Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.310

kshīram yathā dadhi vikāra-viśesha-yogāt

sañjāyate na tu tatah prithag asti hetoh

yah śambhutām api tathā samupaiti kāryād

govindam ādi-purusham tam aham bhajāmi

SYNONYMS

kshīram — milk; yathā — as; dadhi — yogurt; vikāra-viśesha — with a special transforming agent; yogāt — by mixing; sañjāyate — is transformed into; na — not; tu — but; tatah — from the milk; prithak — separated; asti — is; hetoh — which is the cause; yah — who; śambhutām — the nature of Lord Śiva; api — even though; tathā — as; samupaiti — accepts; kāryāt — for the matter of some particular business; govindam — unto Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-purusham — the original person; tam — unto Him; aham — I; bhajāmi — offer 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 the Brahma-samhitā (5.45).

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