### CC Adi 8.8

> পূর্বে যৈছে জরাসন্ধ-আদি রাজগণ ।\
> বেদ-ধর্ম করি’ করে বিষ্ণুর পূজন ॥৮॥

> pūrve yaiche jarāsandha-ādi rāja-gaṇa\
> veda-dharma kari' kare viṣṇura pūjana

*pūrve*—formerly; *yaiche*—as it was; *jarāsandha*—King Jarāsandha; *ādi*—heading; *rāja-gaṇa*—kings; *veda-dharma*—performance of Vedic rituals; *kari'*—doing; *kare*—does; *viṣṇura*—of Lord Viṣṇu; *pūjana*—worship.

**Formerly kings like Jarāsandha [the father-in-law of Kaṁsa] strictly followed the Vedic rituals, thus worshiping Lord Viṣṇu.**

In these verses the author of *Caitanya-caritāmṛta,* Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, is very seriously stressing the importance of worship of the Pañca-tattva. If one becomes a devotee of Gaurasundara or Kṛṣṇa but does not give importance to the Pañca-tattva (*śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda*), his activities are considered to be offenses, or, in the words of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, *utpāta* (disturbances). One must therefore be ready to offer due respects to the Pañca-tattva before becoming a devotee of Lord Gaurasundara or of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.