General Index 365
Varcha-kalpa-tarubhyas ca, Vedic rituals
quoted, 4 perfection not attained by, 185
Variyan esa te prasnah, profitless, 184
verse quoted, 3 Vedo nardyanah saksat,
Varnésramacaravata purusena parah puman, verse quoted, 250
quoted, 180 Vijayadhvaja Tirtha, quotations from
Varnésrama-dharma on Ajamila chanting, 45
goal of, 180 on Ajamila remembering Narayana, 43
as perfect society, 154-155 Viraraghava Acarya
See also: Brahmacari; Brahmanas; cited on fasting, 21
Grhastha; Sannyasis; Sidras; quoted on Ajamila as brahmacari, 79
Vaisyas quoted on Ajamila remembering Narayana,
Vasudeva. See: Krsna 42-43
Vasudevah sarvam iti Virdta-ripa (universal form of God),
quoted, 225 meditation on, 231
verse quoted, 9 Visesa-vyakti-patratvad,
Vasudeve bhagavati, verse quoted, 248
verse quoted, 312 Visnu, Lord
Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah, Ajamila attains abode of, 133
quoted, 17, 56, 57, 163, 173 goal of human life, 180-18]
Vedanam prathamo vakta, protects devotees personally, 177
verse quoted, 57 as Supersoul, 46
Vedanta, atonement as knowledge in, 17 Vedas originate from, 57
Vedas See also: Narayana; Supersoul; Supreme
purpose of, 163, 173 Lord
quoted on Brahmaand Brahmaloka, 4-5 Visnuditas
quoted on dharma, 57 again seen by Ajamila, 131-132
quoted on spiritual master as necessity, 68 arrive at Ajamila’s deathbed, 44-45
quoted on the Lord ascontroller, 58 chanting’s superexcellence explained by,
religion comes from, 56-57 96-110
rituals of, bewilder unintelligent, 33-34 condemn Yamaditas, 91-95
as Sdstra, 284. contest Yamaditas about Ajamila, 46-110
as standard for human being, 62 described, 50-51
transcended by bhakti, 116 devotees protected by, 161
on varndsrama system, 154—155 disappear, 113
Veda-vada-ratah, defined, 163 on king’s principles of conduct. 92-95
Veda-vada-ratah partha, Pariksit’s question on, 143-144
quoted, 163 release Ajamila, 111
Vedic literature Yamaditas desired to punish, 150-151
purpose of. 299 Yamaditas’ question about, 150
translation of, for the West, 281 Yamaditas threatened by, 46
the real religion of, 163 Yamaraja describes, 160-161
See also: Vedas Visnu Purana, quotations from
Vedic rituals on everything as Krsna’s energy. 279
chanting surpasses, 101 on material misery, 220
nature and purpose of, 163 on varnasrama-dharma, 180
