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Soma-rasa —an intoxicant taken on the heavenly planets. 
 Śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ —hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu. 
 Śuddha-sattva —the platform of pure goodness. 
 Śūdra —the laborer class of men who serve the three higher classes. 
 Suras —demigods, devotees. 
 Svāmśa — See: Viṣṇu-tattva.  
 Svarga-loka —the heavenly planetary system.
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Tamo-guṇa —the material mode of ignorance. 
 Tattva-darśī —one who has seen the truth. 
  Trivikrama—Lord Vāmana, the incarnation who performed three heroic deeds.
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Udāra —magnanimous. 
 Upāsya —worshipable. 
  Uttamaśloka—Kṛṣṇa, who is worshiped by select poetry.
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Vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual sky, where there is no anxiety. 
 Vaiśya —the class of men involved in business and farming. 
 Vānaprastha —retired life in which one travels to holy places in preparation for the renounced order of life. 
 Vandana —the devotional process of offering prayers to the Lord. 
 Vaṇik —the mercantile community. 
 Varṇāśrama-dharma —the scientific system of four social and four spiritual orders in human society. 
 Vikarma —sinful work performed against the injunctions of revealed scriptures. 
 Vimūḍhas —foolish rascals. 
 Viraha —transcendental bliss in separation from the Lord. 
 Virāṭa-rūpa —the universal form of the Lord. 
 Vīra-vrata —fully determined.