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Material world (continued)
purpose of, 241 
  suffering in, 239–241 
  as temporary, 50, 51 
 See also:  Earth; Heavenly planets; Universe(s)
Matsya, 152
Maudgalya dynasty, 144
Māyā
body awarded by, 237–238
conditioned souls in, 74
defined, 51, 238
Kṛṣṇa consciousness dispels, 133
living entity under, 237–238
Rantideva free of, 133
relationships due to, 83–84
Śukadeva wary of, 140
world under, 82
See also:  Illusion; Material world; Modes of material nature; Nature, material
Māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad  quoted, 74
Māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān  quoted, 244
Māyāvāda philosophy (impersonalism), 124, 192
See also:  Atheists; Brahman (impersonal Absolute)
Meat-eating, 108
Medhātithi, 92
Medhāvī, 174
Medical science, Dhanvantari started, 3–4
Meditation
on Kṛṣṇa, 73, 74
See also:  Kṛṣṇa consciousness;  Yoga
Menakā, 95–96
Mercy of the Lord.  See:  Supreme Lord, mercy of
Merging with the Supreme.  See:  Brahman (impersonal Absolute); Liberation; Māyāvāda philosophy
Military strength of demons, 242, 243, 244
Milk, 243
Mind, asleep & awake, 134
Misery.  See:  Suffering
Miśrakeśī, 229
Mitrāyu, 149
Modes of material nature
devotional service surpasses, 43
freedom from, 15
as insurmountable, 238
purification dispels, 81
social divisions according to, 88, 243
See also:  Goodness, mode of; Nature, material
Mokṣa.   See:  Liberation
Monism.  See:  Māyāvāda philosophy
Monkeys in Vṛndāvana, 74
Moon-god dynasty, 159, 175
Mother
compared to storekeeper, 102, 104
earth compared to, 103
father and, 46, 102, 104
unwed, 223–224
See also:  Marriage; Wife; Women
Mṛdura, 215
Mṛduvit, 215
Mṛta-sañjīvanī  defined, 27–28
Mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani  quoted, 76
Mudgala, 144, 145
Mukti.   See:  Liberation
Muktir hitvānyathā rūpaṁ  quoted, 82
Mūrti  defined, 248
Mūtra  defined, 47
Mysticism.  See:  Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Meditation
Mystic power
of Kuntī, 222, 223
Śukrācārya misused, 64
Mystics.  See:  Devotees; Sage; Transcendentalists;  Yogīs
Myth, overpopulation as, 102
N
Nāgas, 167
Nahuṣa, 3, 14–16
Nakula, 165–167