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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 167
সেতুবন্ধ পর্যন্ত কৈলা ভক্তির প্রচার । কৃষ্ণপ্রেম দিয়া কৈলা সবার মিস্তার ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
setubandha paryanta kailā bhaktira pracāra kṛṣṇa-prema diyā kailā sabāra nistāra
SYNONYMS
setubandha —the place where Lord Rāmacandra constructed His bridge;  paryanta —up to that place;  kailā —did;  bhaktira —of the cult of devotional service;  pracāra —broadcast;  kṛṣṇa-prema —love of Kṛṣṇa;  diyā —delivering;  kailā —did;  sabāra —every-one;  nistāra —deliverance.
TRANSLATION
Thus the Lord went to the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, known as Setubandha [Cape Comorin]. Everywhere He distributed the bhakti cult and love of Kṛṣṇa, and in this way He delivered everyone.
TEXT 168
এই ত’ কহিল পঞ্চতন্ত্রের ব্যাখ্যান । ইহার শ্রবণে হয় চৈতন্যতত্ত্ব-জ্ঞান ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
ei ta’ kahila pañca-tattvera vyākhyāna ihāra śravaṇe haya caitanya-tattva-jñāna
SYNONYMS
ei ta’ —this;  kahila —described;  pañca-tattvera —of the Pañca-tattva;  vyākhyāna —explanation;  ihāra —of this;  śravaṇe —hearing;  haya —becomes;  caitanya-tattva —the truth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  jñāna —knowledge.
TRANSLATION
I thus explain the truth of the Pañca-tattva. One who hears this explanation increases in knowledge of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
PURPORT
The Pañca-tattva is a very important factor in understanding Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. There are  sahajiyās  who, not knowing the importance of the Pañca-tattva, concoct their own slogans such as  bhaja nitāi gaura ,  rādhe śyāma ,  japa hare kṛṣṇa hare rāma  or  śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda hare kṛṣṇa hare rāma śrī rādhe govinda . Such chants may be good poetry, but they cannot help us to go forward