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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Vedas
as desire tree, 56 
  as emanations from Kṛṣṇa's breathing, 204 
  as guides for civilized man, 650 
  as milk ocean of knowledge, 184 
  as source for Vaiṣṇava literatures, 9 
  authority unchallengeable, 23 
  cited, 14, 24, 52, 53, 296, 391, 603, 955 
  denied by Lord Buddha, 161 
  describe Brahmā as supreme god, 5 
  directed at liberating spirit soul, 5 
  direct prescribed duties, 804 
  divided into four by Vyāsadeva, 157, 209 
  efficacy of hymns of, 436-437 
  entrusted to different scholars, 211 
  fifth is  Purāṇas ,  Mahābhārata , etc., 209 
  for benefit of fallen souls, 252 
  four named, 158 
  Kṛṣṇa supreme authority on, 355 
 Mahābhārata  more essential than in Kali- 
  yuga, 217 
  must be worshiped, 217 
  no knowledge beyond, 212 
  not understood by women,  śūdras , etc., 24 
  offer allurement of material gain, 96 
  produced by God's breathing, 301-302 
  prove God has transcendental eyes and 
  mind, 24 
  purpose of to know Kṛṣṇa, 124, 184 
  received by Brahmā from Supreme Person, 
  5 
  Sarasvatī River intimately connected with, 
  318 
  sum and substance of, 124, 126 
  three subject matters of, 256 
  unauthorized scholars of, 162 
  verdict of, 139, 480 
  were against darkness of ignorance, 904 
 See also Purāṇas, Śāstras, Upaniṣads,  
 Vedānta-sūtra
Vedavyāsa
See Vyāsadeva
Vedic hymns
chanted to please Kṛṣṇa, 506 
  give new life to sacrificed animals, 14 
  heard from mental speculator, 933 
  to control weapons, 364 
  too difficult for ordinary man, 24
Vidura
as incarnation of Yamarāja, 680, 830
careful about protection of Pāṇḍavas, 671 
  enlightened by Maitreya Rṣi, 679 
  following in his lotus footsteps, 695
Violence
as weed to devotional creeper, 39 
  on religious principles, 356
Virāṭa-rūpa
as gigantic external feature of Kṛṣṇa, 172 
  different from Kṛṣṇa, 738 
  especially for impersonalist, 139 
  imaginary, 170 
  material conception of Kṛṣṇa's form, 738 
  meant for neophyte, 139
Viṣṇu
all-blissful forms of worshiped, 120 
  as qualitative form, 116, 345 
  Caitanya chanted His name, 106 
  compared to a tree, 60 
  creation by His goodness, 116 
  does work of protection and annihilation, 
  627 
  has no material form, 276 
  has three primary energies, 25 
  His causeless mercy unparalleled, 308 
  His devotees offer sacrifices, 60 
  incarnates in every species, 131 
  in material world is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, 
  116 
  lying on Śvetadvīpa, 563 
  maintains material prison house, 117 
  must be at all Vedic sacrifices, 272 
  one thousand of His names equal one 
  name of Rāma, 993 
  thumblike in womb of Uttarā, 618 
  to act for His pleasure liberating, 60 
  ultimate benefit from, 116 
  worshiped by devotional service only, 117 
  worshiped by transcendentalists, 117
Viṣṇu-dharmottara
cited 153
Viṣṇu Purāṇa
cited, 25
Viṣṇu-tattvas
as Kṛṣṇa and His plenary parts, 116 
  as worshipful objects of service, 120 
  come from Supreme Brahman, 24 
  source of, 275 
  their possession of Kṛṣṇa's attributes, 
  168