General Index
331
Vāmanadeva, Lord
Bali welcomed, 46–51 
  Bali worshiped, 113 
  beauty of, 41, 46 
  begged land from Bali, 66, 67, 69, 77, 
  108, 136, 213 
  birth ceremony for, 38 
  body of, covered sky, 126 
  as  brahmacārī , 37, 38, 39, 41, 71, 79, 
  80, 83, 108, 138 
 brahmacārīs  advised by, 55 
  Brahmā honored, 214, 215, 217 
  Brahmaloka outshone by, 130 
  as  brāhmaṇa , 37, 38, 46, 49, 108, 137 
  Brahmā outshone by, 130 
  Brahmā prayed to, 132 
  Brahmā washed feet of, 133 
  Brahmā worshiped, 132, 134 
  ceremonies blessed by glorifying, 221 
  demigods favored by, 79, 137 
  demigods honored, 214, 215, 217 
  demons angry at, 136–139 
  dress of, 46 
  as dwarf, 37, 38, 79, 81 
  earth stepped on by, 42, 43 
  effulgence of, 41, 43, 44, 46 
  fire sacrifice by, 42 
  first footstep of, covered earth, 126 
  human being vs., 67 
  Indra excelled by, 215 
  as Indra's brother, 213 
  Indra transported, to heavenly planet, 215 
  Jāmbavān honored, 136 
  Kṛṣṇalike, 134 
  as Nārāyaṇa, 37 
  paraphernalia carried by, 45 
  parents of, 79 
  planetary deities worshiped, 134, 135 
  quoted on Hiraṇyakaśipu and Viṣṇu, 
  60–61 
  sacred thread ceremony for, 38, 39, 40 
 sannyāsīs  advised by, 55 
  second step of, pierced universe, 127–128 
  Śukrācārya detected purpose of, 78–83 
  universal form shown by, 134
Vāmanadeva, Lord
universe encompassed by, 116, 149, 150, 
  157–158 
  as Urukrama, 133 
  as Viṣṇu, 137–139 
  Varāha incarnation like fish incarnation, 232 
 Varṇam  defined, 260 
 Varṇāśramācāravatā  
  verse quoted, 107, 209 
 Varṇāśrama-dharma  
  divisions of, listed, 71, 107 
  purpose of, 71, 107, 209 
  society organized by, 107 
 See also: Brahmacārī; Brāhmaṇa; 
  Gṛhastha; Kṣatriyas; Sannyāsī; 
  Society, human; Vaiśyas; Vedic 
  culture
Varuṇa
Bali arrested by, 162 
  human compared to, 245 
  in Lord's universal form, 123
Vasiṣṭha Muni, quoted on Lord's glories, 219
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti  
  quoted, 118
Vāsuki as anchor rope, 256
Vaṭu
defined, 37, 38
See also: Brahmacārī
Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ  
  quoted, 275
Vedas
astronomy in, 32
Bhagavad-gītā  reveals, 275
eternal, 271
fish incarnation saved, 231–232
four listed, 132
Hayagriva stole, 231
Lord known via, 23
Lord reveals, 275
Lord saved, 231, 232, 272, 274, 275
in Lord's universal form, 123
supplementary, two listed, 132
veda-vāda-ratās  misconstrue, 275
See also: names of specific Vedic literatures
Veda-vāda-ratās, Vedas  misconstrued by, 275