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CC Adi 8.8 (1975)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 8

pūrve yaiche jarāsandha-ādi rāja-gaṇa
veda-dharma kari’ kare viṣṇura pūjana


SYNONYMS

pūrve—formerly; yaiche—as it was; jarāsandha—King Jarāsandha; ādi—heading; rāja-gaṇa—kings; veda-dharma—performance of Vedic rituals; kari’—doing; kare—does; viṣṇura—of Lord Viṣṇu; pūjana—worship.


TRANSLATION

Formerly kings like Jarāsandha [the father-in-law of Kaṁsa] strictly followed the Vedic rituals, thus worshiping Lord Viṣṇu.


PURPORT

In these verses the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, is very seriously stressing the importance of worship of the Pañca-tattva. If one becomes a devotee of Gaurasundara or Kṛṣṇa but does not give importance to the Pañca-tattva (śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda), his activities are considered to be offenses, or, in the words of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, utpāta (disturbances). One must therefore be ready to offer due respects to the Pañca-tattva before becoming a devotee of Lord Gaurasundara or of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.