1|Adi 7-1975: Lord Caitanya in Five Features
2|Chapter 7
3|Lord Caitanya in Five Features
4|Adi 7.1
5|TEXT 1
6|TEXT
7|agaty-eka-gatim natva
8|hinarthadhika-sadhakam
9|sri-caitanyam likhyate 'sya
10|prema-bhakti-vadanyata
11|SYNONYMS
12|agati-of the most fallen; eka-the only one; gatim-
>|destination; natva-after offering obeisances; hina-inferior;
>| artha-interest; adhika-greater than that; sadhakam-who can
>|render; sri-caitanyam-unto Lord Sri Caitanya; likhyate-is
>|being written; asya-of the Lord, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|prema-love; bhakti-devotional service; vadanyata-
>|magnanimity.
13|TRANSLATION
14|Let me first offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the ultimate goal of life for
>|one bereft of all possessions in this material world and is
>|the only meaning for one advancing in spiritual life. Thus
>|let me write about His magnanimous contribution of
>|devotional service in love of God.
15|PURPORT
16|A person in the conditioned stage of material existence is
>|in an atmosphere of helplessness, but the conditioned soul,
>|under the illusion of maya, or the external energy, thinks
>|that he is completely protected by his country, society,
>|friendship and love, not knowing that at the time of death
>|none of these can save him. The laws of material nature are
>|so strong that none of our material possessions can save us
>|from the cruel hands of death. In the Bhagavad-gita (13.9)
>|it is stated, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam:
>| one who is actually advancing must always consider the
>|four principles of miserable life, namely, birth, death,
>|old age and disease. One cannot be saved from all these
>|miseries unless he takes shelter of the lotus feet of the
>|Lord. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is therefore the only shelter
>|for all conditioned souls. An intelligent person, therefore,
>| does not put his faith in any material possessions, but
>|completely takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.
>|Such a person is called akincana, or one who does not
>|possess anything in this material world. The Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead is also known as Akincana-gocara,
>|for He can be achieved by a person who does not put his
>|faith in material possessions. Therefore, for the fully
>|surrendered soul who has no material possessions on which
>|to depend, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the only shelter.
17|Everyone depends upon dharma (religiosity), artha (economic
>|development), kama (sense gratification) and ultimately
>|moksa (salvation), but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, due to His
>|magnanimous character, can give more than salvation.
>|Therefore in this verse the words hinarthadhika-sadhakam
>|indicate that although by material estimation salvation is
>|of a quality superior to the inferior interests of
>|religiosity, economic development and sense gratification,
>|above salvation there is the position of devotional service
>|and transcendental love for the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the bestower of this
>|great benediction. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, prema pum-
>|artho mahan: "Love of Godhead is the ultimate benediction
>|for all human beings." Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami,
>|the author of Caitanya-caritamrta, therefore first
>|offers his respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu before describing His magnanimity in bestowing
>|love of Godhead.
18|Adi 7.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya mahaprabhu sri-krsna-caitanya
22|tanhara caranasrita, sei bada dhanya
23|SYNONYMS
24|jaya-all glories; jaya-all glories; mahaprabhu-unto the
>|Supreme Lord; sri-krsna-caitanya-of the name Sri Krsna
>|Caitanya; tanhara-of His; carana-asrita-one who has taken
>|shelter of the lotus feet; sei-he; bada-is very much;
>|dhanya-glorified.
25|TRANSLATION
26|Let me offer glorification to the Supreme Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. One who has taken shelter of His lotus feet is
>|the most glorified person.
27|PURPORT
28|Prabhu means master. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the supreme
>|master of all masters; therefore He is called Mahaprabhu.
>|Any person who takes shelter of Sri Krsna Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu is most glorified because by the mercy of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu he is able to get promotion to the
>|platform of loving service to the Lord, which is
>|transcendental to salvation.
29|Adi 7.3
30|TEXT 3
31|TEXT
32|purve gurv-adi chaya tattve kaila namaskara
33|guru-tattva kahiyachi, ebe pancera vicara
34|SYNONYMS
35|purve-in the beginning; guru-adi-the spiritual master and
>|others; chaya-six; tattve-in the subjects of; kaila-I have
>|done; namaskara-obeisances; guru-tattva-the truth in
>|understanding the spiritual master; kahiyachi-I have
>|already described; ebe-now; pancera-of the five; vicara-
>|consideration.
