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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.79
অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ডে রুদ্র—সদাশিবের অংশ ।
গুণাবতার তেঁহো, সর্বদেব–অবতংস ॥ ৭৯ ॥
ananta brahmāṇḍe rudra — sadāśivera aṁśa
guṇāvatāra teṅho, sarva-deva-avataṁsa
Rudra, who is an expansion of Sadāśiva and who appears in unlimited universes, is also a guṇāvatāra [qualitative incarnation] and is the ornament of all the demigods in the endless universes.
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Rudra is an expansion of Sadāśiva and a guṇāvatāra, or qualitative incarnation. He appears in unlimited universes and is the ornament of all the demigods.
Lord Śiva is an expansion of Lord Viṣṇu, yet in his capacity for annihilating creation he is also considered one of the living entities. As Hara, an expansion of Lord Viṣṇu, he is transcendental to the material qualities.
The relationship between Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva is compared to milk and yogurt: they have the same ingredients but different functions. Sadāśiva in the Vaikuṇṭha planets is a direct expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s form for pastimes.
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Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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How does the milk-and-yogurt comparison help you understand Lord Śiva’s relationship with Lord Viṣṇu?
Write one sentence explaining the milk-and-yogurt comparison in your own words.
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