332
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Vedic culture
ceremonies for newborn in, 38 teaches satisfaction, 71
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma
Vedic knowledge
protection of, 228
See also: Vedas
Vedic  mantras .  See:  Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra ;
Mantras; Vedas
Vedic rituals.  See:  Ritualistic ceremonies;
Sacrifices; Vedic culture
Vetti yatra na caivāyam
verse quoted, 74
Vibhinnāmśa  defined, 245
Vidyā .  See:  Knowledge
Vidyādharas
Bali honored by, 114
Lord's appearance honored by, 35
Vidyādhara sword, 125
Vindhyāvali
as Bali's wife, 113, 175, 176
Brahmā interrupted by, 175
prayed for Bali, 178
quoted on Lord &amp; fools, 176
Vipra  defined, 101
Virāṭ-rūpa .  See:  Universal form of the Supreme Lord
Virocana
as Bali's father, 64–65
brāhmaṇas  favored by, 64
Viṣṇu, Lord
duty to, 212
Ganges from toe of, 48
Hiraṇyakaśipu vs., 58–62, 64
invincible, 109
as mystic master, 59
Vāmana as, 137–139
worship toward, 106–107
as  yajña-puruṣa , 209
See also:  Incarnations of the Supreme
Lord; Nārāyaṇa, Lord; Supreme
Lord
Viṣṇu-dharmottara , cited on annihilation in Cākṣuṣa-manvantara, 250
Viṣṇu-dharmottare tv etat
verse quoted, 251
Viṣṇuneti bruvāṇais tu
verse quoted, 251
Viṣṇu Purāṇa
quoted on sacrifices for Viṣṇu, 209
quoted on Viṣṇu worship via  varṇāśrama-dharma , 107
Viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā
verse quoted, 107, 209
Viṣṇu's associates
demons vs., 140–146
fourteen named, 141
Viṣṇusvāmī, 269
Viṣṇu-tattva  vs. living entities, 245
Viṣṭabhyāham idam kṛtsnam
quoted, 219
Viśvakarmā
as heaven's engineer, 189
as Sutala's maker, 189
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura
as astrologer, 32
quoted on spiritual master, 258
quoted on stars and planets, 32
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, cited
on Bali, 111
on Brahmā's daytime sleep, 250
on Ganges, 133
on  hariḥ , 80
on Satyavrata, 272
Vivasvān
as Satyavrata's father, 233
See also:  Sun-god
Vivigna-cetāḥ
defined, 61
See also:  Anxiety
Vṛndāvana as holy place, 8
Vyāsadeva
in disciplic succession, 261
as  guru  No. 1, 261
Kṛṣṇa's supremacy accepted by, 269
W
Water
fish incarnation outgrew, 237–242
in Lord's universal form, 123
of universal annihilation, 230, 247, 248,
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