{"id":38965,"date":"2022-07-07T00:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=38965"},"modified":"2022-11-10T09:43:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:43:33","slug":"how-do-devotees-of-krishna-offer-respect-to-shiva-by-a-c-bhaktivedanta-swami-prabhupada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/how-do-devotees-of-krishna-offer-respect-to-shiva-by-a-c-bhaktivedanta-swami-prabhupada\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Devotees of Krishna offer respect to Shiva? – by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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cHief of tHe vaisHnavas<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja<\/span><\/p>\n

S\u0301iva-tattva is a special tattva. In the S\u0301ri\u0304mad Bha\u0304gavatam you will find that s\u0301iva-tattva has been discussed in many places. It is stated in the twelfth canto (12.13.16):<\/span><\/p>\n

nimna-ga\u0304na\u0304m\u0307 yatha\u0304 gan\u0307ga\u0304 deva\u0304na\u0304m acyuto yatha\u0304 vais\u0323n\u0323ava\u0304na\u0304m\u0307 yatha\u0304 s\u0301ambhuh\u0323 pura\u0304n\u0323a\u0304na\u0304m idam\u0307 tatha\u0304<\/span><\/p>\n

As the Ganges is the best of all rivers and Lord Vishnu is the best of all Lords, so vais\u0323n\u0323ava\u0304na\u0304m\u0307 yatha\u0304 s\u0301ambhuh\u0323 \u2014 Shambhu, Shankara, Shiva is the chief of vais\u0323n\u0323avas. Similarly, pura\u0304n\u0323a\u0304na\u0304m idam \u2014 of all pura\u0304n\u0323as, idam\u0307 bha\u0304gavatam\u0307 maha\u0304-pura\u0304n\u0323am, S\u0301ri\u0304mad Bha\u0304gavatam, is the best. So Shivaji is a kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323a-bhakta, he is a devotee of Krishna. In Caitanya-carita\u0304mr\u0323ta (a\u0304di 6.79-81) it is stated:<\/span><\/p>\n

ananta brahma\u0304n\u0323d\u0323e rudra \u2014 sada\u0304s\u0301ivera am\u0307s\u0301a gun\u0323a\u0304vata\u0304ra ten\u0307ho, sarva-deva-avatam\u0307sa<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudra, who is an expansion of Sadashiva and who appears in unlimited universes, is also a gun\u0323a\u0304vata\u0304ra, a qualitative incarnation, and is the ornament of all the demigods in the endless universes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ten\u0307ho karena kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323era da\u0304sya-pratya\u0304s\u0301a nirantara kahe s\u0301iva, \u2018mun\u0303i kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323a-da\u0304sa\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

He also desires only to be a servant of Lord Krishna. Sri Sadashiva always says, \u201cI am a servant of Lord Krishna.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323a-preme unmatta, vihvala digambara kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323a-gun\u0323a-li\u0304la\u0304 ga\u0304ya, na\u0304ce nirantara<\/span><\/p>\n

Intoxicated by ecstatic love for Lord Krishna, he becomes overwhelmed and incessantly dances without clothing and sings about Lord Krishna\u2019s qualities and pastimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is Shiva. He is a kr\u0323s\u0323n\u0323a-bhakta, a dear devotee of Krishna. Again in S\u0301ri\u0304mad Bha\u0304gavatam (12.10.34) Markandeya Muni offers this prayer to Lord Shiva:<\/span><\/p>\n

varam ekam\u0307 vr\u0323n\u0323e \u2018tha\u0304pi pu\u0304rn\u0323a\u0304t ka\u0304ma\u0304bhivars\u0323an\u0323a\u0304t bhagavaty acyuta\u0304m\u0307 bhaktim\u0307 tat-pares\u0323u tatha\u0304 tvayi<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO Shivaji, you are completely full, pu\u0304rn\u0323a. You fulfill all the desires of your devotees; therefore, seeing you, I am offering this prayer. Please fulfill my desire. Let me have unflinching bhakti unto Krishna and unto you, who are completely surrendered unto Krishna.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In many places you will find this s\u0301iva-tattva. In S\u0301ri\u0304mad Bha\u0304gavatam (4.30.38) the Prachetas say to Lord Vishnu:<\/span><\/p>\n

vayam\u0307 tu sa\u0304ks\u0323a\u0304d bhagavan bhavasya priyasya sakhyuh\u0323 ks\u0323an\u0323a-san\u0307gamena<\/span><\/p>\n

sudus\u0301cikitsyasya bhavasya mr\u0323tyor bhis\u0323aktamam\u0307 tva\u0304dya gatim\u0307 gata\u0304h\u0323 sma<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDear Lord, by virtue of a moment\u2019s association with Lord Shiva, who is very dear to You and who is Your most intimate friend, we were fortunate to attain You. You are the most expert physician, capable of treating the incurable disease of material existence. On account of our great fortune we have been able to take shelter at Your lotus feet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of association with Lord Shiva for a moment we got this opportunity to meet you. priyasya sakhyuh\u0323 \u2014 Shiva is Your very intimate friend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 From a Lecture in Bhubaneswar, 16 February 1994. Sri Krishna Kathamrita magazine, issue 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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cHief of tHe vaisHnavas Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja S\u0301iva-tattva is a special tattva. In the S\u0301ri\u0304mad Bha\u0304gavatam you will find that s\u0301iva-tattva has been discussed in many places. It is stated in the twelfth … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,156,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area2","category-db","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 02:30:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}