pÅ«rve gurv-Ädi chaya tattve kaila namaskÄra
guru-tattva kahiyÄchi, ebe pÄá¹…cera vicÄra
pÅ«rve - in the beginning; guru-Ädi - the spiritual master and others; chaya - six; tattve - in the subjects of; kaila - I have done; namaskÄra - obeisances; guru-tattva - the truth in understanding the spiritual master; kahiyÄchi - I have already described; ebe - now; pÄá¹…cera - of the five; vicÄra - consideration.
In the beginning I have discussed the truth about the spiritual master. Now I shall try to explain the Pañca-tattva.
In the first chapter of the Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta, Ä€di-lÄ«lÄ, the author, ÅšrÄ«la KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ«, has described the initiator spiritual master and the instructor spiritual master in the verse beginning with the words vande gurÅ«n Ä«Å›a-bhaktÄn Ä«Å›am Ä«Å›ÄvatÄrakÄn. 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, Ä«Å›a-tattva (the Supreme Lord), His expansion tattva, His incarnation tattva, His energy tattva and His devotee tattva.
