| | Mahābhārata | The great epic of 100,000 verses composed by Vyasadeva, narrating the history of the Pandavas and including Bhagavad-gita. |
| | Mahāmantra | The great chanting for deliverance: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. |
| | Mahat-tattva | The total material energy. |
| | Mahātma | A great soul who understands that Krsna is everything and therefore surrenders unto Him. |
| | Mahāviṣṇu | The Karanodakasayi Visnu who lies within the causal ocean and breathes out innumerable universes. |
| | Maṅgala-ārātrika | Early morning (4:30 a. m.) offering to the Lord in the temple, accompanied by chanting and bells. |
| | Manu | The father of mankind, the demigod who set forth Manusamhita, the law book for humanity. |
| | Māyā | Illusion; the external energy of Krsna that deludes the living entity into forgetfulness of Krsna. |
| | Māyādevī | Personification of the illusory material energy. |
| | Māyāvādī | Impersonalist or voidist maintaining that God is ultimately formless and without personality. |
| | Mokṣa | Liberation from the cycle of birth and death. |
| | Mūḍha | Hardworking ass; gross materialist. |
| | Mukunda | The granter of liberation (mukti), Krsna. |
| | Muni | Sage or selfrealized soul. |