CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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Lord Chaitanya, The Original
Personality of Godhead

Following in the footsteps of Kaviraj Krishnadas Goswami, we may offer our
respectful obeisances unto the Lotus Feet of Lord Chaitanya.

He is described as follows: Lord Chaitanya is the only shelter for the forlorn,
or the most fallen, and He is the only hope for persons who are completely
devoid of spiritual knowledge. Let us try to discuss His great contribution of
devotional service.

The Supremely Powerful Lord Krishna becomes manifest in five differ-
ent potentialities. Although He is One without any second, still, for serving
five different specific spiritual purposes, He is manifested in five. Such diversity
is eternal and blissful, as opposed to the conception of montonous oneness.
From the version of Vedic literature, we can understand that the Absolute
Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, eternally exists with His diverse
energies. Lord Chaitanya appeared with full diverse energies, and they are
five in number; and, therefore, He is said to be Krishna with diverse energies,
presented as Lord Chaitanya.

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