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| Adi-lila | Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 7.3
purve gurv-adi chaya tattve kaila namaskara
guru-tattva kahiyachi, ebe pancera vicara
SYNONYMS
purve -- in the beginning; guru-adi -- the spiritual master and others; chaya -- six; tattve -- in the subjects of; kaila -- I have done; namaskara -- obeisances; guru-tattva -- the truth in understanding the spiritual master; kahiyachi -- I have already described; ebe -- now; pancera -- of the five; vicara -- consideration.
TRANSLATION
In the beginning I have discussed the truth about the spiritual master. Now I shall try to explain the Panca-tattva.
PURPORT
In the First Chapter of the Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, the author, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, has described the initiator spiritual master and the instructor spiritual master in the verse beginning with the words vande gurun isa-bhaktan isam isavatarakan [Cc. Adi 1.1]. 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, isa-tattva (the Supreme Lord), His expansion tattva, His incarnation tattva, His energy tattva and His devotee tattva.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness