PANCA-TATTVA: THE SUPREME LORD IN FIVE FEATURES

These five tattvas incarnate with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and thus the Lord executes His sankirtana movement with great pleasure.

Spiritually there are no differences between these five tattvas, for on the transcendental platform everything is absolute. Yet there are also varieties in the spiritual world, and in order to taste these spiritual varieties one should distinguish between them.

Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, who has manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devotee and devotional energy.

Śri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Śrī Nityananda Prabhu, His incarnation Śrī Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Śrī Gadadhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Śrīvāsa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Śri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to Śri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are complete when we say śri-krsna- caitanya prabhu-nityananda śrī-advaita gadadhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda.