Text 40] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 41

though the supreme source is one, the emanations from this source
should be separately regarded as inferior and superior. The difference
between the Mayavada and Vaisnava philosophies is that the Vaisnava
philosophy recognizes this fact. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s philosophy,
therefore, is called acintya-bhedadbheda—simultaneous oneness and dif-
ference. For example, fire and heat cannot be separated, for where there
is fire there is heat and where there is heat there is fire. Nonetheless, al-
though we cannot touch fire, heat we can tolerate. Therefore, although
they are one, they are different.

TEXT 40

TATA «=| TATAEAT |
Gras ated TET AHS eA llvoll

tavad etyatmabhir atma-
manena truty-anehasa

purovad abdam kridantam
dadrse sa-kalam harim

tavat—for so long; etya—after returning; dtma-bhih—Lord Brahma;
atma-manena—by his (Brahma’s) own measurement; truti-anehasé—
by a moment’s time; purah-vat—just as previously; d-abdam—for one
year (by human measurement of time); kridantam—playing; dadrse—
he saw; sa-kalam—along with His expansions; harim—Lord Hari (Sri
Krsna).

TRANSLATION

When Lord Brahmi returned after a moment of time had passed
(according to his own measurement), he saw that although by
human measurement a complete year had passed, Lord Krsna,
after all that time, was engaged just as before in playing with the
boys and calves, who were His expansions.

PURPORT

Lord Brahma had gone away for only a moment of his time, but when
he returned, a year of human time had passed. On different planets, the
