General Index
301
Material world
illusory energy controls,  222–224
lust binds, 125
modes of nature compete in, 227
spiritual education lacking in, 225
time controls, 70
See also:  Creation, the; Universe
Mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā
verse quoted, 133
Mātṛkā, 45
Mātṛvat para-dāreṣu
quoted, 4
Mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni
verse quoted, 104–105, 108
Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat
quoted, 135
Mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca
quoted, 105
Matter.  See:   Elements, material; Energy of the Supreme Lord, material; Nature, material
Māyā
Brahmā in, 138
as co-creator, 139
demigods in, 138
living entities under, 138, 142
mechanical space travel as, 67
Śiva above, 131, 138
as Śiva's wife, 139
Viṣṇu above, 138
See also:  Illusion; Material world; Nature, material;  Yogamāyā
Maya demon
Bali's airplane built by, 37
Yamarāja vs., 43
Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ
quoted, 100, 139
Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam
quoted, 108
verse quoted, 104–105, 108
Māyāvādis (impersonalists)
Brahman misunderstood by, 107
as fools, 260
in ignorance, 107
liberation for, 103
Māyāvādis (impersonalists)
philosophy of, 254
See also:   Jñānis ; Philosophers
Mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
verse quoted, 113
Meat eating as ignorance, 67
Meditation
Kaśyapa returned from, 210
by Śiva on the Lord, 142
Meghadundubhi, 40
Men.  See:   Human beings; Persons; Women, men vs.
Mental speculators.  See:    Jñānis ; Māyāvādis; Philosophers
Mercy of the Supreme Lord
as causeless, 105
liberation by, 105
on society, 179
Merging with the Supreme.  See:   Brahman, Supreme,  mokṣa-kāmī  aspires to; Liberation; Māyāvādis
Milk
in Deity worship,  244–245, 248, 251
in  payo-vrata  sacrifice, 235, 249
Milk, ocean of
demigod-demon battle at, 30
demons churned, in vain, 28, 40
hearing about churning of, recommended,  144
Mimārinsaka  philosophers, 110
Misery.  See:   Suffering
Mitra, 42
Modes of material nature ( guṇas )
base symptoms of, 112
competition among, 227
as controller, 69
demigods under, 70–71, 220
demons under, 220
devotional service above, 227
duality caused by, 109
Lord free of, 104, 105
philosophers under, 112
transcendentalist above, 71
wise men tolerate, 70