36|TRANSLATION
37|In the beginning I have discussed the truth about the
>|spiritual master. Now I shall try to explain the Panca-
>|tattva.
38|PURPORT
39|In the First Chapter of Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila,
>|the author, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, has described
>|the initiator spiritual master and the instructor spiritual
>|master in the verse beginning with the words vande gurun
>|isa-bhaktan isam isavatarakan . In that verse
>|there are six transcendental subject matters, of which the
>|truth regarding the spiritual master has already been
>|described. Now the author will describe the other five
>|tattvas (truths), namely, isa-tattva (the Supreme Lord),
>|His expansion tattva, His incarnation tattva, His energy
>|tattva and His devotee tattva.
40|Adi 7.4
41|TEXT 4
42|TEXT
43|panca-tattva avatirna caitanyera sange
44|panca-tattva lana karena sankirtana range
45|SYNONYMS
46|panca-tattva-these five tattvas; avatirna-advented;
>|caitanyera-with Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sange-in company with;
>|panca-tattva-the same five subjects; lana-taking with
>|Himself; karena-He does; sankirtana-the sankirtana movement;
>| range-in great pleasure.
47|TRANSLATION
48|These five tattvas incarnate with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|and thus the Lord executes His sankirtana movement with
>|great pleasure.
49|PURPORT
50|In Srimad-Bhagavatam there is the following
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51|krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
52|sangopangastra -parsadam
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55|"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 sankirtana-yajna." (Bhag.
>|11.5.32) Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by
>|His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His
>|incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri
>|Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu.
>|He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead. One should know that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
>|always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our
>|obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are complete when we
>|say sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita
>|gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. As preachers of the
>|Krsna consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances
>|to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting this Panca-tattva
>|mantra; then we say Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna,
>|Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. There
>|are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-
>|mantra, but these are not considered in the chanting of the
>|Panca-tattva mantra, namely, sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-
>|nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-
>|vrnda. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is known as maha-
>|vadanyavatara, 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 maha-mantra (
>|Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama,
>|Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare), we must first take
>|shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, learn the Panca-tattva
>|maha-mantra, and then chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
>|That will be very effective.
56|Taking advantage of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, many
>|unscrupulous devotees manufacture a maha-mantra of their
>|own. Sometimes they sing, bhaja nitai gaura radhe syama
>|hare krsna hare rama or sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-
>|nityananda hare krsna hare rama sri-radhe govinda. Actually,
>| however, one should chant the names of the full Panca-
>|tattva (sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita
>|gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda) and then the
>|sixteen words Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare
>|Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, 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 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pure devotees is to
>|chant first the full Panca-tattva mantra and then chant the
>|maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare
>|Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
57|Adi 7.5
58|TEXT 5
59|TEXT
60|panca-tattva-eka-vastu, nahi kichu bheda
61|rasa asvadite tabu vividha vibheda
62|SYNONYMS
63|panca-tattva-the five subjects; eka-vastu-they are one in
>|five; nahi-there is not; kichu-anything; bheda-difference;
>|rasa-mellows; asvadite-to taste; tabu-yet; vividha-
>|varieties; vibheda-differences.
64|TRANSLATION
65|Spiritually there are no differences between these five
>|tattvas, for on the transcendental platform everything is
>|absolute. Yet there are also varieties in the spiritual
>|world, and in order to taste these spiritual varieties one
>|should distinguish between them.
66|PURPORT
67|In his Anubhasya commentary Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
>|Thakura describes the Panca-tattva as follows: The supreme
>|energetic, the Personality of Godhead, manifesting in
>|five kinds of pastimes, appears as the
>|Panca-tattva. Actually there is no difference between
>|them because they are situated on the absolute platform,
>|but they manifest different spiritual varieties as a
>|challenge to impersonalists to taste different kinds of
>|spiritual humors (rasas). In the Vedas it is said, parasya
>|saktir vividhaiva sruyate: "The
>|varieties of energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
>|are differently known." From this statement of the Vedas
>|one can understand that there are eternal varieties of
>|humors, or tastes, in the spiritual world. Sri Gauranga,
>|Sri Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Sri Gadadhara and Srivasa
>|are all on the same platform, but in spiritually
>|distinguishing between them one should understand that Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the form of a devotee, Nityananda
>|Prabhu appears in the form of a devotee's spiritual master,
>|Advaita Prabhu is the form of a bhakta (devotee)
>|incarnation, Gadadhara Prabhu is the energy of a bhakta,
>|and Srivasa is a pure devotee. Thus there are
>|spiritual distinctions between them. The bhakta-rupa (Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu), the bhakta-svarupa (Sri Nityananda
>|Prabhu) and the bhakta-avatara (Sri Advaita Prabhu) are
>|described as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself,
>|His immediate manifestation and His plenary expansion, and
>|They all belong to the Visnu category. Although the
>|spiritual and marginal energies of the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead are nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead Visnu, they are predominated subjects, whereas Lord
>|Visnu is the predominator. As such, although they are on
>|the same platform, they have appeared differently in order
>|to facilitate tasting of transcendental mellows. Actually,
>|however, there is no possibility of one being different
>|from the other, for the worshiper and the worshipable
>|cannot be separated at any stage. On the absolute platform,
>|one cannot be understood without the other.
68|Adi 7.6
69|TEXT 6
70|TEXT
71|panca-tattvatmakam krsnam
72|bhakta-rupa-svarupakam
73|bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam
74|namami bhakta-saktikam
75|SYNONYMS
76|panca-tattva-atmakam-comprehending the five transcendental
>|subject matters; krsnam-unto Lord Krsna; bhakta-rupa-in the
>|form of a devotee; svarupakam-in the expansion of a devotee;
>| bhakta-avataram-in the incarnation of a devotee; bhakta-
>|akhyam-known as a devotee; namami-I offer my obeisances;
>|bhakta-saktikam-the energy of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead.
77|TRANSLATION
78|Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, who has
>|manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a
>|devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devotee and
>|devotional energy.
79|PURPORT
80|Sri Nityananda Prabhu is the immediate expansion of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu as His brother. He is the personified
>|spiritual bliss of sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. His
>|body is transcendental and full of ecstasy in devotional
>|service. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is therefore called bhakta-
>|rupa (the form of a devotee), and Sri Nityananda Prabhu is
>|called bhakta-svarupa (the expansion of a devotee). Sri
>|Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of a devotee, is visnu-
>|tattva and belongs to the same category. There are also
>|different types of bhaktas, or devotees, on the platforms
>|of neutrality, servitude, friendship, parenthood and
>|conjugal love. Devotees like Sri Damodara, Sri Gadadhara
>|and Sri Ramananda are different energies. This confirms the
>|Vedic sutra parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate
>|. All these bhakta subjects taken together
>|constitute Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Krsna Himself.
81|Adi 7.7
82|TEXT 7
83|TEXT
84|svayam bhagavan krsna ekale isvara
85|advitiya, nandatmaja, rasika-sekhara
86|SYNONYMS
87|svayam-Himself; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>| krsna-Lord Krsna; ekale-the only one; isvara-the supreme
>|controller; advitiya-without a second; nanda-atmaja-
>|appeared as the son of Maharaja Nanda; rasika-the most
>|mellow; sekhara-summit.
88|TRANSLATION
89|Krsna, the reservoir of all pleasure, is the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead Himself, the supreme controller. No
>|one is greater than or equal to Sri Krsna, yet He appears
>|as the son of Maharaja Nanda.
90|PURPORT
91|In this verse Kaviraja Gosvami gives an accurate
>|description of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, by stating that although no one is equal to or
>|greater than Him and He is the reservoir of all spiritual
>|pleasure, He nevertheless appears as the son of Maharaja
>|Nanda and Yasodamayi.
92|Adi 7.8
93|TEXT 8
94|TEXT
95|rasadi-vilasi, vrajalalana-nagara
96|ara yata saba dekha,-tanra parikara
97|SYNONYMS
98|rasa-adi-the rasa dance; vilasi-the enjoyer; vraja-lalana-
>|the damsels of Vrndavana; nagara-the leader; ara-others;
>|yata-all; saba-everyone; dekha-must know; tanra-His;
>|parikara-associates.
99|TRANSLATION
100|Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the
>|supreme enjoyer in the rasa dance. He is the leader of the
>|damsels of Vraja, and all others are simply His associates.
101|PURPORT
102|The word rasadi-vilasi ("the enjoyer of the rasa dance") is
>|very important. The rasa dance can be enjoyed only by Sri
>|Krsna because He is the supreme leader and chief of the
>|damsels of Vrndavana. All other devotees are His
>| associates. Although no one can compare with
>|Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are
>|many unscrupulous rascals who imitate the rasa dance of Sri
>|Krsna. They are Mayavadis, and people should be wary of
>|them. The rasa dance can be performed only by Sri Krsna and
>|no one else.
103|Adi 7.9
104|TEXT 9
105|TEXT
106|sei krsna avatirna sri-krsna-caitanya
107|sei parikara-gana sange saba dhanya
108|SYNONYMS
109|sei krsna-that very Lord Krsna; avatirna-has advented; sri-
>|krsna-caitanya-in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sei-
>|those; parikara-gana-associates; sange-with Him; saba-all;
>|dhanya-glorious.
110|TRANSLATION
111|The selfsame Lord Krsna advented Himself as Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu with all His eternal associates, who are also
>|equally glorious.
112|Adi 7.10
113|TEXT 10
114|TEXT
115|ekale isvara-tattva caitanya-isvara
116|bhakta-bhavamaya tanra suddha kalevara
117|SYNONYMS
118|ekale-only one person; isvara-tattva-the supreme controller;
>| caitanya-the supreme living force; isvara-controller;
>|bhakta-bhava-maya-in the ecstasy of a devotee; tanra-His;
>|suddha-transcendental; kalevara-body.
119|TRANSLATION
120|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the supreme controller, the
>|one Personality of Godhead, has ecstatically become a
>|devotee, yet His body is transcendental and not materially
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121|PURPORT
122|There are different tattvas, or truths, including isa-
>|tattva, jiva-tattva and sakti-tattva. Isa-tattva refers to
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead Visnu, who is the
>|supreme living force. In the Katha Upanisad it is said,
>|nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam: the Supreme Personality
>|of Godhead is the supreme eternal and the supreme living
>|force. The living entities are also eternal and are also
>|living forces, but they are very minute in quantity,
>|whereas the Supreme Lord is the supreme living force and
>|the supreme eternal. The supreme eternal never accepts a
>|body of a temporary material nature, whereas the living
>|entities, who are part and parcel of the supreme eternal,
>|are prone to do so. Thus according to the Vedic mantras the
>|Supreme Lord is the supreme master of innumerable living
>|entities.
123|The Mayavadi philosophers, however, try to equate the
>|minute living entities with the supreme living entity.
>|Because they recognize no distinctions between them, their
>|philosophy is called Advaita-vada, or monism. Factually,
>|however, there is a distinction. This verse is especially
>|meant to impart to the Mayavadi philosopher the
>|understanding that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is
>|the supreme controller. The supreme controller, the
>|Personality of Godhead, is Krsna Himself, but as a
>|transcendental pastime He has accepted the form of a
>|devotee, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
124|As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, when the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead Krsna comes to this planet exactly
>|like a human being, some rascals consider Him to be one of
>|the ordinary humans. One who thinks in that mistaken way is
>|described as mudha, or foolish. Therefore one should not
>|foolishly consider Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be an ordinary
>|human being. He has accepted the ecstasy of a devotee, but
>|He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there have been many imitation
>|incarnations of Krsna who cannot understand that Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself and not an ordinary human being.
>| Less intelligent men create their own "Gods" by
>|advertising a human being as God. This is their mistake.
