8.32
svatantra isvara prabhu atyanta udara
tanre na bhajile kabhu na haya nistara
SYNONYMS
svatantra isvara—the fully independent Supreme Lord; prabhu—the Lord; atyanta—very much; udara—magnanimous; tanre—unto Him; na—without; bhajile—worshiping; kabhu na—never at any time; haya—becomes so; nistara—liberation.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, is greatly magnanimous.
Unless one worships Him, one can never be liberated.
PURPORT
Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura here remarks that one should not give up the worship of Radha-Krsna to worship Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
By worshiping either Radha-Krsna or Lord Caitanya alone, one cannot become advanced.
One should not try to supersede the instructions of the six Gosvamis, for they are acaryas and very dear to Lord Caitanya.
Therefore Narottama dasa Thakura sings:
rupa-raghunatha-pade haibe akuti
kabe hama bujhaba se yugala-piriti One must be a submissive student of the six Gosvamis, from Srila Rupa Gosvami to Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
Not following their instructions but imagining how to worship Gaurasundara and Radha-Krsna is a great offense, as a result of which one clears a path to hell.
If one neglects the instructions of the six Gosvamis and yet becomes a so-called devotee of Radha-Krsna, he merely criticizes the real devotees of Radha-Krsna.
As a result of speculation, he considers Gaurasundara to be an ordinary devotee and therefore cannot make progress in serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Radha-Krsna.