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māyā-saṅga-vikārī rudra—bhinnābhinna rūpa
jīva-tattva nahe, nahe kṛṣṇera ‘svarūpa’

Synonyms

maya-sanga—by association with māyā; vikari—transformed; rudra—the form of Rudra; bhinna-abhinna rupa—having different types of forms; jīva-tattva nahe—still he is not called jīva-tattva; nahe—nor; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sva-rupa—personal form. 

Translation

“Rudra, Lord Śiva, has various forms, which are transformations brought about by association with māyā. Although Rudra is not on a level with the jīva-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 māyā, 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 bhedābheda-tattva, or acintya-bhedābheda-tattva, simultaneously one and different. 

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