154 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta

TEXT 167

CHAGAS AGE CHAT SSA STs |
Sucaiy frat Coen Aata fata usw i

setubandha paryanta kaila bhaktira pracara
krsna-prema diya kaila sabara nistara
SYNONYMS

setubandha—the place where Lord Ramacandra constructed His bridge; paryanta—
up to that place; kai/a—did; bhaktira—of the cult of devotional service; pracara—
broadcast; krsna-prema—love of Krsna; diya—delivering; kaila—did; sabara—every-
one; nistara—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 Krsna, and in this way He delivered everyone.

TEXT 168

OBS Sq ASSIA VATA |

BRA AA] ST COSDSS-SA | Sr

ei ta’ kahila pafica-tattvera vyakhyana

ihara sravane haya caitanya-tattva-jnana
SYNONYMS

ei ta’—this; Rahila—described; pafica-tattvera—of the Pafica-tattva; vyakhyana—
explanation; ‘hara—of this; sravane—hearing; haya—becomes; caitanya-tattva—the
truth, of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; /Aana— knowledge.

TRANSLATION

| thus explain the truth of the Pafica-tattva. One who hears this explanation
increases in knowledge of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

PURPORT

The Pafica-tattva is a very important factor in understanding Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu. There are sahajiyas who, not knowing the importance of the Pafica-tattva,
concoct their own slogans such as bhaja nitai gaura, radhe syama, japa hare krsna
hare rama or Sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda hare krsna hare rama sri radhe
govinda. Such chants may be good poetry, but they cannot help us to go forward
