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Song Lyrics: Panca
Tattva Mahamantra
Purport Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami
(jaya) śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
prabhu nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
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.
UPDATED: April 1, 2009