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The Pañca-tattva Distribute Love of Godhead

“The seventh chapter describes the Pañca-tattva — Śrī Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa. They all combined together to distribute love of Godhead everywhere.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 17.320, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The seventh chapter describes the Pañca-tattva.
  • The Pañca-tattva are Śrī Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa.
  • They all combined together to distribute love of Godhead everywhere.

Try this today

Read the five names aloud, then recall their shared purpose: distributing love of Godhead everywhere.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about their joining together to distribute love of Godhead everywhere?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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