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Vedas (continued)
See also: Vedic literature; names of specific
Vedic literatures
Vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-   bhaktau
verse quoted, 24–25, 159
Vedic culture
mantra protection in, 21
modern society vs., 45
pious activities according to, 74
ritualistic ceremony in, 234–235
See also: India; Varṇāśrama-dharma
Vedic literature, purpose of, 42
See also: Vedas; names of specific Vedic   literatures
Vibhūti defined, 160
Vidyā defined, 132
Vijayadhvaja Tirtha, verse added by, 79
Vimukti defined, 166, 295
Vipratve sūtram eva hi
quoted, 56
Virāṭ-rūpa defined, 77
Viṣṇor ārādhanam param
quoted, 25
Viṣṇu, Lord
chanting names of, for protection, 25
worship of, 132
See also: Kṛṣṇa, Lord; Nārāyaṇa, Lord;   Supersoul
Viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ smṛto daiva
verse quoted, 196
Viṣṇu Purāṇa, quoted on cowherd men &amp;   women arriving in Vṛndāvana, 246
Vistareṇeha kāruṇyāt
verse quoted, 79
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, as cited or   quoted
on Aghāsura attaining sārūpya-mukti, 294
on demons interrupting Kṛṣṇa &amp; cowherd   boys, 278–279
on Kṛṣṇa kicking cart demon, 49
on Nārada cursing Nalakūvara &amp;   Maṇigrīva, 178
on rasā planets, 13
on Yaśodā binding Kṛṣṇa, 145
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, as cited or   quoted   on Yaśodā's forgetfulness via yogamāyā,   129–130
Vraja. See: Gokula; Vṛndāvana
Vṛndāvana (Vraja)
animals in, 250
cowherd men &amp; women moved to,    243–246
cow protection around, 18
devotional ecstasy in, 140–141
Droṇa &amp; Dharā appeared in, 139–140
Goloka, Pūtanā promoted to, 33
inhabitants of
Aghāsura plotted against, 280
following in footsteps of, 138, 141, 147,    167–168
good fortune of, 277
See also: Cowherd boys; Cowherd men;
Gopīs
Kṛṣṇa &amp; Balarāma enjoyed, 247
Kṛṣṇa &amp; Yaśodā in, 134
Kṛṣṇa never leaves, 168
Upānanda suggested going to, 242
Yaśodā saw, in Kṛṣṇa's mouth, 123
See also: Gokula; Spiritual world
Vṛndāvanam parityajya
quoted, 168
Vyāsadeva
literary intent of, 42, 264
as nonfiction writer, 208
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by, 105, 276
W
Wealth
degradation by, 180–181
pride wastes, 179, 180, 185
proverb about, 187
See also: Economic development; Possessions
Welfare work
distributing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as, 276   by pure devotee, 84–85