General Index
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D
Daiva  defined, 72 
  Damayantī (Madayantī), 18, 21, 33 
  Daṇḍakāraṇya forest, Rāma in, 118–119 
  Dantavakra, 81 
  Daśaratha, son of Bālika, 34 
  Daśaratha Mahārāja, son of Aja 
  Rāma exiled by, 56 
  sons of, 50 
  wives of, 56, 92 
 Daśottarāṇi ṣaṭ cāhur  
  verse quoted, 237–238 
 Dasyu-prāyeṣu rājasu  
  quoted, 223 
 Dātā  
  defined, 108 
 See also:  Charity 
 Dattaṁ durvāsasaṁ son  
  verse quoted, 176 
  Dattātreya, Lord, 176, 226–227 
  Death 
  demigods revive body from, 156 
  devotee surpasses, 158, 160 
  fish fear, 159 
  of husband &amp; wife, 28 
  inevitable, 159 
  of Jaṭāyu, 62 
  of Nimi and Vasiṣṭha, 154 
  nondevotee at, 158 
  in Rāma's kingdom optional, 99 
  of Rāvaṇa, 75 
  Deer diverted Rāma, 58 
  Deity worship 
  attachment to Krṣṇa by, 36 
 See also:  Worship of the Supreme Lord 
  Demigods 
  dead body revived by, 156 
  demons vs., 35, 177–179 
  fail at God realization, 41 
  in goodness, 64 
  human excelled by, 41, 156 
  Khaṭvānga and, 35, 39 
  Lord above, 104, 105 
  materialists devoted to, 10
Demigods
as materially agitated, 41 
  Nimi blessed by, 161 
  Nimi's priests prayed to, 155–156 
  pleasure places of, 190 
  power of, 156 
  prayed for Lord's appearance, 49–50 
  Rāma glorified by, 84–85 
  Śunaḥśepha rescued by, 270, 271 
  worship to, 10, 209 
 See also:  names of specific demigods
Democracy, 96, 162, 163
Demons
demigods vs., 35, 177–179 
  destination of, 81 
  Rāma killed, 54, 62 
 See also:  Atheists; Rākṣasas; names of specific demons
Desire(s)
of Bhagīratha, 4 
  of Rāvaṇa for Sitā, 58 
  saṅkirtana fulfills, 204 
  to serve God, 157, 158 
  for wife of another, 79 
 See also:  Attachment
Destiny, 29
See also:  Karma
Detachment.  See:  Renunciation
Devamīḍha, 165
Devānika, 138
Devarāta, son of Suketu, 164
Devarāta (Śunaḥśepha), 269–271, 273–275
Devas.   See:  Demigods
Devotees
of demigods, 10 
  of Ganges, 13, 14, 15
Devotees of the Supreme Lord
association of, 40 
  birth in home of, 157 
  body of, 156, 157–158 
  as  brāhmaṇa , 37 
  bypass  brahmajyoti , 119 
  death surpassed by, 158, 160 
  desires devotional service, 157, 158 
  as doubt-free, 35