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install deities of Lord Visnu, Lord Siva, the sun-god, goddess Durga and sometimes
Lord Brahma also, and this system is continuing at present in India under the guise
of the Hindu religion. Vaisnavas can also worship all these demigods, but only on
the principles of Brahma-samhita, which is recommended by Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu. We may note in this connection the mantras for worshiping Lord Siva, Lord
Brahma, goddess Durga, the sun-god and Gane&Sa, as described in the Brahma-samhita:

srsti-sthiti-pralaya-sadhana-saktir eka
chayeva yasya bhuvanani bibharti durga
icchanurupam api yasya ca cestate sa
govindam adi-purusarn tam aharm bhajami
“The external potency, maya, who is of the nature of the shadow of the c/t [spiri-
tual] potency, is worshiped by all people as Durga, the creating, preserving and
destroying agency of this mundane world. | adore the primeval Lord Govinda, in
accordance with whose will Durga conducts herself.” (Bs. 5.44)
ksiram yatha dadhi vikara-visesa-yogat
sahjayate na hi tatah prthag asti hetoh
yah sambhutam api tatha samupaiti. karyad
govindam adi-purusam tam aharm bhajami
“Milk is transformed into curd by the actions of acids, yet the effect ‘curd’ is
neither the same as nor different from its cause, viz., milk. | adore the primeval
Lord Govinda, of whom the state of Sambu is a similar transformation for the per-
formance of the work of destruction.” (Bs. 5.45)
bhasvan yathasma-sakalesu nijesu tejah
sviyam kiyat prakatayaty api tad-vadatra
brahma ya esa jagadanda-vidhana-karta
govindam adi-purusarm tam aham bhajami
“adore the primeval Lord Govinda, from whom the separated subjective portion
Brahma receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world, just as the sun
manifests a portion of his own light in all the effulgent gems that bear such names
as surya-kanta.”’ (Bs. 5.49)
yat-pada-pallava-yugam vinidhaya kumbha-
dvandve pranama-samaye sa ganadhirajah
vighnan vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
“| worship the primeval Lord Govinda. Ganesa always holds His lotus feet upon the
pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in order to obtain power for his
