General Index 1093

Material nature Material world
as ocean tossing with waves of time, 7 so-called happiness and distress in, 717
baffles happiness, 86 to reclaim living beings, 178
doesn’t allow us independence, 419 See also Material nature, Modes of nature,
has enough foodstuff for everyone, 517 Threefold miseries
its insurmountable intricacies, 73 Matsya
living beings placed under guidance of, advented during reign of Vaivasvata Manu,
534 632
no one survives struggle with, 7 as lila incarnation, 142
whimsically exploited, 423 exhibited Krsna’s knowledge, 168
See also Material world, Maya, Modes of Matsya Purana
nature, Threefold miseries as oldest Purana, 50
Material world refers to Bhagavatam, 50
as body of absolute whole, 48 Matter
as darkest region of creation, 86 adulterates soul’s activity, 111
as great illusion, 697 as effect of Paramatma, 129
as interaction of two energies, 47 cannot create, 415
as part of whole creation, 238 conditioned soul absorbed in, 195
as prison house, 116, 859 impure senses in collaboration with, 480
as shadowy reflection of reality, 1002 in service of spirit, 269
as world of death, 6 is static, 77
as world of duality, 383 liberated soul indifferent to, 195
can be turned into spiritual abode, 256 reduced to oblivion by time, 208
compared with forest fire, 513 satisfaction of heart beyond, 216
connected to Krsna superficially, 178 transformed from one form to another,
created at certain intervals, 136 714
created by three modes of nature, 44 Maya
created to satisfy whims of nitya-baddha, as checking curtain, 392
540 as deputed agent of Krsna, 716, 903
dependence sign of misfortune in, 419 as relations of body and mind, 427
Dhrtarastra closed all accounts in, 709 as sense gratification, 311
earth a fragment of, 238 as thinking oneself the creator, 47
exists only as a dream, 7 both delusion and mercy, 429
falsity and misery of, 694 compared to darkness, 345
freedom from inhabiting, 300 deluding attraction of, 904
full of anxieties, 357 false representations created by, 378
full of calamities, 401 happiness is her illusion, 316
full of danger in every step, 852 her illusion dissipated by devotional
full of hungry living beings, 614 service, 255
is fearfulness, 649 internal potency also called, 321
its furms not satisfying, 294 literatures under influence of, 238
Krsna descends on, 259 opposite of Krsna, 564
Krsna left virdfa-ripa in, 738 souls saved from clutches of, 324
like mirage, 44 tried to allure Haridasa Thakur, 313
likened to cinema, 74 See also Material nature, Material world
living entities strewn within, 128 Mayavada philosophy
manifestation of ingredients for, 135 advocates theory of illusion, 26
Narada ignored formalities of , 302 as clouded Buddhism, 27
no one independent in, 47 imaginary explanation of Vedas, 27

not living beings’ home, 472 is mundane, 77
