General Index
381
Vaiśyas
modern, condemned, 216 
 Varāhadeva, Lord, 87  
  authorities debate over, 148 
  Hiraṇyākṣa fought, 148 
 Varṇāśrama-dharma  
  cow protection in, 295 
  divisions of, eight listed, 61 
 See also: Brāhmaṇas; Gṛhastha; 
  Kṣatriyas; Sannyāsa; Śūdras; 
  Vaiśyas; Vedic culture
Varuṇa
goddess of fortune served by, 299 
  as Lord's tongue, 264 
 Vāruṇī, 312  
 Vasiṣṭha, 33  
 Vāsudeva, 176  
  Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti   
  quoted, 88, 305 
  Vasudeva  platform, 176  
 Vāsuki  
  as churning rope, 226, 228, 242, 256 
  demigods disturbed by, 255 
  demons weakened by, 254 
  as Garuḍa's natural prey, 239 
  in ignorance, 251 
  Lord revived, 251 
  as serpent king, 242 
  Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ   
  quoted, 94 
  Vedānta-sutra  , quoted on Lord as source of 
  all, 180
Vedas
as authority, 167 
  demigods protect, 36 
  demons reject, 238 
  devotees accept, 238 
  four listed, 106 
  Kṛṣṇa revealed by, 94 
  from the Lord, 263, 267–268 
  from Lord's universal form, 187, 
  189 
  as  mantras , 136 
 oṁ  begins, 74 
  rascals misinterpret, 136
Vedas
society needs, 36 
  spiritual master recommended in, 108 
  sun-god reveals, 184 
  transcendentalists surpass, 94 
 See also: names of specific Vedic literatures  
 Vedaśirā, 32, 145  
 Vedaśrutas, 33  
 Vedic culture  
  duty in, 22 
  etiquette among enemies in, 230 
 Vedic rituals. See: Ritualistic ceremonies  
 Vibhu  
  as  brahmacārī , 32 
  disciples of, 32 
  as Indra, 145 
  parents of, 32 
  Vibhu  defined, 169  
 Vidhṛti, 36  
  Vidyā . See: Knowledge  
 Vidyādharas, 44  
 Vikuṇṭhā, 146  
 Vindhya, 145  
 Viraka, 149  
 Virarāghava Ācārya, cited on Vaikuṇṭha  
  planet in universe, 147 
 Viras, 36  
 Virocana, 231  
 Vision, sunlight sustains, 185  
 Viṣṇu, Lord. See: Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; 
  Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; Nārāyaṇa, Lord; 
  Supersoul; Supreme Lord  
  Viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ smṛto daiva   
  verse quoted, 165 
  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  , quoted on Lord's qualities, 
  82–83 
  Viṣṇu-tattva   
  as all-pervading, 97 
  Kṛṣṇa as origin of, 199–200 
  Viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam   
  verse quoted, 97 
  Viśuddha-sattva  defined, 176  
 Viśvakarmā, 299  
 Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, cited  
  on cause and effect, 91