Sri Panca-tattva pranama

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Sri Panca-tattva pranama

 

sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara

srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda

 

I offer my obeisances to Sri Krsna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita,

Gadadhara, Srivasa and all others in the line of devotion. Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda

Prabhu, His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara

Prabhu, and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as

the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our

obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are complete when we say,

sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara

srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. As preachers of the Krsna consciousness movement,

we first offer our obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting this

Panca-tattva mantra; then we say, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare

Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. There are ten offenses in the

chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, but these are not considered in the

chanting of the Panca-tattva mantra, namely, sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu

nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu is known as maha-vadanyavatara, the most magnanimous incarnation,

for He does not consider the offenses of the fallen souls. Thus to derive the

full benefit of the chanting of the maha-mantra (Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna

Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare), we must first

take shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, learn the Panca-tattva mantra, and

then chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. That will be very effective.