>|Therefore here the words tanra suddha kalevara warn that
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's body is not material but purely
>|spiritual. One should not, therefore, accept Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu as an ordinary devotee, although He has assumed
>|the form of a devotee. Yet one must certainly know that
>|although Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, because He accepted the ecstasy of a devotee one
>|should not misunderstand His pastimes and place Him in
>|exactly the same position as Krsna. It is for this reason
>|only that when Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu was addressed
>|as Krsna or Visnu He blocked His ears, not wanting to hear
>|Himself addressed as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
>|There is a class of devotees called Gauranga-nagari, who
>|stage plays of Krsna's pastimes using a vigraha, or form,
>|of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is a mistake that is
>|technically called rasabhasa. While Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
>|trying to enjoy as a devotee, one should not disturb Him by
>|addressing Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
125|Adi 7.11
126|TEXT 11
127|TEXT
128|krsna-madhuryera eka adbhuta svabhava
129|apana asvadite krsna kare bhakta-bhava
130|SYNONYMS
131|krsna-madhuryera-the supreme pleasure potency of Krsna; eka-
>|is one; adbhuta-wonderful; svabhava-nature; apana-Himself;
>|asvadite-to taste; krsna-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>| kare-does; bhakta-bhava-accept the form of a devotee.
132|TRANSLATION
133|The transcendental mellow of conjugal love of Krsna is so
>|wonderful that Krsna Himself accepts the form of a devotee
>|to relish and taste it fully.
134|PURPORT
135|Although Krsna is the reservoir of all pleasure, He has a
>|special intention to taste Himself by accepting the form of
>|a devotee. It is to be concluded that although Lord
>|Caitanya is present in the form of a devotee, He is Krsna
>|Himself. Therefore Vaisnavas sing, sri-krsna-caitanya radha-
>|krsna nahe anya: Radha and Krsna combined together are Sri
>|Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanyakhyam prakatam adhuna
>|tad-dvayam caikyam aptam. Sri Svarupa -damodara Gosvami
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>| Radha and Krsna assumed oneness in the form
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
136|Adi 7.12
137|TEXT 12
138|TEXT
139|ithe bhakta-bhava dhare caitanya gosani
140|'bhakta-svarupa' tanra nityananda-bhai
141|SYNONYMS
142|ithe-for this reason; bhakta-bhava-the ecstasy of a devotee;
>| dhare-accepts; caitanya-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gosani-
>|the transcendental teacher; bhakta-svarupa-exactly like a
>|pure devotee; tanra-His; nityananda-Lord Nityananda; bhai-
>|brother.
143|TRANSLATION
144|For this reason Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the supreme
>|teacher, accepts the form of a devotee and accepts Lord
>|Nityananda as His elder brother.
145|Adi 7.13
146|TEXT 13
147|TEXT
148|'bhakta-avatara' tanra acarya-gosani
149|ei tina tattva sabe prabhu kari' gai
150|SYNONYMS
151|bhakta-avatara-incarnation as a devotee; tanra-His; acarya-
>|gosani-the supreme teacher, Advaita Acarya Prabhu; ei-all
>|these; tina-three; tattva-truths; sabe-all; prabhu-the
>|predominator; kari'-by such understanding; gai-we sing.
152|TRANSLATION
153|Sri Advaita Acarya is Lord Caitanya's incarnation as a
>|devotee. Therefore these three tattvas [Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>| Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Gosani] are the
>|predominators, or masters.
154|PURPORT
155|Gosani means gosvami. A person who has full control over
>|the senses and mind is called a gosvami or gosani. One who
>|does not have such control is called godasa, or a servant
>|of the senses, and cannot become a spiritual master. A
>|spiritual master who actually has control over the mind and
>|senses is called Gosvami. Although the Gosvami title has
>|become a hereditary designation for unscrupulous men,
>|actually the title Gosani, or Gosvami, began from Sri Rupa
>|Gosvami, who presented himself as an ordinary grhastha and
>|minister in government service but became gosvami when he
>|was actually elevated by the instruction of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu. Therefore Gosvami is not a hereditary title but
>|refers to one's qualifications. When one is highly elevated
>|in spiritual advancement, regardless of wherefrom he comes,
>|he may be called Gosvami. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri
>|Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Advaita Gosani Prabhu are natural
>|gosvamis because They belong to the visnu-tattva category.
>|As such, all of Them are prabhus ("predominators" or "
>|masters"), and They are sometimes called Caitanya Gosani,
>|Nityananda Gosani and Advaita Gosani. Unfortunately Their
>|so-called descendants who do not have the qualifications of
>|gosvamis have accepted this title as a hereditary
>|designation or a professional degree. That is not in accord
>|with the sastric injunctions.
