devān
- about the demigods — SB 1.16.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.16.31
I am thinking about myself and also, O best amongst the demigods, about you, as well as about all the demigods, sages, denizens of Pitṛloka, devotees of the Lord and all men obedient to the system of varṇa and āśrama in human society. - all the demigods — Bg. 11.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.15
Arjuna said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see assembled together in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower as well as Lord Śiva and many sages and divine serpents., SB 5.7.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.7.6
After performing the preliminaries of various sacrifices, Mahārāja Bharata offered the results in the name of religion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. In other words, he performed all the yajñas for the satisfaction of Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. Mahārāja Bharata thought that since the demigods were different parts of Vāsudeva's body, He controls those who are explained in the Vedic mantras. By thinking in this way, Mahārāja Bharata was freed from all material contamination, such as attachment, lust and greed. When the priests were about to offer the sacrificial ingredients into the fire, Mahārāja Bharata expertly understood how the offering made to different demigods was simply an offering to the different limbs of the Lord. For instance, Indra is the arm of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Sūrya [the sun] is His eye. Thus Mahārāja Bharata considered that the oblations offered to different demigods were actually offered unto the different limbs of Lord Vāsudeva., SB 8.6.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.6.26
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King Parīkṣit, after advising the demigods in this way, the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all living entities, disappeared from their presence., SB 8.7.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.7.15
Because the demigods were also affected by the blazing breath of Vāsuki, their bodily lusters diminished, and their garments, garlands, weapons and faces were blackened by smoke. However, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, clouds appeared on the sea, pouring torrents of rain, and breezes blew, carrying particles of water from the sea waves, to give the demigods relief. - demigods — Bg. 3.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 3.11
The demigods, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you; thus nourishing one another, there will reign general prosperity for all., Bg. 17.4plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 17.4
Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the demons; and those in the mode of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits., SB 2.3.2-7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.2-7
One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas [Lord Brahmā or Bṛhaspati, the learned priest], one who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra, and one who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajāpatis. One who desires good fortune should worship Durgādevī, the superintendent of the material world. One desiring to be very powerful should worship fire, and one who aspires only after money should worship the Vasus. One should worship the Rudra incarnations of Lord Śiva if he wants to be a great hero. One who wants a large stock of grains should worship Aditi. One who desires to attain the heavenly planets should worship the sons of Aditi. One who desires a worldly kingdom should worship Viśvadeva, and one who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sādhya demigod. One who desires a long span of life should worship the demigods known as the Aśvinī-kumāras, and a person desiring a strongly built body should worship the earth. One who desires stability in his post should worship the horizon and the earth combined. One who desires to be beautiful should worship the beautiful residents of the Gandharva planet, and one who desires a good wife should worship the Apsarās and the Urvaśī society girls of the heavenly kingdom. One who desires domination over others should worship Lord Brahmā, the head of the universe. One who desires tangible fame should worship the Personality of Godhead, and one who desires a good bank balance should worship the demigod Varuṇa. If one desires to be a greatly learned man he should worship Lord Śiva, and if one desires a good marital relation he should worship the chaste goddess Umā, the wife of Lord Śiva., SB 2.3.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.9
One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the Manus. One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the demons, and one who desires sense gratification should worship the moon. But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead., SB 3.3.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.3.26
After arriving there, all of them took bath, and with the water of this place of pilgrimage they offered their respects to the forefathers, demigods and great sages and thus satisfied them. They gave cows to the brāhmaṇas in royal charity. - demigods’ planets — Bg. 7.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 7.23
Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet. - like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa — SB 2.10.37-40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.37-40
