256 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI
Uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih Vedic culture
quoted, 200 downfall of, 6, 7
Universe (s) as Krsna conscious, 170
creation, maintenance & destruction of, 28 meat-eater’s quota in, 202
first beings in, 22 social order in, 6
from Krsna, 25, 76-77, 183-84, 191 unmarried girl in, stricture on, 85
Krsna showed, to YaSoda, 86 woman naked in, 37-38
singular sun in, 102 See also: India; Krsna consciousness
Svetadvipa planet in, 121 Vedic literature
Vedic vision of, 102 knowledge via, 165
See also: Creation, the material; Material Lord’s activities in, 4
world; Nature, material See also: Vedas; names of specific Vedic
Urdhvam gacchanti sattva-sthah literatures
qucted, 183 Vegetarians, 174
Uttara, 36, 39, 41 See also: Prasdda
Vidura, 36, 82
Vidya sarvasya bhiisanam
Vv verse quoted, 162
Vidya-vinaya-sampanne
verse quoted, 57
Vadaniti tat tattva-vidas Vipralambha defined, 165
verse quoted, 73 Viraktir anyatra ca
Vaikuntha. See: Spiritual world quoted, 9
Vairagya. See: Detachment; Renunciation Visnu, Lord
Vairagya-vid ya-nija-bhakti-yoga- Brahma begs, to solve cosmic trouble, 122
verse quoted, 179 Brahma born of, 126
Vaisnavas. See: Devotees Dhruva saw, 109, 194
Vaisyas (farmers & merchants), 6 Garbhodakasayi, 22, 125
Vanaprastha (retired life), 185 Krsna advented as, 108
See also: Renunciation Ksirodakasayi, 73, 121, 184
Variety, enjoyment requires, 189 as maintainer, 28
Vasudeva meditation on, 73, 142
as Devaki’s husband, 27 See also: Krsna, Lord; Narayana, Lord;
dissuaded Karhnsa from killing Devaki, Supersoul
32-33 Visnupriya, 64
as Krsna’s ‘‘father,”’ 11, 12, 113, 118 Visnu Purana, quoted
Vasudevah sarvam iti on Krsna’s deluding potency, 16
verse quoted, 13 on Krsna’s potencies, 131
Vedanta-sutra Visnu-Saktir para prokta
compared to sun, 145 verse quoted, 131 :
Mayavada vs. Vaisnava hearing of , 144, 145 Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, quoted on
quoted on Krsna as blissful, 18 spiritual masteras Lord’s representative,
quoted on Sastra, 165 200
Vedas Vraja(bhaimi). See: Vrndavana
Krsna as goal of, 2 Vrndavana
See also: Vedic literature; names of specific Goloka, 98
Vedic literatures Krsna never leaves, 164
Vedic culture Krsna’s original form in, 184
brahmacaritraining in, 133-34 Krsna’s pastimes in, 98, 103
detachment in, 185 love for Krsna in, 92, 101
