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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.106

প্রভু কহে, বেদান্ত–সূত্র ঈশ্বর–বচন ।

ব্যাসরূপে কৈল যাহা শ্রীনারায়ণ ॥ ১০৬ ॥

prabhu kahe, vedānta-sūtra īśvara-vacana

vyāsa-rūpe kaila yāhā śrī-nārāyaṇa

Translation

The Lord said, “Vedānta philosophy consists of words spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa in the form of Vyāsadeva.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Human Life Is Meant for Spiritual Inquiry

  1. 1

    Vedānta philosophy consists of words spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa in the form of Vyāsadeva.

  2. 2

    The Vedānta-sūtra is the concise form of all Vedic knowledge. Its aphorisms reveal the method of understanding that knowledge.

  3. 3

    It begins with the call to inquire about the Absolute Truth. The human form of life is especially meant for this inquiry.

Key points from the purport
  • The Vedānta-sūtra, which consists of aphorisms revealing the method of understanding Vedic knowledge, is the concise form of all Vedic knowledge.
  • The human form of life is especially meant for this purpose, and therefore the Vedānta-sūtra very concisely explains the human mission.
  • This is confirmed by the words of the Vāyu and Skanda Purāṇas, which define a sūtra as follows:

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.

The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Back to this verse in Ādi 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kahethe Lord began to speak
  2. vedānta-sūtrathe philosophy of Vedanta-sūtra
  3. īśvara-vacanaspoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. vyāsa-rūpein the form of Vyāsadeva
  5. kailaHe has made
  6. yāhāwhatever
  7. śrī-nārāyaṇathe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How much space do I give to inquiry about the Absolute Truth in my daily life?

Practice

Set aside five minutes today to study this teaching and write one question about the Absolute Truth.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayHuman Life Is Meant for Spiritual InquiryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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