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TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTĪ
Uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ
quoted, 200
Universe(s)
creation, maintenance &amp; destruction of, 28
first beings in, 22
from Kṛṣṇa, 25, 76–77, 183–84, 191
Kṛṣṇa showed, to Yaśodā, 86
singular showed, to Yaśodā
śvetadvīpa planet in, 121
Vedic vision of, 102
See also:  Creation, the material; Material world; Nature, material
Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthāḥ
quoted, 183
Uttarā, 36, 39, 41
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Vadanti tat tattva-vidas
verse quoted, 73
Vaikuṇṭha.  See:  Spiritual world
Vairāgya. See:  Detachment; Renunciation
Vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga-
verse quoted, 179
Vaiṣṇavas.  See:  Devotees
Vaiśyas  (farmers &amp; merchants), 6
Vānaprastha  (retired life), 185
See also:  Renunciation
Variety, enjoyment requires, 189
Vasudeva
as Devakī's husband, 27
dissuaded Karisa from killing Devakī, 32–33
as Kṛṣṇa's "father," 11, 12, 113, 118
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
verse quoted, 13
Vedas  compared to sun, 145
Māyāvāda vs. Vaiṣṇava hearing of, 144, 145
quoted on Kṛṣṇa as blissful, 18
quoted on  śāstra , 165
Vedas
Kṛṣṇa as goal of, 2
See also:  Vedic literature;  names of specific Vedic literatures
Vedic culture
brahmacārī  training in, 133–34
detachment in, 185
Vedic culture
downfall of, 6, 7
as Kṛṣṇa conscious, 170
meat-eater's quota in, 202
social order in, 6
unmarried girl in, stricture on, 85
woman naked in, 37–38
See also:  India; Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Vedic literature
knowledge via, 165
Lord's activities in, 4
See also:   Vedas; names of specific Vedic literatures
Vegetarians, 174
See also:   Prasāda
Vidura, 36, 82
Vidyā sarvasya bhūṣṇaṁ
verse quoted, 162
Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
verse quoted, 57
Vipraktirabha defined , 165
Viraktir anyatra ca
quoted, 9
Viṣṇu, Lord
Brahmā begs, to solve cosmic trouble, 122
Brahmā born of, 126
Dhruva saw, 109, 194
Garbhodakaśāyī, 22, 125
Kṛṣṇa advented as, 108
Kṣīrodakaśāyī, 73, 121, 184
as maintainer, 28
as meditation on, 73, 142
See also:  Kṛṣṇa, Lord; Nārāyaṇa, Lord; Supersoul
Viṣṇupriyā, 64
Viṣṇu Purāṇa , quoted
on Kṛṣṇa's deluding potency, 16
on Kṛṣṇa's potencies, 131
Viṣṇu-śaktir parā proktā
verse quoted, 131
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, quoted on spiritual master as Lord's representative, 200
Vraja(bhūmi).  See:  Vṛndāvana
Vṛndāvana
Goloka, 98
Kṛṣṇa never leaves, 164
Kṛṣṇa's original form in, 184
Kṛṣṇa's pastimes in, 98, 103
love for Kṛṣṇa in, 92, 101