Who is Lord Shiva? | Srila Prabhupada Lecture | Maha Shivaratri Special

Описание: Brahmā, viṣṇu, śiva—tina guṇa avatāra
[Cc Madhya 20.301].

[There are three functions within this material world. Everything here is created, everything is maintained for some time, and everything is finally dissolved. The Lord therefore incarnates Himself as the controllers of the three qualities—sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa [goodness, passion and ignorance]. Thus the transactions of the material world take place.]

Now on these three qualities, material modes of nature, the heads are Brahmā—Brahmā, the first living creature, Brahmā—and Viṣṇu—Viṣṇu, God Himself—and Śiva, Lord Śiva. Śiva's position is between Brahmā and Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu is God, and Brahmā is living entity. Gradation. Living entity, they are also parts and parcel of God. Śiva is also part and parcel of God. Viṣṇu is also part and parcel of God. But there are degrees of power. That we have already discussed. Kṛṣṇa is cent percent, Viṣṇu is ninety-four percent, Śiva is eighty-four percent, and we living entities, we are seventy-eight percent.

So tri-guṇa aṅgīkari' kare sṛṣṭy-ādi-vyavahāra [Cc Madhya 20.301]. They have nothing to do with these material modes of nature. Just like a person in charge of the criminal department or jail department, but we should not think that he is also one of the prisoners because he is in charge of the jail department. No. Similarly, Śiva, Lord Śiva, he is in charge of the modes of ignorance, but he is not ignorant. He is the most enlightened devotee of Lord. He has got a paramparā, disciplic succession, which is called Viṣṇu-Svāmī-sampradāya. Viṣṇu Svāmī prabhu. There are four sampradāyas of great devotees of Lord: one from Brahmā, one from Śiva, and one from Lakṣmī and one from the Kumāras.

So Lord Śiva, although he is in charge of the department of the modes of ignorance, but he is not ignorant. You should not mistake that. Similarly, Brahmā is also in charge of this passionate department, creative initiation. This, whatever we are creating, the creative incentive, that is from Brahmā, passion. And ignorance, they neither create... They simply destroy.

And Viṣṇu, He has taken the charge of maintenance, because without God nobody can maintain us. Eko bahūnāṁ vidadhāti kāmān: "One personality, one eternal personality, He maintains all other plural eternities." We are also eternities, but we are maintained by Viṣṇu. Even Brahmā is also maintained by Viṣṇu and Śiva is also maintained by Viṣṇu. So these are three qualitative incarnations: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.


0:00- Intro
0:08- Who is Lord Shiva ?
0:51- Why is it recommended to Worship Lord Shiva ?
1:25- Role of Lord Shiva
2:20- What is His Position ?
3:10- Sri Caiatnya Mahaprabhu's Statemets on Lord Shiva
5:41- Difference Between Lord Vishnu & Lord Shiva