Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 7.165
Honor the Pañca-tattva Without Discrimination
“As Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī were sent toward Mathurā, so Nityānanda Prabhu was sent to Bengal to preach extensively the cult of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
What the purport teaches
- Nityānanda Prabhu was sent to Bengal to preach extensively the cult of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, just as Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī were sent toward Mathurā.
- One should not stress the importance of Lord Nityānanda over Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, or Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu over Lord Nityānanda.
- Respect should be offered equally to the Pañca-tattva without considering one greater than another. All devotees of Lord Caitanya or Nityānanda are worshipable persons.
Try this today
Recite respectfully: “śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda.”
Ask yourself
How can you offer respect without making comparisons that diminish others?
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.