O King, know from me that all living entities are created by the Supreme Lord according to their past deeds. This includes Brahmā and his sons like Dakṣa, the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, the demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, the great sages like Bhṛgu, Vyāsa and Vasiṣṭha, the inhabitants of Pitṛloka and Siddhaloka, the Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Kinnaras and angels, the serpentines, the monkey-shaped Kimpuruṣas, the human beings, the inhabitants of Mātṛloka, the demons, Piśācas, ghosts, spirits, lunatics and evil spirits, the good and evil stars, the goblins, the animals in the forest, the birds, the household animals, the reptiles, the mountains, the moving and standing living entities, the living entities born from embryos, from eggs, from perspiration and from seeds, and all others, whether they be in the water, land or sky, in happiness, in distress or in mixed happiness and distress. All of them, according to their past deeds, are created by the Supreme Lord. - the demigods — SB 3.15.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.15.11
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Lord Brahmā, who is understood by transcendental vibration, tried to satisfy the demigods, being pleased with their words of prayer., SB 3.32.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.32.2
Such persons are ever bereft of devotional service due to being too attached to sense gratification, and therefore, although they perform various kinds of sacrifices and take great vows to satisfy the demigods and forefathers, they are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service., SB 4.5.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.16
Some blocked the way of the fleeing sages, some threatened the women assembled there, and some arrested the demigods who were fleeing the pandal., SB 4.7.55plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.55
The sage Maitreya said: Thus Dakṣa, the head of all Prajāpatis, having been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped Lord Viṣṇu. After worshiping Him by performing the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies, Dakṣa separately worshiped Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva., SB 4.27.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.27.11
The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King Prācīnabarhiṣat, like you King Purañjana also became implicated in so many desires. Thus he worshiped demigods, forefathers and social leaders with various sacrifices which were all very ghastly because they were inspired by the desire to kill animals., SB 6.7.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.7.18
Hearing of the pitiable condition of King Indra, the demons, following the instructions of their guru, Śukrācārya, equipped themselves with weapons and declared war against the demigods., SB 8.10.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.3
Seeing the victory of the demigods, the demons became intolerant of their superior opulence. Thus they began to march toward the demigods with raised weapons., SB 9.20.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.20.31
Formerly, after conquering the demigods, all the demons had taken shelter in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala and had brought all the wives and daughters of the demigods there also. Mahārāja Bharata, however, rescued all those women, along with their associates, from the clutches of the demons, and he returned them to the demigods., SB 10.4.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.30
After hearing their master's statement, the envious asuras, who were enemies of the demigods and were not very expert in their dealings, advised Kaṁsa as follows. - to all the demigods — SB 9.13.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.13.7
During the performance of the yajña, the body relinquished by Mahārāja Nimi was preserved in fragrant substances, and at the end of the Satra-yāga the great saints and brāhmaṇas made the following request to all the demigods assembled there. - to all the great demigods — SB 7.10.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.32
Prahlāda Mahārāja then worshiped and offered prayers to all the demigods, such as Brahmā, Śiva and the Prajāpatis, who are all parts of the Lord. - to demigods — Bg. 9.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.25
Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me. - to the demigods — SB 9.16.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.31
Śunaḥśepha's father sold Śunaḥśepha to be sacrificed as a man-animal in the yajña of King Hariścandra. When Śunaḥśepha was brought into the sacrificial arena, he prayed to the demigods for release and was released by their mercy. - unto the demigods — SB 7.14.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.14.15
Every day, one should worship the Supreme Being who is situated in everyone's heart, and on this basis one should separately worship the demigods, the saintly persons, ordinary human beings and living entities, one's forefathers and one's self. In this way one is able to worship the Supreme Being in the core of everyone's heart., SB 8.5.19-20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.5.19-20
Upon seeing that the demigods were bereft of all influence and strength and that the three worlds were consequently devoid of auspiciousness, and upon seeing that the demigods were in an awkward position whereas all the demons were flourishing, Lord Brahmā, who is above all the demigods and who is most powerful, concentrated his mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus being encouraged, he became bright-faced and spoke to the demigods as follows., SB 8.11.43plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.43
O King, when Lord Brahmā saw the imminent total annihilation of the demons, he sent a message with Nārada, who went before the demigods to make them stop fighting., SB 9.7.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.7.21
Thereafter, the famous King Hariścandra, one of the exalted persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by Varuṇa was cured.