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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.100
মহেশ–আবেশ হৈলা শচীর নন্দন ।
তার স্কন্ধে চড়ি নৃত্য কৈল বহুক্ষণ ॥ ১০০ ॥
maheśa-āveśa hailā śacīra nandana
tāra skandhe caḍi nṛtya kaila bahu-kṣaṇa
Then Lord Caitanya, adopting the mood of Lord Śiva, got on the man’s shoulders, and thus they danced together for a long time.
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Lord Caitanya adopted Lord Śiva’s mood and danced on the man’s shoulders for a long time. The purport explains that He could do so because He is Śiva also.
According to acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, Lord Śiva is not different from Lord Viṣṇu, yet is not Lord Viṣṇu. Yogurt comes from milk but does not give the same benefit as milk.
The purport teaches that one seeking salvation must worship Lord Viṣṇu. Worshiping Lord Śiva should not be mistaken for worshiping Lord Caitanya.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 17.100 quotesBG 9.4
This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.4): mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The seventeenth chapter, as summarized by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, describes Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes from His sixteenth year until the time He accepted the renounced order of life. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the example of milk and yogurt help me understand both oneness and distinction?
Write one sentence explaining why Lord Caitanya’s adopting Śiva’s mood does not make their worship interchangeable.
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