Text 309] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 173

Madyd-sahga-vikdri rudra—bhinndabhinna rdpa
jiva-tattva nahe, nahe krsnera ‘svardpa’

SYNONYMS

mayd-sanga—by association with maya; vikari—transformed; rudra—the form
of Rudra; bhinna-abhinna rdépa—having different types of forms; jiva-tattva
nahe—still he is not called jiva-tattva; nahe—nor; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; sva-
rupa—personal form.
TRANSLATION

“Rudra, Lord Siva, has various forms, which are transformations brought
about by association with maya. Although Rudra is not on a level with the jiva-
tattvas, he still cannot be considered a personal expansion of Lord Krsna.

PURPORT

Rudra is simultaneously one with and different from the visnu-tattva. Due to his
association with mdy4d, he is different from the visnu-tattva, but at the same time
he is an expansion of Krsna’s personal form. This situation is called bhedabheda-
tattva, or acintya-bhedabheda-tattva, simultaneously one and different.

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dugdha yena amla-yoge dadhi-rupa dhare
dugdhdntara vastu nahe, dugdha haite ndre

SYNONYMS
dugdha—milk; yena—as; amlazyoge—in association with a sour substance;
dadhi-rapa—the form of yogurt; dhare—takes; dugdha-antara—something other
than milk; vastu—substance; nahe—is not; dugdha—milk; haite—to be; ndre—is
not able.
TRANSLATION

“Milk is transformed into yogurt when it associates with a yogurt culture.
Thus yogurt is nothing but milk, but still it is not milk.

PURPORT

Of the three deities supervising the creation, maintenance and dissolution of
the universe, Lord Visnu is never separate from the original Visnu. However, Lord
Siva and Brahma, due to their association with maya, are different from Visnu.
