 
  for higher castes, 15–16
Brahmajyoti. See:  Brahman effulgence
Brahman (Impersonal Absolute)
defined, 90 
  happiness in, 90–91 
  Lord as basis of, 29, 90–91 
  as Lord's energy, 71 
  religious principles reveal, 327
See also:  Brahman effulgence; Liberation
Brahman, Supreme
Lord as, 71–72, 233, 268 
 See also:  Supreme Lord
Brahmānando bhaved eṣa  
  verse quoted, 91
Brāhmaṇa(s)  (Intellectuals)
caste, 195, 196–197 
  devotees vs. caste, 195, 196 
  disqualification for, 8 
 guru-kula  for, 15 
  Jaya and Vijaya cursed by, 179 
  as material qualification, 110 
  Prahlāda followed, 309 
  qualities of, twelve listed, 195n 
  social status of, 196 
  society guided by, 309 
  Westerners as, 196–197
Brahmāṇḍa bhramite koṇa bhāgyavān jīva  
  verse quoted, 30, 98, 215
Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa , quoted on Nṛsiṁhadeva 
  and Prahlāda, 186