Text 55] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 271
They are three, and therefore they are separate, but at the same time they
are one. This is the philosophy of simultaneous oneness and difference,
which is called acintya-bhedabheda-lallva. The example given in the
Brahma-samhila is that milk and yogurt are simultaneously one and dif-
ferent; both are milk, but the yogurt has become changed. In order to
achieve real peace, one should see everything and every living entity,
including Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, as nondifferent from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. No one is independent. Every one of us is an
expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This accounts for unity
in diversity. There are diverse manifestations, but, at the same time, they
are one in Visnu. Everything is an expansion of Visnu’s energy.
TEXT 55
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ad amamsse: sarafaatiety |
APTA AGA IA VITGHATM STAT 144i
matlreya uvaca
evam bhagavatadistah
prajapati-patir harim
arcilva kraluna svena
devan ubhayato ’yajal
mailreyah—Maitreya; wvdca—said; evam—thus; bhagavala—by the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead; adistah—having been instructed ; prajapali-
patih—the head of all the Prajapatis; harim—Hari; arcitvd—after worship-
ing; kmtuna—with the sacrificial ceremonies; svena—his own; devan—the
demigods; ubhayatah—separately ; ayajal— worshiped.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya said: Thus Daksa, the head of all Prajapatis, having
been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped
Lord Visnu, and after worshiping Him by performing the prescribed
sacrificial ceremonies, he also worshiped Lord Brahma and Lord Siva
separately.
PURPORT
Lord Visnu should be offered everything, and His prasadam should be dis-
tributed to all other demigods. This practice is still followed in the temple of
Jagannatha at Puri. There are many temples of demigods around the main
temple of Jagannatha, and the prasadam which is offered first to
