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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.131
সর্ববেদসূত্রে করে কৃষ্ণের অভিধান ।
মুখ্যবৃত্তি ছাড়ি’ কৈল লক্ষণা–ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ১৩১ ॥
sarva-veda-sūtre kare kṛṣṇera abhidhāna
mukhya-vṛtti chāḍi’ kaila lakṣaṇā-vyākhyāna
“In all the Vedic sūtras and literatures, it is Lord Kṛṣṇa who is to be understood, but the followers of Śaṅkarācārya have covered the real meaning of the Vedas with indirect explanations.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the one to be understood through all the Vedic sūtras.
The Vedic literatures share this purpose of making Lord Kṛṣṇa known.
The followers of Śaṅkarācārya have covered the real meaning of the Vedas with indirect explanations.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “followers”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the Vedas’ purpose shape the way you approach them?
Before reading today, recall this teaching: Lord Kṛṣṇa is to be understood through the Vedic literatures.
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