General Index
303
Avaiṣṇavas.  See: Nondevotees
Avaiṣṇavo gurur na syād  verse quoted, 96
Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ  quoted, 230
Avatāras.  See: Appearance of the Supreme Lord (descent); Incarnations of the Supreme Lord
Avidyā  defined, 259
See also:  Ignorance  Ayam ākasmiko jātaś  verse quoted, 250–251
Āyuṣaḥ kṣaṇa eko  'pi quoted, 103
B
“Back to Godhead”
after body's demise, 266 by hearing about the Lord, 220 as life's goal, 267 by narrating Matsya-Satyavrata pastime, 274
as “no-return” trip, 63
Bahvṛca-śruti , cited on promises, 86
Bali Mahārāja
aśvamedha  sacrifices by, 42
born among demons, 98
brāhmaṇas  favored by, 138
Brahmā pleaded cause of, 179, 180, 181 charity offered to Vāmana by, 51, 70, 78, 81–82, 157, 158, 177, 179, 180, 181
demigods honored, 114, 115
demons praise, 138
demons retreated by, 142–146
as determined, 148, 156
as devotee, 81 family heritage of, Vāmana praised, 55–57, 64–66
famous, 148
faultless, 207–208, 209
fear in, 100, 159
fearless, 111
Garuḍa arrested, 146
Bali Mahārāja
in ignorance, 172, 177
Indra enemy of, 80
as king of heaven, 172, 188 as  kṛpā-siddha , 98
as learned, 111
Lord favored, 208
Lord praised, 55
Lord protected, 111, 188–189, 191, 192–193, 201
Lord punished, 159, 162, 163
Lord's mercy on, 162, 167, 168, 172, 177, 182, 187, 197–198
Lord's purpose understood by, 157–158, 162, 167–168
Lord's universal form seen by, 117–120, 123
Lord tested, 187
loved the Lord, 98–99
as  mahājana , 48, 103, 187
material attachment shucked by, 165
as materially attached, 81
munificent, 66
Prahlāda beheld by, 170
as Prahlāda's grandson, 55, 98, 107, 163, 166, 200
pride victimized, 152–153
as pure devotee, 98, 101, 153, 193, 196
religious, 48, 54, 55, 187
sacrifices of, Śukrācārya corrected, 212
Śiva's example followed by, 48
suffering of, 181, 187
Śukrācārya advised, on charity promises, 84, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92
Śukrācārya cursed, 110, 111, 207–208, 209
Śukrācārya rejected by, 95, 97, 101–103, 110–112, 165
as Śukrācārya's disciple, 90, 101, 110, 151
Śukrācārya vs., 110
Śukrācārya warned, about Vāmana, 78–83
as surrendered soul, 107, 159, 162, 164–165
tolerant, 146, 151, 188
truthful, 138, 187
Vāmana arrested, 147, 148, 171