Ādi-līlā

Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Verse 6 of 165
Cc Ādi 7.6

পংচতত্ত্বাত্মকং কৃষ্ণং ভক্তরূপস্বরূপকম্ ভক্তাবতারং ভক্তাখ্যং নমামি ভক্তশক্তিকম্

पंचतत्त्वात्मकं कृष्णं भक्तरूपस्वरूपकम् भक्तावतारं भक्ताख्यं नमामि भक्तशक्तिकम्

pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bhaktarūpa-svarūpakam bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam

Synonyms

pañca-tattva-ātmakamcomprehending the five transcendental subject matters; kṛṣṇamunto Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhakta-rūpain the form of a devotee; svarūpakamin the expansion of a devotee; bhakta-avatāramin the incarnation of a devotee; bhakta-ākhyamknown as a devotee; namāmiI offer my obeisances; bhakta-śaktikamthe energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devotee and devotional energy. [Śrī Pañca-tattva Praṇāma]

Purport

Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is the immediate expansion of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as His brother. He is the personified spiritual bliss of sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. His body is transcendental and full of ecstasy in devotional service. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is therefore called bhakta-rūpa (the form of a devotee), and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is called bhakta-svarūpa (the expansion of a devotee). Śrī Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of a devotee, is Viṣṇu-tattva and belongs to the same category. There are also different types of bhaktas or devotees on the platforms of neutrality, servitude, friendship, paternity and conjugal love. Devotees like Śrī Dāmodara, Śrī Gadādhara and Śrī Rāmānanda are different energies. This confirms the Vedic sūtra, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate. All these bhakta subjects taken together constitute Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Verse 6 of 165
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