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Devotee(s) of the Supreme Lord ( continued )
goodness accompanies, 34 
  happiness of,  214, 215, 216  
  as inscrutable, 99 
  above  jñānīs , 200, 223 
  liberation surpassed by, 199, 200 
  Lord “conquered” by,  159–160  
  Lord instructs,  104–105  
  Lord protects,  5, 16  
  Lord realized by,  290–291  
  Lord satisfied by, 143 
  materialist vs.,  214  
  Māyāvādīs vs., 113 
  above nature’s laws, 216 
  neophyte vs. advanced, 189, 190,  191  
  nondevotees vs., 49, 105 
  as pious, 255–256 
 prasāda  to, 166, 167, 200,  203  
  public opinion disinterests,  136  
  qualifications for, 30 
  as rare, 199–200 
  as sacred place,  175  
  as  sādhu , 201 
  as saintly, 200–201 
  as satisfied, 216, 218 
  as sinless, 49 
  Śiva as topmost, 16 
  spiritual vision of, 204 
  as Supreme Brahman’s servants, 192 
  as tax-exempt, 37 
  temple for, 176 
  as topmost  yogīs , 11, 233 
  as transcendental, 134 
  worship by, 182 
  as worshipful, 192, 193 
 yogīs  vs., 223
See also:  Pure devotees of the Supreme
Lord;  names of individual devotees
Devotees of the Supreme Lord, association of hearing about Kṛṣṇa in,  144, 145–146  
  value of, 143, 209
Devotional service to the Supreme Lord
( bhakti )
activities spoiling, six listed, 125
arcanā  process in, 208
via discipline succession, 26
Devotional service to the Supreme Lord ( Bhakti )
education used in, 164 
  everyone eligible for, 278, 286 
  fruitive activities vs., 172 
  via  guru  and Kṛṣṇa, 248 
  knowledge by, 105 
  as liberation, 26 
  Lord revealed by, 251, 291 
  material activities stopped by, 107 
  Nārada expert at, 26 
  Pāṇḍavas in,  279  
  pure, 108, 146, 199 
  purifying power of, 107 
  as religion’s goal, 29, 30 
  via religious principles,  24  
  as  sanātana-dharma , 24 
  as topmost  yoga , 11 
  as unconditional, 255 
  wealth used in, 164 
  wife given up for, 159–160 
  for wise men, 184
Dharma
defined, 156
false,  210, 211
See also:  Religion; Religious principles;
Varṇāśrama-dharma
Dharma Mahārāja,  28
Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam  
  quoted, 29, 211
Dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu
quoted, 68, 111
Dhenur dhātrī tathā pṛthvī
verse quoted, 64
Dhīra  defined, 221
Dhīras tatra na muhyati
quoted, 221
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 4
Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti  
 yaṁ yoginaḥ
quoted, 135, 227, 231
Disciples.  See:   Brahmacārīs:  Devotees of the Supreme Lord;  Dvijas
Discipline succession ( paramparā )
as authority, 106
devotional service via, 26