Madhya 20.310

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ক্ষীরং যথা দধি বিকারবিশেষযোগাৎ
সংজায়তে ন তু ততঃ পৃথগস্তি হেতোঃ ।
যঃ শম্ভুতামপি তথা সমুপৈতি কার্যাদ্
গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি ॥ ৩১০ ॥
ksiram yatha dadhi vikara-visesa-yogat
sanjayate na tu tatah prthag asti hetoh
yah sambhutam api tatha samupaiti karyad
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
SYNONYMS
ksiram-milk; yatha-as; dadhi-yogurt; vikara-visesa-with a special transforming agent; yogat-by mixing; sanjayate-is transformed into; na-not; tu-but; tatah-from the milk; prthak-separated; asti-is; hetoh-which is the cause; yah-who; sambhutam-the nature of Lord Siva; api-even though; tatha-as; samupaiti-accepts; karyat-from the matter of some particular business; govindam-unto Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adi-purusam-the original person; tam-unto Him; aham-I; bhajami-offer my respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
" 'Milk changes into yogurt when mixed with a yogurt culture, but actually it is constitutionally nothing but milk. Similarly, Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes the form of Lord Siva [Sambhu] for the special purpose of material transactions. I offer my obeisances at His lotus feet.'
This is a quotation from Brahma-samhita (5.45).