# Cc. Ādi 7.3 > পূর্বে গুর্বাদি ছয় তত্ত্বে কৈল নমস্কার । > গুরুতত্ত্ব কহিয়াছি, এবে পাঁচের বিচার ॥৩॥ ## Text > pūrve gurv-ādi chaya tattve kaila namaskāra > guru-tattva kahiyāchi, ebe pāṅcera vicāra ## Synonyms *pūrve*—in the beginning; *guru-ādi*—the spiritual master and others; *chaya*—six; *tattve*—in the subjects of; *kaila*—I have done; *namaskāra*—obeisances; *guru-tattva*—the truth in understanding the spiritual master; *kahiyāchi*—I have already described; *ebe*—now; *pāṅcera*—of the five; *vicāra*—consideration. ## Translation **In the beginning I have discussed the truth about the spiritual master. Now I shall try to explain the Pañca-tattva.** ## Purport In the First Chapter of *Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā,* the author, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, has described the initiator spiritual master and the instructor spiritual master in the verse beginning with the words *vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān īśam īśāvatārakān.* In that verse there are six transcendental subject matters, of which the truth regarding the spiritual master has already been described. Now the author will describe the other five *tattvas* (truths), namely, *īśa-tattva* (the Supreme Lord), His expansion *tattva,* His incarnation *tattva,* His energy *tattva* and His devotee *tattva.*