DISAPPEARANCE ANNIVERSARY OF H.H. SRIDHAR SWAMI
Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 7.15
ei tina tattva, -- 'sarvaradhya' kari mani
caturtha ye bhakta-tattva, -- 'aradhaka' jani
SYNONYMS
ei tina tattva -- all three of these truths; sarva-aradhya -- worshipable by all living entities; kari mani -- accepting such; caturtha -- fourth; ye -- who is; bhakta-tattva -- in the category of devotees; aradhaka -- worshiper; jani -- I understand.
TRANSLATION
The three predominators [Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu] are worshipable by all living entities, and the fourth principle [Sri Gadadhara Prabhu] is to be understood as Their worshiper.
PURPORT
In his Anubhashya, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, describing the truth about the Panca-tattva, explains that we should understand that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the supreme predominator and that Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu are His subordinates but are also predominators. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Lord, and Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu are manifestations of the Supreme Lord. All of Them are vishnu-tattva, the Supreme, and are therefore worshipable by the living entities. Although the other two tattvas within the category of Panca-tattva -- namely, sakti-tattva and jiva-tattva, represented by Gadadhara and Srivasa -- are worshipers of the Supreme Lord, they are in the same category because they eternally engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 7.16
srivasadi yata koti koti bhakta-gana
'suddha-bhakta'-tattva-madhye tan-sabara ganana
SYNONYMS
srivasa-adi -- devotees headed by Srivasa Thakura; yata -- all others; koti koti -- innumerable; bhakta-gana -- devotees; suddha-bhakta -- pure devotees; tattva-madhye -- in the truth; tan-sabara -- all of them; ganana -- counted.
TRANSLATION
There are innumerable pure devotees of the Lord, headed by Srivasa Thakura, who are known as unalloyed devotees.
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