Haridas Thakura and Lord Shiva

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Hare Krishna,

 

 

 

>>> One who is not Krsna conscious is subjected to material desires while

contemplating the objects of the senses. The senses require real

engagements, and if they are not engaged in the transcendental loving

service of the Lord, they will certainly seek engagement in the service of

materialism. In the material world everyone, including Lord Siva and Lord

Brahma -- to say nothing of other demigods in the heavenly planets -- is

subjected to the influence of sense objects, and the only method to get out

of this puzzle of material existence is to become Krsna conscious. Lord Siva

was deep in meditation, but when Parvati agitated him for sense pleasure, he

agreed to the proposal, and as a result Kartikeya was born. When Haridasa

Thakura was a young devotee of the Lord, he was similarly allured by the

incarnation of Maya-devi, but Haridasa easily passed the test because of his

unalloyed devotion to Lord Krsna.

 

 

 

Ref. VedaBase => Bg 2.62 <<<

 

 

 

Question:

 

 

 

Lord Siva is the greatest Vaisnava and Haridas Thakura is the naam-acharya.

Can someone enlighten why Srila Prabhupada has given the comparison of these

two great Vaisnavas, wherein one is affected and the other is not?

 

 

 

Please comment.

 

 

 

Your servant,

 

 

 

Vidyadhar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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