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All Glories to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Giridhari

Gaurapurnima Celebration in Soquel, California

March 25, 2005

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Jaya Sri-Krishna-Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda
Sri-Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi-Gaura-bhakta-vrinda


Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara Pandit, Srivas Thakur, and all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya.

Purport by Srila Prabhupada
Sri Chaitanya 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 Srivas Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by these other Tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are complete when we say, Sri-Krishna-Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri-Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi-Gaura-bhakta-vrinda.
As preachers of the Krishna consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting this Pancha-tattva Mantra; then we say,

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare


There are ten offences in the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra, but these are not considered in the chanting of the Pancha-tattva Mantra, namely, Sri-Krishna-Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri-Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi-Gaura-bhakta-vrinda. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is known as Maha-vadanyaya, the most magnanimous incarnation, for He does not consider the offences of the fallen souls.
Thus to derive the full benefit of the chanting of the Maha-mantra

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare


we must first take shelter of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, learn the Pancha-tattva Mantra, and then chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra. That will be very effective.