pañca-tattva avatīrṇa caitanyera saṅge
pañca-tattva laÃ±Ä karena saá¹…kÄ«rtana raá¹…ge
4 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LCC(4)
pañca-tattva - these five tattvas; avatÄ«rṇa - advented; caitanyera - with Caitanya MahÄprabhu; saá¹…ge - in company with; pañca-tattva - the same five subjects; laÃ±Ä - taking with Himself; karena - He does; saá¹…kÄ«rtana - the saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement; raá¹…ge - in great pleasure.
These five tattvas incarnate with Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu, and thus the Lord executes His saá¹…kÄ«rtana movement with great pleasure.
In ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.5.32) there is the following statement regarding ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu:
kṛṣṇa-varṇaá¹ tviá¹£Äkṛṣṇaá¹ sÄá¹…gopÄá¹…gÄstra-pÄrá¹£adam
yajñaiḥ saá¹…kÄ«rtana-prÄyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
“In the Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance of the saá¹…kÄ«rtana-yajña.†ŚrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion ÅšrÄ« NityÄnanda Prabhu, His incarnation ÅšrÄ« Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency ÅšrÄ« GadÄdhara Prabhu and His marginal potency ÅšrÄ«vÄsa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu are complete when we say Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityÄnanda Å›rÄ«-advaita gadÄdhara Å›rÄ«vÄsÄdi-gaura-bhakta-vá¹›nda. As preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu by chanting this Pañca-tattva mantra; then we say Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare RÄma, Hare RÄma, RÄma RÄma, Hare Hare. There are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra, but these are not considered in the chanting of the Pañca-tattva mantra, namely, Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityÄnanda Å›rÄ«-advaita gadÄdhara Å›rÄ«vÄsÄdi-gaura-bhakta-vá¹›nda. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is known as mahÄ-vadÄnyÄvatÄra, 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 mahÄ-mantra (Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare RÄma, Hare RÄma, RÄma RÄma, Hare Hare), we must first take shelter of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, learn the Pañca-tattva mahÄ-mantra, and then chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra. That will be very effective.
Taking advantage of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, many unscrupulous devotees manufacture a mahÄ-mantra of their own. Sometimes they sing bhaja nitÄi gaura rÄdhe Å›yÄma hare kṛṣṇa hare rÄma or Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityÄnanda hare kṛṣṇa hare rÄma Å›rÄ«-rÄdhe govinda. Actually, however, one should chant the names of the full Pañca-tattva (Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityÄnanda Å›rÄ«-advaita gadÄdhara Å›rÄ«vÄsÄdi-gaura-bhakta-vá¹›nda) and then the sixteen words Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare RÄma, Hare RÄma, RÄma RÄma, Hare Hare. But these unscrupulous, less intelligent men confuse the entire process. Of course, since they are also devotees they can express their feelings in that way, but the method prescribed by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s pure devotees is to first chant the full Pañca-tattva mantra and then chant the mahÄ-mantra — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare RÄma, Hare RÄma, RÄma RÄma, Hare Hare.
