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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.307
নিজাংশ-কলায় কৃষ্ণ তমো-গুণ অঙ্গীকরি’ ।
সংহারার্থে মায়া-সঙ্গে রুদ্র-রূপ ধরে ॥ ৩০৭ ॥
nijāṁśa-kalāya kṛṣṇa tamo-guṇa aṅgīkari’
saṁhārārthe māyā-saṅge rudra-rūpa dhari
“Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expands a portion of His plenary portion and, accepting the association of the material mode of ignorance, assumes the form of Rudra to dissolve the cosmic manifestation.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa expands a portion of His plenary portion and assumes the form of Rudra. This form accepts association with the mode of ignorance to dissolve the cosmic manifestation.
When Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu accepts the material modes for this work of dissolution, His form is called Rudra. Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the controller of māyā.
The incarnations of Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā indicate the absence of the supreme power of Viṣṇu, making association with māyā possible. In this sense, the purport says they are to be considered creations of māyā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “absence”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What distinction does the purport make between Viṣṇu’s control of māyā and Rudra’s association with it?
Write two brief phrases: Viṣṇu controls māyā; Rudra accepts association with the material mode of ignorance for dissolution.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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