Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 310 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.310

ক্ষীরং যথা দধি বিকারবিশেষযোগাত্সংজাযতে ন তু ততঃ পৃথগস্তি হেতোঃ যঃ শম্ভুতামপি তথা সমুপৈতি কার্যাদ্গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি

क्षीरं यथा दधि विकारविशेषयोगात्संजायते न तु ततः पृथगस्ति हेतोः यः शम्भुतामपि तथा समुपैति कार्याद्गोविन्दमादिपुरुषं तमहं भजामि

kṣīraṁ yathā dadhi vikāra-viśeṣa-yogāt sañjāyate na tu tataḥ pṛthag asti hetoḥ yaḥ śambhutām api tathā samupaiti kāryād govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

Synonyms

kṣīrammilk; yathāas; dadhiyogurt; vikāra-viśeṣawith a special transforming agent; yogātby mixing; sañjāyateis transformed into; nanot; tubut; tataḥfrom the milk; pṛthakseparated; astiis; hetoḥwhich is the cause; yaḥwho; śambhutāmthe nature of Lord Śiva; apieven though; tathāas; samupaitiaccepts; kāryātfrom the matter of some particular business; govindamunto Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-puruṣamthe original person; tamunto Him; ahamI; bhajāmioffer my respectful obeisances..

Translation

" 'Milk changes into yogurt when mixed with a yogurt culture, but actually it is constitutionally nothing but milk. Similarly, Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes the form of Lord Śiva [Śambhu] for the special purpose of material transactions. I offer my obeisances at His lotus feet.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Brahma-saṁhitā (5.45).

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