| | Dharma | True nature, religious principles; the rendering of service to God. |
| | Dhruva mahārāja | A great boydevotee, renowned for his firm determination and penance. He later ruled this planet and was finally given the polestar, Dhruvaloka. |
| | Dhyana | Meditation. |
| | Durgā | The personification of the material energy. |
| | Duṣkṛtina | Miscreant; one who does not surrender to Krsna. |
| | Dvāpara yuga | The third age of the cycle of yugas. It ended with the disappearance of Lord Krsna from this earth, five thousand years ago. |