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Demigod(s) ( continued )
demons vs.,  12, 13, 15, 176–177, 203  
  heavenly planets reentered by, 217 
  humans compared to, 245 
  humans worship, 245 
  Indra chief among,  13, 123  
  as living entities, 245 
  Lord favored, 157 
  Lord obeyed by, 203 
  Lord's appearance gladdened, 31 
  in Lord's universal form, 123 
  Lord vs.,  262  
  as materialistic devotees, 161, 176–177 
  prayed at Lord's appearance, 34 
  qualification of, 176–177 
  time favors,  143  
  Vāmana favored,  79, 137  
  Vāmana honored by,  214, 215, 217  
  of water,  123  
  worship toward,  245, 262  
 See also: names of specific demigods
Demons
Bali born among, 98 
  Bali praised by,  138  
  Bali retreated,  142–146  
  demigods vs.,  12, 13, 15, 176–177, 203  
  invincible,  15  
  Lord defied by, 203 
  Lord kills, 20 
  Lord's mercy on,  161, 162, 201, 202, 203  
  Lord's universal form seen by,  124  
  mentality of, devotee's association dispels,  193  
  proprietorship pretended by, 176, 177 
  quoted on Vāmana,  137  
  suffering due to, 178 
  Vāmana angered,  136–139  
  Viṣṇu associates vs.,  140–146  
  world ruined by, 178 
 See also: Atheists; Nondevotees
Deśe kāle ca pātre ca  
  verse quoted, 104
Desires
Lord fulfills,  203  
  of mother Aditi,  12–14
Desires, material
body according to, 177 
  in conditioned soul, 267 
  freedom from, 63 
  futility of, 75 
  material activities caused by, 267 
  material life continued by,  76  
 See also: Attachment, material
Desire tree, Lord compared to,  203
Destiny
satisfaction with,  73, 76  
 See also: Karma
Detachment, false,  88
Devala,  269
Devas. See: Demigods, all entries
Devotee(s) of the Supreme Lord ( bhaktas )
association of, value of,  151, 193
Bali as,  81
birth of, exalted,  63
demigods as,  161, 176–177
as determined,  97, 148
fearless,  151, 159
free of fruitive activities,  208
Ganges worshiped by,  116
heaven &amp; hell disinterest,  151, 153
karma  tolerated by,  160
liberation disinterests,  151
Lord “cheats,”  157
Lord favors,  12, 110, 148, 160, 167–168, 184, 191, 198, 203
Lord known by,  22
Lord protects,  8, 20, 83, 168, 227
Lord rejoined by,  266
Lord's forms for,  134
Lord's mercy on,  81, 134, 148, 160, 173, 185, 187–188
Lord's relationship with,  68, 83
Lord tests,  186, 187–188
materialist as danger for,  168
neophyte, advised,  205
nondevotees vs.,  203
offerings by,  116–117
opulence of,  81, 111
qualifications of,  114
self-satisfied,  68