The divine relationships and hierarchy within Pancha Tattva

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Shrila Prabhupada in Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, Chapter 17: Lord Caitanya, the Original Personality of Godhead, nicely eluminates the divine relationships and hierarchy within Pancha Tattva, which i would like to share with You here:

By analytically studying the five diverse manifestations of the Supreme Lord, we can come to know that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Absolute and that Lord Nityananda is an immediate expansion of the Supreme Absolute Truth. We can also come to understand that Advaita Prabhu is also in the category of the Supreme Personality of Godhead but is subordinate to Lord Caitanya and Nityananda Prabhu. The Supreme Personality of Godhead and His immediate subordinate expansions are worshipable by the other two -- namely the representation of the internal potency and the representation of the marginal potency. The representation of the internal potency, Gadadhara, represents the confidential devotee, and the representation of the marginal potency is the pure devotee. Both of these are worshipers of the other three categories, but all of them are engaged in the transcendental service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Jaya Shrila Prabhupada!
Jaya Shri-Krishna-Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda, Shri Advaita, Gadadhara, Shrivasadi, Gaura-Bhakta-Vrinda!

Yours,
Matus

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