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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Bhagīratha ( continued )
quoted on pure devotees, 7
Siva satisfied with, 10
as Śruta's father, 17
Bhakta-gṛhe jani janma ha-u mora
verse quoted, 157
Bhaktas. See:  Devotees of the Supreme Lord
Bhakti
defined, 41
Lord's favor gained by, 13
pure, 41–42, 43
See also:  Devotional service to the Supreme
Lord; Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Bhaktivinoda Thākura, quoted on birth in
devotee's home, 157
Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti
quoted, 41
Bhānu, 143
Bhānumān, son of Bṛhadaśva, 144
Bhānumān, son of Keśidhvaja, 168
Bharadvāja, 265
Bharata, Lord
activities of, in Rāma's absence, 85
as Daśaratha's son, 50
Gandharvas killed by, 114
mother of, 92
Rāma welcomed home by, 87, 88, 90, 92
sons of, 113
as  viṣṇu-tattva , 50
Bhīma, 215
Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
quoted, 207
Bhrūṇa  defined, 27
Bhrūṇo 'rbhake bāla-garbhe
quoted, 27
Birth
of Aśmaka, 33
of Brahmā, 175
brāhmaṇa 's qualifications beyond, 25, 220
in devotee's home, 157
knowing the Lord stops, 36, 67
of Nimi's son, 162, 163
of Soma, 175, 176
of Vajranābha from sun-god, 139
of Vasiṣṭha again, 154
Birth and death, repeated
bondage to, 76, 117, 124, 263–264
devotee escapes, 160
human life meant for escaping, 24, 36
Kṛṣṇa consciousness stops, 159
Kṛṣṇa conscious person indifferent to, 40
male-female attraction perpetuates, 117
See also:  Transmigration of the soul
Bliss
Lord in, 60
spiritual separation as, 60, 116, 117
See also:  Happiness; Pleasure
Boar incarnation, Rāma compared to, 131
Bodily conception of life
embodied soul in, 172
See also:  Attachment, material; Duality, material
Body, material
changeable, 24
demigods revive, 156
death sure for, 159
devotee undaunted by, 156, 157–158
distress caused by, 159
envy caused by, 124–125
of ghost, 161
gross &amp; subtle, 161
human, as valuable, 23–24
long life for, 141
Māyāvādis fear, 156
of Nimi, 155, 156, 162
Nimi refused, 155, 157, 159, 161
of Rāvaṇa condemned, 80
soul in, 172
See also:  Birth and death, repeated; Bodily conception of life; Senses; Transmigration of the soul
Body, spiritual
common conception of, 161
devotee in, 158, 161
for Nimi, 157, 161
Bondage
to birth and death, 117, 124, 263–264
freedom from, 15, 16, 97, 210, 224
male-female attraction perpetuates, 117
See also:  Suffering