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Devatās (continued)
See also:  Demigods; Devotees of the Supreme Lord
Devatās
defined, 162
See also:  Demigods
Devotee(s) of the Supreme Lord
activities of, as inconceivable, 159
association of.  See:  Devotees of the
Supreme Lord, association of atheists criticize, 293
blasphemers punished by, 184, 185
Brahmā as, 201
caste  brāhmaṇas  vs., 195, 196
classes of, two listed, 253–254, 298
demigods as, 201
demigods' status surpassed by, 224, 225
demons disdained by, 123
demons misunderstand, 133
demons vs., 131, 151, 162, 174, 176, 245, 246, 247, 324
depend on  Kṛṣṇa , 107
as desireless, 227, 283
desire service, 35, 290–291, 305
devotional service benefits, 198, 199
envy absent in, 305
equanimity in, 300
as expert managers, 289–299
family purified by, 303, 304
as fearless, 186
fools criticize, 197
fruitive activities shunned by, 297
good fortune of, 225
humility vital for, 200
jñānīs  misunderstand, 260
karmīs  misunderstand, 260
knowledge revealed to, 56–57
knowledge spread by, 246
Kṛṣṇa 's associates followed by, 321
as liberated souls, 207, 300
liberation surpassed by, 265
Lord attained by, 93
Lord Caitanya played part of, 248, 254
Lord favors, 155, 161, 173, 231, 255–256, 268–269, 273, 286
Devotee(s) of the Supreme Lord
Lord fulfills desires of, 226, 227, 230, 231, 273
Lord protects, 48, 80, 124–125, 174, 176, 201, 210, 230, 231, 246, 247, 312–313
Lord purifies, 287
Lord realized by, 30–31, 56
Lord seen by, 132
Lord's forms understood by, 186, 203, 204 materialistic, 289
material life shunned by, 254
material world disinterests, 219
Māyāvādīs  vs., 290–291
nondevotees vs., 86, 265
Nṛsinhadeva  dispels fear by, 188, 189, 202
Nṛsinhadeva  frightened, 201
Nṛsinhadeva  protects, 133
opulence used by, 297
as opulent as  Kṛṣṇa , 293, 294
paramparā  reveals, 49
Prahlāda 's classmates became, 199
preaching duty of, 122
purification of, 88–89
purifying power of, 195, 196–197, 304
qualification for, 289
rituals shunned by, 297
rituals surpassed by, 308
as sense controlled, 85–86, 265
as servants par excellence, 197
serve spiritual master, 82–83, 85
“spiritualists” avoided by, 260, 261
spiritual residence of, 224, 260, 261
as teachers, 260–261, 308
as topmost  yogīs , 78–79
as transcendental, 34, 35–36, 190, 196, 207–208, 313
Vedas  surpassed by, 269, 270
Westerners as, 196–197
See also:  Pure devotees of the Supreme
Lord;  names of individual devotees
Devotees of the Supreme Lord, association of chanting Hare  Kṛṣṇa  advised in, 266 discrimination advised in, 83