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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 7.4
pańca-tattva avatīrna caitanyera sańge
pańca-tattva lańā karena sańkīrtana rańge
SYNONYMS
pańca-tattva — these five tattvas; avatīrna — advented; caitanyera — with Caitanya Mahāprabhu; sańge — in company with; pańca-tattva — the same five subjects; lańā — taking with Himself; karena — He does; sańkīrtana — the sańkīrtana movement; rańge — in great pleasure.
TRANSLATION
These five tattvas incarnate with Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and thus the Lord executes His sańkīrtana movement with great pleasure.
PURPORT
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.32) there is the following statement regarding Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu:
krishna-varnam tvishākrishnam sāńgopāńgāstra-pārshadam
yajńaih sańkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasah
"In the Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance of the sańkīrtana-yajńa." Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, His incarnation Śrī Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Śrīvāsa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are complete when we say śrī-krishna-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda. As preachers of the Krishna consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by chanting this Pańca-tattva mantra; then we say Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. There are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra, but these are not considered in the chanting of the Pańca-tattva mantra, namely, śrī-krishna-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is known as mahā-vadānyāvatāra, the most magnanimous incarnation, for He does not consider the offenses of the fallen souls. Thus to derive the full benefit of the chanting of the mahā-mantra (Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare), we must first take shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learn the Pańca-tattva mahā-mantra, and then chant the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra. That will be very effective.
Taking advantage of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, many unscrupulous devotees manufacture a mahā-mantra of their own. Sometimes they sing bhaja nitāi gaura rādhe śyāma hare krishna hare rāma or śrī-krishna-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda hare krishna hare rāma śrī-rādhe govinda. Actually, however, one should chant the names of the full Pańca-tattva (śrī-krishna-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda) and then the sixteen words Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. But these unscrupulous, less intelligent men confuse the entire process. Of course, since they are also devotees they can express their feelings in that way, but the method prescribed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pure devotees is to first chant the full Pańca-tattva mantra and then chant the mahā-mantra — Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness