This ignorant smile trivializes and reduces, creating a false competition. It presents a distorted view by asserting that those who worship Shiva obtain material wealth while Krishna takes it away to give spiritual benefits. This dichotomy is artificial. Shiva is not primarily a donor of worldly opulence; it is the god of renunciants, lives among ashes and Bhagavatam himself describes him as the best of the Vaishnavas. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy, Shiva is an expansion of Krishna for specific cosmic functions, compared to milk and yogurt itself: source, different functions, never opposed or competitors. The correct teaching recognizes that any of the Vaishnavas can grant material blessings, but only Krishna guarantees the eternal