Ādi-līlā

Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Verse 3 of 165
Cc Ādi 7.3

পূর্বে গুর্বাদি ছয তত্ত্বে কৈল নমস্কার গুরুতত্ত্ব কহিযাছি, এবে পাঙ্চের বিচার

पूर्वे गुर्वादि छय तत्त्वे कैल नमस्कार गुरुतत्त्व कहियाछि, एबे पाङ्चेर विचार

pūrve gurv-ādi chaya tattve kaila namaskāra guru-tattva kahiyāchi, ebe pāṅcera vicāra

Synonyms

pūrvein the beginning; guru-ādithe spiritual master and others; chayasix; tattvein the subjects of; kailaI have done; namaskāraobeisances; guru-tattvathe truth in understanding the spiritual master; kahiyāchiI have already described; ebenow; pāṅceraof the five; vicāraconsideration..

Translation

In the beginning I have discussed the truth about the spiritual master. Now I shall try to explain the Pañca-tattva.

Purport

In the First Chapter of Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, the author, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, has described the initiator spiritual master and the instructor spiritual master in the verse beginning with the words vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān īśam īśāvatārakān. In that verse there are six transcendental subject matters, of which the truth regarding the spiritual master has already been described. Now the author will describe the other five tattvas (truths), namely, īśa-tattva (the Supreme Lord), His expansion tattva, His incarnation tattva, His energy tattva and His devotee tattva.

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