356 Srimad-Bhagavatam

D

Daivas—the demigods or godly persons.

Daridra-naréyana—‘“‘poor Narayana,” an offensive term used by
Mayavadis to equate poor men with the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.

Dasya-rasa—the servitorship relationship with the Lord.

Dharma—eternal occupational duty; religious principles.

E

Ekadasi—a special fast day for increased remembrance of Krsna, which
comes on the eleventh day of both the waxing and waning moon.

G

Garbhadhana-samskara— Vedic purificatory ritual for obtaining good
progeny; performed by husband and wife before child’s concep-
tion.

Goloka (Krsnaloka) —the highest spiritual planet, containing Krsna’s
personal abodes, Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana.

Gopis—Krsna’s cowherd girl friends, His most confidential servitors.

Grhastha—regulated householder life; the second order of Vedic
spiritual life.

Guni-bhita—the first stage of bhakti.

Guru—a spiritual master.

H

Hare Krsna mantra— See: Mahd-mantra
Hladini-sakti—the Lord’s pleasure potency.

J

Jiva-tattva—the living entities, atomic parts of the Lord.
Jiani—one who cultivates knowledge by empirical speculation.

K

Kala-cakra—the wheel of time.
Kali-yuga (Age of Kali)—the present age, characterized by quarrel; it
is last in the cycle of four and began five thousand years ago.
