Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.307

nijāmśa-kalāya krishna tamo-guna ańgīkari'

samhārārthe māyā-sańge rudra-rūpa dhari

SYNONYMS

nija-amśa — of His personal plenary expansion; kalāya — by an expansion known as kalā; krishna — Lord Krishna; tamah-guna — the material mode of darkness; ańgīkari' — accepting; samhāra-arthe — for the purpose of dissolution; māyā-sańge — in association with the external energy; rudra-rūpa — the form of Rudra; dhari — assumes.

TRANSLATION

"Lord Krishna, 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.

PURPORT

This is a description of the Rudra form, which is another expansion of Krishna. Only vishnu-mūrtis are expansions of Krishna's personal and plenary portions. Mahā-Vishnu, who lies on the Causal Ocean, is an expansion of Sańkarshana. When Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu accepts the material modes of nature for the purpose of dissolving the cosmic manifestation, His form is called Rudra. As already explained, Lord Vishnu is the controller of māyā. How, then, can He associate with māyā? The conclusion is that the incarnation of Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā indicates the absence of the supreme power of Vishnu. When the supreme power is not there, it is possible to associate with māyā, the external energy. Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva are to be considered creations of māyā.

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