General Index 305

Manu(s) Material world

wife of, 9-11, 179 Lord descends to, 138

worshiped Lord for sons, 33 Lord’s glance creates, 153
Manusesiittamatvac ca miserable, 223

verse quoted, 147 spiritual worlds vs., 108
Manvantara defined, 3 Sudargana cakra illuminates, 155—
Marici 156

father & son of, 8 universes in, 132

knows past, present, future, 133 See also: Creation, the; Universe
Marriage Mathura

for brahmacari optional, 87 as Krsna’s place, 99

of Cyavana & Saryati’s daughter, 63, 64 Mandhata ruled, 202

husband & wife in, 62, 72, 73 Maya

in India calculated, 26 materialists in, 257

progeny by proxy in, 178 See also: Material world; Modes of material

of Purukutsa & Narmada, 219 nature

spiritual advancement shared in, 215 Mayy dsakta-manah partha

success & failure in, 64 quoted, 99

Vedic vs. modern, 64, 72, 73 Meat-eating

wife’s duty in, 64 for Sidras, 182

See also: Family; Household life; Woman Vedic injunctions restrict, 182
Marutta See also: Cows, slaughter of, as sinful;

as Aviksit’s son, 49 Hunting, forest

as Dama’s father, 51 Medical science

sacrifice by, 49, 50, 51 body rejuvenation unknown to, 65
Mata yasya grhe nasti male-female transformation via, 23

verse quoted, 113 Meditation
Material body. See: Body, material of devotee on the Lord, 125
Materialists of Durvasa at Yamuna, 117

association of, to be avoided, 2] 1-212 Men. See: Human beings; Male; People;

in maya, 257 Society, human

sex life engrosses, 211] Mental speculators. See: Speculators, philo-

See also: Nondevotees sophical
Material nature. See: Elements, material; En- Mercantile man

ergy, material; Material world; Maya Ambarisa compared to, 173
Material nature, modes of. See: Modes of ma- devotee contrasted to, 173
terial nature Mercy of the Supreme Lord

Material world on Ambarisa, 168

Ambarisa indifferent to, 170 on devotee, 139, 140

bondage to, 258 Lord known by, 253

dangerous, 223 Merging with the Supreme

devotee’s consideration of, 108 devotee’s view of, 170

devotees indifferent to, 169, 170 See also: Liberation

freedom from, by chanting Hare Krsna, Meru, Mount, 18

223 Midhvan, 45
freedom from, by knowing the Lord, 41 Milk vow, Manu’s wife observed, 10