156|Adi 7.14
157|TEXT 14
158|TEXT
159|eka mahaprabhu, ara prabhu duijana
160|dui prabhu seve mahaprabhura carana
161|SYNONYMS
162|eka mahaprabhu-one Mahaprabhu, or the supreme predominator;
>|ara prabhu duijana-and the other two (Nityananda and
>|Advaita) are two prabhus (masters); dui prabhu-the two
>|prabhus (Nityananda and Advaita Gosani); seve-serve;
>|mahaprabhura-of the supreme predominator, Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; carana-the lotus feet.
163|TRANSLATION
164|One of Them is Mahaprabhu, and the other two are prabhus.
>|These two prabhus serve the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu.
165|PURPORT
166|Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu and
>|Sri Advaita Prabhu all belong to the same Visnu category,
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is nevertheless accepted as the
>|Supreme, and the other two prabhus engage in His
>|transcendental loving service to teach ordinary living
>|entities that every one of us is subordinate to Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In another place in Caitanya-
>|caritamrta (Adi 5.142) it is said, ekale isvara krsna, ara
>|saba bhrtya: the only supreme master is Krsna, and all
>|others, both visnu-tattva and jiva-tattva, engage in the
>|service of the Lord. Both the visnu-tattva (as Nityananda
>|Prabhu and Advaita) and the jiva-tattva (srivasadi-gaura-
>|bhakta-vrnda) engage in the service of the Lord, but one
>|must distinguish between the visnu-tattva servitors and the
>|jiva-tattva servitors. The jiva-tattva servitor, the
>|spiritual master, is actually the servitor God. As
>|explained in previous verses, in the absolute world there
>|are no such differences, yet one must observe these
>|differences in order to distinguish the Supreme from His
>|subordinates.
167|Adi 7.15
168|TEXT 15
169|TEXT
170|ei tina tattva,-'sarvaradhya' kari mani
171|caturtha ye bhakta-tattva,-'aradhaka' jani
172|SYNONYMS
173|ei tina tattva-all three of these truths; sarva-aradhya-
>|worshipable by all living entities; kari mani-accepting
>|such; caturtha-fourth; ye-who is; bhakta-tattva-in the
>|category of devotees; aradhaka-worshiper; jani-I understand.
174|TRANSLATION
175|The three predominators [Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda
>|Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu] are worshipable by all living
>|entities, and the fourth principle [Sri Gadadhara Prabhu]
>|is to be understood as Their worshiper.
176|PURPORT
177|In his Anubhasya, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura,
>|describing the truth about the Panca-tattva, explains that
>|we can understand that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
>|the supreme predominator and that Nityananda Prabhu and
>|Advaita Prabhu are His subordinates but are also
>|predominators. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme
>|Lord, and Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu are
>|manifestations of the Supreme Lord. All of Them are visnu-
>|tattva, the Supreme, and are therefore worshipable by the
>|living entities. Although the other two tattvas within the
>|category of Panca-tattva-namely, sakti-tattva and jiva-
>|tattva, represented by Gadadhara and Srivasa-are worshipers
>|of the Supreme Lord, they are in the same category because
>|they eternally engage in the transcendental loving service
>|of the Lord.
178|Adi 7.16
179|TEXT 16
180|TEXT
181|srivasadi yata koti koti bhakta-gana
182|'suddha-bhakta'-tattva-madhye tan-sabara ganana
183|SYNONYMS
184|srivasa-adi-devotees headed by Srivasa Thakura; yata-all
>|others; koti koti-innumerable; bhakta-gana-devotees; suddha-
>|bhakta-pure devotees; tattva-madhye-in the truth; tan-
>|sabara-all of them; ganana-counted.
185|TRANSLATION
186|There are innumerable pure devotees of the Lord, headed by
>|Srivasa Thakura, who are known as unalloyed devotees.
187|Adi 7.17
188|TEXT 17
189|TEXT
190|gadadhara-panditadi prabhura 'sakti'-avatara
191|'antaranga-bhakta' kari' ganana yanhara
192|SYNONYMS
193|gadadhara-of the name Gadadhara; pandita-of the learned
>|scholar; adi-headed by; prabhura-of the Lord; sakti-potency;
>| avatara-incarnation; antaranga-very confidential; bhakta-
>|devotee; kari'-accepting; ganana-counting; yanhara-of whom.
194|TRANSLATION
195|<