4 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

PURPORT

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam there is the following statement regarding Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu:

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam
yajhaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah

“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
yajha.”” (Bhag. 11.5.32) Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His
plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Srt 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, $ri-krsna-
caitanya prabhu nityananda Sri-advaita gadadhara Ssrivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. As
preachers of the Krsna consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting this Pafica-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 Pafica-tattva mantra, namely, $ri-
krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda §ri-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 Pafica-tattva maha-mantra, and
then chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. That will be very effective.

Taking advantage of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there are many unscrupulous
devotees who manufacture a maha-mantra of their own. Sometimes they sing, bhaja
nitai gaura radhe §yama 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 Pafica-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 Pafica-tattva mantra and then chant the maha-mantra—Hare Krsna, Hare
Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

TEXT 5

ABsy—asqg, fe faR cer |
am arate Bq fafay facer ii ¢ i
