CC Madhya 20.308
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 308
- māyā-saṅga-vikārī rudra—bhinnābhinna rūpa
- jīva-tattva nahe, nahe kṛṣṇera ‘svarūpa’
SYNONYMS
māyā-saṅga—by association with māyā; vikārī—transformed; rudra—the form of Rudra; bhinna-abhinna rūpa—having different types of forms; jīva-tattva nahe—still he is not called jīva-tattva; nahe—nor; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; svarūpa—personal form.
TRANSLATION
“Rudra, Lord Śiva, has various forms, which are transformations brought about by association with māyā. Although Rudra is not on a level with the jīva-tattvas, he still cannot be considered a personal expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
Rudra is simultaneously one with and different from the viṣṇu-tattva. Due to his association with māyā, he is different from the viṣṇu-tattva, but at the same time he is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form. This situation is called bhedābheda-tattva or acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, simultaneously one and different.