General Index
305
Manu(s)
wife of, 9–11, 179
worshiped Lord for sons, 33
Mānuṣeṣūttamātvāc ca
verse quoted, 147
Manvantara  defined, 3
Marīci
father &amp; son of, 8
knows past, present, future, 133
Marriage
for  brahmacārī  optional, 87
of Cyavana &amp; Śaryāti's daughter, 63, 64
husband &amp; wife in, 62, 72, 73
in India calculated, 26
progeny by proxy in, 178
of Purukutsa &amp; Narmadā, 219
spiritual advancement shared in, 215
success &amp; failure in, 64
Vedic vs. modern, 64, 72, 73
wife's duty in, 64
See also:  Family; Household life; Woman
Marutta
as Avikṣit's son, 49
as Dama's father, 51
sacrifice by, 49, 50, 51
Mātā yasya gṛhe nāsti
verse quoted, 113
Material body.  See:  Body, material
Materialists
association of, to be avoided, 211–212
in  māyā , 257
sex life engrosses, 211
See also:  Nondevotees
Material nature.  See:  Elements, material; Energy, material; Material world;  Māyā
Material nature, modes of.  See:  Modes of material nature
Material world
Ambarīṣa indifferent to, 170
bondage to, 258
dangerous, 223
devotee's consideration of, 108
devotees indifferent to, 169, 170
freedom from, by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, 223
freedom from, by knowing the Lord, 41
Material world
Lord descends to, 138
Lord's glance creates, 153
miserable, 223
spiritual worlds vs., 108
Sudarśana  cakra  illuminates, 155–156
universes in, 132
See also:  Creation, the; Universe
Mathurā
as Kṛṣṇa's place, 99
Māndhātā ruled, 202
Māyā
materialists in, 257
See also:  Material world; Modes of material nature
Mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
quoted, 99
Meat-eating
for  śūdras , 182
Vedic injunctions restrict, 182
See also:  Cows, slaughter of, as sinful; Hunting, forest
Medical science
body rejuvenation unknown to, 65
male-female transformation via, 23
Meditation
of devotee on the Lord, 125
of Durvāsā at Yamunā, 117
Men.  See:  Human beings; Male; People; Society, human
Mental speculators.  See:  Speculators, philosophical
Mercantile man
Ambarīṣa compared to, 173
devotee contrasted to, 173
Mercy of the Supreme Lord
on Ambarīṣa, 168
on devotee, 139, 140
Lord known by, 253
Merging with the Supreme
devotee's view of, 170
See also:  Liberation
Meru, Mount, 18
Miḍhvān, 45
Milk vow, Manu's wife observed, 10