Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 20: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth. Text 308

mÄyÄ-saá¹…ga-vikÄrÄ« rudra — bhinnÄbhinna rÅ«pa
jīva-tattva nahe, nahe kṛṣṇera 'svarūpa'

 mÄyÄ-saá¹…ga - by association with mÄyÄ; vikÄrÄ« - transformed; rudra - the form of Rudra; bhinna-abhinna rÅ«pa - having different types of forms; jÄ«va-tattva nahe - still he is not called jÄ«va-tattva; nahe - nor; kṛṣṇera - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; svarÅ«pa - personal form.


Text

“Rudra, Lord Åšiva, has various forms, which are transformations brought about by association with mÄyÄ. Although Rudra is not on a level with the jÄ«va-tattvas, he still cannot be considered a personal expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Purport

Rudra is simultaneously one with and different from the viṣṇu-tattva. Due to his association with mÄyÄ, he is different from the viṣṇu-tattva, but at the same time he is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form. This situation is called bhedÄbheda-tattva or acintya-bhedÄbheda-tattva, simultaneously one and different.