Ādi-līlā, Chapter 8
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cannot get the desired result. One should therefore chant the names of Nitāi-Gaura and worship Them without false prestige. Since everyone within this material world is more or less influenced by sinful activities, in the beginning it is essential that one take to the worship of Guru-Gaurāṅga and ask their favor, for thus despite all his disqualifications one will very soon become qualified to worship the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa  vigraha .
It should be noted in this connection that the holy names of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Gaurasundara are both identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore one should not consider one name to be more potent than the other. Considering the position of the people of this age, however, the chanting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's name is more essential than the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the most magnanimous incarnation and His mercy is very easily achieved. Therefore one must first take shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by chanting  śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda . By serving Gaura-Nityānanda one is freed from the entanglements of material existence and thus becomes qualified to worship the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deity.
TEXT 32
স্বতন্ত্র ঈশ্বর প্রভু অত্যন্ত উদার ।
তাঁরে না ভজিলে কভু না হয় নিস্তার ॥ ৩২ ॥
svatantra īśvara prabhu atyanta udāra tāṅre nā bhajile kabhu nā haya nistāra
SYNONYMS
svatantra īśvara —the fully independent Supreme Lord;  prabhu —the Lord;  atyanta —very much;  udāra —magnanimous;  tāṅre —unto Him;  nā —without;  bhajile —worshiping;  kabhu nā —never at any time;  haya —becomes so;  nistāra —liberation.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, is greatly magnanimous. Unless one worships Him, one can never be liberated.
PURPORT
Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura here remarks that one should not give up the worship of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa to worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By worshiping either Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa or Lord Caitanya alone, one cannot become advanced. One should not try to supersede the instructions of the six Gosvāmīs, for they are  ācāryas  and very dear to Lord Caitanya. Therefore Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings:
rūpa-raghunātha-pade haibe ākuti kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pirīti