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Transmigration (continued) Vairagya defined, 20
See also: Birth, Death Vaisnavas. See: Devotees of the Supreme Lord;
Tree, living and dead, analogy of, 213-214 Pure devotees
Trees Vaisyas defined, 196, 197
birth as, 141 See also: Varndsrama system
sun’s energy stored by, 220 Vande riipa-sandtanau raghu-yugau Sri-jiva-
varieties of, 222 gopalakau
Tretaé-yuga, 142 quoted, 295
Tri-kdladau defined, 199 Varna-sankara defined, 109
Trinity, Christian, 112-113 ; Varnas defined, 105
Truth VarndSramdcdravata purusena parah pumadn
relative, ‘‘liquid beauty’’ example of, 37-38 quoted, 197
relative, material literature as, 38 Varndsrama system, 186-189, 191
vs. untruth, 36 vs. caste system of today, 106, 109-110
See also: Absolute Truth; Knowledge compared to organization of bodily parts,
“Truth and Beauty,”’ story of, 36-37 188, 197, 198
Ttirnam yateta na pated anumytyu yadvan created by Lord, 14, 196-197, 206
verse quoted, 76-77 details & history of, 105, 196-199, 205-206
Tuste ca tatra kim alabhyam ananta ddye divisions in, listed, 178-179
quoted, 183 Krsna consciousness movement to
Tyaktva deham punar janma establish, 106
verse quoted, 29, 253, 261 perversion of, 106

Puranas describe, 105
by quality, not birth, 206
U value of, 109-110
Varuna, 88, 145
Vasamsi jirndni yatha vihdya

United Animals, analogy of, 174 verse quoted, 235
United States of America. See: America, United Vasudevah sarvam iti

__ States of verse quoted, 100, 207, 256
Universe, 6, 219, 224-225 Vasudeva-nandana defined, 18
University of California at Berkeley, 90 Vasudeva’s son, Krsna as, 18, 85
University of Moscow, 194 Vayu defined, 218 —
University of Nairobi, address by Bhakti- Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo

vedanta Swami Prabhupada, 234-242 quoted, 98

Upadeksyanti te jfdnam verse quoted, 203

verse quoted, 59, 73 Vedanta as difficult to understand, 153
Upanisads, 84, 88, 89 Vedanta-krt, Krsna as, 99

quoted on God’s kingdom, nature of, 8 Vedanta-sravanam pranava-japas ca
Uttisthata jagrata quoted, 97, 99

verse quoted, 74 Vedanta-siitra

author of, 41
beginning verse of, 41

Vv commentary on, Srimad-Bhdgavatamas,
40-41
Vacaspati Misra, quoted on sruti & smrti, 97, 98, quoted on Absolute Truth, inquiry on, 156
99 quoted on inquiring about Brahman, 39, 41, 42
Vadaniti tat tattva-vidas quoted on scriptures, 97
verse quoted, 114 quoted on sound, spiritual, 95

Vaikuntha. See: Spiritual world as Sariraka-siitras, 40-41
