Sri Krsna Caitanya is Sri Krsna. Srila Rupa Gosvami dictated this verse:

He's Krsna Himself. In this Kali-yuga, Krsna's direct identification, incarnation, is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is also confirmed in all the Vedic literatureMahabharata, Purana, Upanisadand the essence of all Vedic literature is Srimad-Bhagavatam. There is also Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He's accepted as the Supreme Lord.

This is mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, that in the Kali-yuga the incarnation of Krsna is, by His bodily complexion, akrsna. Akrsna means "not krsna." The "not krsna" means there are many other colors. So in the sastra it is said that Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in the four yugas in four different colors: sukla raktas tatha pitah idanim krsnatam gatah.

In any birth, you'll get father, mother. That is not a very difficult thing. Without father and mother there is no birth. So to get father and mother is usual. It is not very difficult. But, krsna guru nahi mile bhaja hari ei: in every birth, you cannot get Krsna or you cannot get bona fide spiritual master. Krsna guru nahi mile bhaja hari ei. Guru-krsna krpaya paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. These are the statements of Caitanya-caritamrta. Those who have read Caitanya-caritamrta, they know it. So, perfection of human life is possible by the mercy of guru and Krsna. And that mercy can be achieved in the human form of life, not in the life of cats and dogs. Therefore it is said, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is acting both as guru and Krsna-combination of guru and Krsna.

We are simply dancing in this material world. We are trying to be master of the material world. Everyone is trying. Everyone wants to exploit the resources of the material nature. He wants to become master. That is the struggle for existence. I am trying to become master, you are trying to become master, so there is clash, there is collision. I am challenging you, "Why you should become master?" He's challenging why I should be master. This is going on. This is material world. But if we accept Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, if we accept this principle that none of us is a prabhu, everyone is a servant... Jivera svarupa haya nitya krsna dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. If we accept this principle, that we are eternal servant, we are not mastermaster is Krsna or Krsna Caitanya, Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhuthen our problems are solved. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, he has sung a song, jiv krsna dasa ei visvas korle to ar duhkha nai. This is the solution. Everyone is thinking to become the master, prabhu. Prabhu you can become. That is not, I mean to say, extraordinary. Someway or other we are prabhus. Suppose I am a family man. I am managing my family, my wife, my children, my servants, my subordinates, so I may be prabhu. In that sense I am a small prabhu. Similarly, everyone is prabhu, he has got some subordinates. But there is the supreme prabhu, the prabhu of all prabhus. So Mahaprabhu is Sri Krsna Caitanya. He's Krsna. As it is stated in the Brahma-samhita: isvarah paramah krsnah [Bs. 5.1]. Isvara means ruler or controller. So all of us more or less a little controller or ruler, but not the absolute ruler. The absolute ruler is Krsna. Similarly, the absolute prabhu, master, is Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So, tanhara caranasrita: The prabhu... Everyone is prabhuthat's all rightbut if that prabhu takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Mahaprabhu, sei bada dhanya, he becomes glorified. Not to remain satisfied becoming a prabhu of your wife, children, family, country, or this or that, but you should try to become the servant of Mahaprabhu. Tanhara caranasrita [Cc. Adi 7.2]. He's glorified because he receives... To become under the lotus feet of Sri. If you take shelter of the Supreme Prabhu, Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, then your life is successful. Sei bada dhanya. He is glorified. To become servant of God or Mahaprabhu is very prestigious. It is not very easy thing to become servant of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu or servant of Krsna. So if anyone agrees to become the servant of the Supreme Prabhu, master, then his life is successful. Sei bada dhanya. He is glorified.

Just like Arjuna was fighting, ksatriya. His business was to fight. Why he was fighting the battle of Kuruksetra? To become master of the kingdom. But he remained eternally servant of Krsna. This is success. Don't be satisfied simply I become master of your material position. At the same time, you try to become the servant of the supreme; then you are successful. Relative. Our mastership is relative. Under certain condition we become master, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is master without any condition. Namo maha-vadanyaya krsna prema pradaya te [Cc. Madhya 19.53]. Because He's master He can distribute krsna prema very easily. Otherwise, krsna prema... Not only krsna prema; one cannot understand what is Krsna.

Out of many millions of persons, one may try to make his life successful, and out of many such person who has become successful, to understand the constitutional position of his life, one may understandone may understand; there is no suretyKrsna. So to understand Krsna is very, very difficult job.

To understand Krsna and to understand the service of Krsna is very exalted post. Brahma-bhutah. One has to become brahma-bhutah, completely liberated. Then he can understand how to render service to Krsna, mad-bhaktim labhate param.

Such a difficult subject matter: Krsna. "You are not only giving Krsna, but You are giving Krsna-prema, love of Krsna." You can meet somebody, some exalted person, you can see, but to become an intimate relationship with such exalted person in love, that is not very easy thing. I can meet the president or some exalted person, but to become in love with him in intimacy, that is not easy job. But Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributed this Krsna love immediately, anyone. That is Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu's contribution to the human society. If you simply become under the lotus feet of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, then love of Krsna is very easily achieved. Therefore it is said: tanhara caranasrita, sei bada dhanya [Cc. Adi 7.2]. He's glorified because he receives... To become under the lotus feet of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu means you have got Krsna. You have already got. That is the verdict of the sastra and Caitanya-caritamrta. Because Krsna, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, does not give anything else. Simply directly gives you Krsna and His love. And to award this greatest benediction to the human society, He took sannyasa at the age of twenty-four years only in this land of Mayapur, Navadvipa. It is very glorified place. It is not ordinary place. Therefore Narottama dasa Thakura says, gauda mandala bhumi, yeba jane cintamani tara hoy vrajabhume vasa. Anyone who understands gauda mandala bhumi in Bengalthis Navadvipa, Navadvipa-candra, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhuif anyone understands the spiritual value of this land, he lives in Vrajabhumi, in Vrndavana. There is no difference between Vrndavana and this Gaudamandala-bhumi. That is the verdict of the sastra. Gauda-mandala-bhumi yena jane cintamani tara hoy vrajabhume vasa.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He is Krsna Himself. Krsna-upadesa. Avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum [Bg. 9.11]. Because He came as a human being, people have misunderstood Him, that He's a human being. He's not human being. He's the master of the human being. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata tadatmanam srjamy aham [Bg. 4.7]. Krsna comes very kindlybecause we are part and parcel of Krsnawhen we are in distressed condition on account of violating the laws of religion. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavaty. Glani means deviation from the path of religion. And what is religion? Dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam [SB 6.3.19]. Religion means the laws of God. That is religion. Simple definition. Laws, the words, the rules and regulations given by the Lord, that is called religion. Just like I have several times explained, the laws, the rules and regulations given by the state is called law. You cannot manufacture law. Similarly, you cannot manufacture dharma. Nowadays, in this Kali-yuga, all the rascals, they are manufacturing religion. But who cares for that religion, or what will be the benefit of such religion? There'll be no benefit. It is simply... [break]