378 Srimad-Bhagavatam

Matter. See: Energy, material; Nature, ma- Mercy of the Supreme Lord
terial on conditioned souls, 123, 205
Mauna, defined, 265 for everyone, 224
Maya God realization by, 27]
defined, 217 happiness by, 210
as ignorance, 130 on Hiranyakasipu, 179
material opulence as, 281] ignorance dispelled by, 76, 77
as punisher, 123 Krsna consciousness movement’s success
as suffering, 217 by, 324
See also: Illusion; Material world; Nature, living entities dependent on, 126
material nature’s laws suspended by, 258
Mayadhyaksena prakrtih Merging with the Supreme. See: Janis;
quoted, 214 Liberation; Mayavadis
Maya tatam idam sarvam Mind
quoted, 29 bondage to, 214
verse quoted, 71, 232, 268 devotional service controls, 129
Mayavadis (Impersonalists) duality created by, 129, 130
Absolute Truth misunderstood by, 235, as enemy, 128, 130
272 intelligence and senses vs., 74
devotees vs., 290-291 Lord controls, 175
Lord’s form misunderstood by, 246 Lord powers, 127
negation by, 292 meditation for, 238
self-realization misunderstood by, 242 purification of, 251
See also: Jnanis sin pollutes, 249
Mayayapahrta-jnana in trance, 191
verse quoted, 198 Misery. See: Suffering
Meat-eating Moda
hell by, 93 defined, 184
Krsna consciousness movement forbids, See also: Illusion
252 Modes of material nature
Medini dictionary, quoted on yoga, 78 Brahman effulgence above, 144
Meditation Brahma under, 211
demons disturb demigods’, 162 conditioned souls under, 258
Krsna consciousness vs., 260 -261 as darkness, 144
on Lord’s lotus feet, 82, 238 devotees surpass, 34, 190, 196, 208, 224
for mind, 238 divisions of, 67
for mystic powers, 22] freedom from, 78
on Supersoul, 90, 94 Lord above, 127, 143-144, 216
on Visnu, 320 Lord manifests, 239
by yogis, 320 Lord pervades, 29
Meningitis, Hiranyakasipu compared to, 156 senses according to, 67
Mental speculation, See: Knowledge, specula- world under, 143, 211-212, 232
tive, as futile See also: Nature, material; individual
Merchants modes (goodness, passion, ig-
money dearer than life to, 15 norance)

See also: Vaisyas Moghul Empire, nature’s laws foiled, 95
