Glorify Krishna continuously with utmost humility, for the tattva-vit must always preach the infinite glories of the Lord.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.4 — March 4, 1974, Māyāpur 740304CC-MAYAPUR [36:46 Minutes] CcAdi-07.004_740304CC-MAYAPUR Prabhupāda: Yes. Go on. Hmm? Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] pañca-tattva avatīrṇa caitanyera saṅge pañca-tattva lañā karena saṅkīrtana raṅge [Cc. Ādi 7.4] [leads chanting of synonyms] [break] [02:49] Translation: "These five tattvas incarnate with Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and thus the Lord executes His saṅkīrtana movement with great pleasure." Prabhupāda: Hmm. So tattva, Absolute Truth, I tried to explain last night.
Tattva... Kṛṣṇa has spoken about tattva in the Bhagavad-gītā, and in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also there is statement of tattva, vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam [SB 1.2.11]. Tattva, the truth, can be learned from the tattva-vida, one who knows. The Absolute Truth cannot be ascertained by imaginative speculation.
One has to learn the tattva from the tattva-vit. Therefore, the tattva-vid vadanti. Vadanti means they explain; tattva-vit, one who is tattva-vit, he explains. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam.
One who knows, he's not silent. He is to preach, he is to speak. Nowadays it has become a fashion to be maunī-bābā, does not speak. So these are..., may be very good device for professional business, but so far we are concerned, in the Vedic culture, the tattva-vit must speak. Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam.
The tattva-vit must hear from the authorized person; then he'll speak. That is nice. Otherwise, there is no need of speaking. So those who have not heard from the authorized person, they may make a business by making himself maunī-bābā.
Tāvac ca śobhate mūrkho yāvat kiñcin na bhāsate: "A mūrkha, a dull rascal, is very beautiful so long he does not speak." Because as soon as he speaks, then his knowledge, his learning, his capacity, his position will be immediately exposed. So our paramparā line, Prahlāda Mahārāja has condemned this system, maunī-bābā. No. Our system is kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ, Caitanya Mahāprabhu's teaching. tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ [Cc. Ādi 17.31] And Kṛṣṇa also confirms this in the Bhagavad-gītā: satatāṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ [Bg. 9.14].