354 Srimad-Bhagavatam

Varndsramdcaravata Vedic culture
verse quoted, 212 purpose of, 124-125, 148, 164
Varndsrama-dharma sex life minimized in, 63, 65
garbhadhana ceremony in, 35 social divisions in, four listed, 124
goal of, 43, 212 society purified by, 112
happiness by, 47 wealth offered to Krsna in, 152-153
Hare Krsna movement propagates, 42, 157 See also: Varnasrama-dharma
higher classes in, three listed, 177 Vedic rituals. See: Ritualistic ceremonies;
for human beings, 35 Sacrifices
Kali-yuga lacks, 42 Vidharma defined, 209, 210
Lord created, 42 Vidya. See: Knowledge
peace by, 42, 47 Vidya-vinaya-sampanne
purification by, 35 verse quoted, 66
society organized by, 24, 46-47, 157 Vishnu, Lord. See: Supreme Lord
See also: Brahmacarya; Bréahmanas; Visnu, Lord. See: Ksirodakasayi Visnu;
Grhastha; Ksatriyas; Sannydsa; Narayana, Lord; Supreme Lord
Sidras; Vaisyas; Vanaprastha; Visnu Purana, quoted on varndsrama-
Vedic culture dharma, 212
Varuna, 81 Visnur aradhyate pantha
Vasistha, Pandavas luckier than, 2 verse quoted, 212
Vasudeva, 143 Visnu-tattva as Krsna’s expansions, 14
Vasudevah sarvam iti Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, cited
quoted, 19, 132, 269 on Brahma and Siva, 6
Vayu, touch sacrificed to, 81 on braéhmanas and ksatriyas, 36-37
Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah on Lord “‘vs.” living entities, 246
quoted, 29, 132 on material life, 107
Vedas on renunciation of sense gratification, 219
Absolute Truth revealed in, 71, 72 Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, quotations
activities in, two types listed, 255 from
as authority, 106, 109 on neophyte devotees, 190
brahmacaris study, 60 on overendeavoring, 94
brahmanas study, 36, 37 on pure devotee, 105
devotees surpass, 136 on spiritual master’s status, 192
dvijas study, 35, 70 Visvasvan
Krsna as goal of, 29 sun ruled by, 184
modes of nature as subject of, 248 See also: Sun-god
vanaprasthas study, 78 Vomit eater, fallen sannyasi as, 236-237
See also: names of individual Vedic Vrajendra-nandana yei, saci-suta haila sei
literatures quoted, 252
Vedic culture Vrndavana
dogs in, 158 “Anglican temple” in, 200
food in, 112 author in, 126
as hearing about Krsna, 145 gopis worship Krsna in, 50
marriage in, 112 as holy place, 177
money in, 124 as Lord’s abode, 72

prasdda distribution in, 167 residents of, as pure devotees, 5
