332 Srimad-Bhagavatam
Vedic culture Visnuneti bruvdnais tu
ceremonies for newborn in, 38 verse quoted, 25]
teaches satisfaction, 71 Visnu Purdna
See also: Varnésrama-dharma quoted on sacrifices for Visnu, 209
Vedic knowledge quoted on Visnu worship via varnasrama-
protection of, 228 dharma, 107
See also: Vedas Visnur aradhyate pantha
Vedic mantras. See: Hare Krsna mantra; verse quoted, 107, 209
Mantras; Vedas Visnu’s associates
Vedic rituals. See: Ritualistic ceremonies; demons vs., 140-146
Sacrifices; Vedic culture fourteen named, 141
Vetti yatra na caivayam Visnusvami, 269
verse quoted, 74 Visnu-tattva vs. living entities, 245
Vibhinndmsa defined, 245 Vistabhyaham idam krtsnam
Vidya. See: Knowledge quoted, 219
Vidyadharas Visvakarma
Bali honored by, 114 as heaven’s engineer, 189
Lord’s appearance honored by, 35 as Sutala’s maker, 189
Vidyadhara sword, 125 Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
Vindhyavali as astrologer, 32
as Bali’s wife, 113, 175, 176 quoted on spiritual master, 258
Brahma interrupted by, 175 quoted on stars and planets, 32
prayed for Bali, 178 Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, cited
quoted on Lord & fools, 176 on Bali, 111
Vipra defined, 101 on Brahma’s daytime sleep, 250
Virat-riipa. See: Universal form of the on Ganges, 133
Supreme Lord on harih, 80
Virocana on Satyavrata, 272
as Bali’s father, 64-65 Vivasvan
brahmanas favored by, 64 as Satyavrata’s father, 233 :
Visnu, Lord See also: Sun-god
duty to, 212 Vivigna-cetah
Ganges from toe of, 48 defined, 61
Hiranyakasipu vs., 58-62, 64 See also: Anxiety
invincible, 109 Vrndavana as holy place, 8
as mystic master, 59 Vyasadeva
Vamana as, 137-139 in disciplic succession, 261
worship toward, 106-107 as guru No. 1, 261
as yajna-purusa, 209 Krsna’s supremacy accepted by, 269
See also: Incarnations of the Supreme
Lord; Narayana, Lord; Supreme W
Lord Water
Visnu-dharmottara, cited on annihilation in fish incarnation outgrew, 237-242
Caksusa-manvantara, 250 in Lord’s universal form, 123
Visnu-dharmottare tv etat of universal annihilation, 230, 247, 248,
verse quoted, 251 254
