354
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Varṇāśramācāravatā
verse quoted, 212
Varṇāśrama-dharma
garbhādhāna  ceremony in, 35
goal of, 43, 212
happiness by, 47
Hare Kṛṣṇa movement propagates, 42, 157
higher classes in, three listed, 177
for human beings, 35
Kali-yuga lacks, 42
Lord created, 42
peace by, 42, 47
purification by, 35
society organized by, 24, 46–47, 157
See also: Brahmacarya; Brāhmaṇas;
Gṛhastha; Kṣatriyas; Sannyāsa;
Śūdras; Vaiśyas; Vānaprastha;
Vedic culture
Varuṇa, 81
Vasiṣṭha, Pāṇḍavas luckier than, 2
Vasudeva, 143
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
quoted, 19, 132, 269
Vāyu, touch sacrificed to, 81
Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ
quoted, 29, 132
Vedas
Absolute Truth revealed in, 71, 72
activities in, two types listed, 255
as authority, 106, 109
brahmacārīs  study, 60
brāhmaṇas  study, 36, 37
devotees surpass, 136
dvijas  study, 35, 70
Kṛṣṇa as goal of, 29
modes of nature as subject of, 248
vānaprasthas  study, 78
See also: names of individual Vedic
literatures
Vedic culture
dogs in, 158
food in, 112
as hearing about Kṛṣṇa, 145
marriage in, 112
money in, 124
prasāda  distribution in, 167
Vedic culture
purpose of, 124–125, 148, 164
sex life minimized in, 63, 65
social divisions in, four listed, 124
society purified by, 112
wealth offered to Kṛṣṇa in, 152–153
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma
Vedic rituals. See: Ritualistic ceremonies;
Sacrifices
Vidharma  defined, 209, 210
Vidyā. See: Knowledge
Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
verse quoted, 66
Vishnu, Lord. See: Supreme Lord
Viṣṇu, Lord. See: Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu;
Nārāyaṇa, Lord; Supreme Lord
Viṣṇu Purāṇa, quoted on varṇāśrama-dharma, 212
Viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā
verse quoted, 212
Viṣṇu-tattva  as Kṛṣṇa's expansions, 14
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, cited
on Brahmā and Śiva, 6
on  brāhmaṇas  and  kṣatriyas , 36–37
on Lord “vs.” living entities, 246
on material life, 107
on renunciation of sense gratification, 219
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, quotations
from
on neophyte devotees, 190
on overendeavoring, 94
on pure devotee, 105
on spiritual master's status, 192
Visvasvān
sun ruled by, 184
See also: Sun-god
Vomit eater, fallen sannyāsī  as, 236–237
Vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta haila sei
quoted, 252
Vṛndāvana
“Anglican temple” in, 200
author in, 126
gopīs  worship Kṛṣṇa in, 50
as holy place, 177
as Lord's abode, 72
residents of, as pure devotees, 5