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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.142Madhya 25.145

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 25.143-144

অর্থোঽয়ং ব্রহ্মসূত্রাণাং ভারতার্থবিনির্ণয়ঃ ।

গায়ত্রীভাষ্যরূপোঽসৌ বেদার্থপরিবৃংহিতঃ ॥ ১৪৩ ॥

artho ’yaṁ brahma-sūtrāṇāṁ

bhāratārtha-vinirṇayaḥ

gāyatrī-bhāṣya-rūpo ’sau

vedārtha-paribṛṁhitaḥ

Translation

“ ‘The meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra is present in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The full purport of the Mahābhārata is also there. The commentary of the Brahma-gāyatrī is also there and fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the supreme Purāṇa, and it was compiled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Vyāsadeva. There are twelve cantos, 335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bhāgavatam Holds the Full Vedic Meaning

  1. 1

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam contains the meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra and the full purport of the Mahābhārata.

  2. 2

    It also contains the commentary of the Brahma-gāyatrī, fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge.

  3. 3

    It is the supreme Purāṇa, compiled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Vyāsadeva. It contains twelve cantos, 335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Garuḍa Purāṇa.

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

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then pointed out that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the proper commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra. He then explained the catuḥ-ślokī (four ślokas ) of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the essence of that great scripture.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. arthaḥ ayamthis is the meaning
  2. brahma-sūtrāṇāmof the aphorisms of the Vedānta-sūtra
  3. bhārata-artha-vinirṇayaḥthe ascertainment of the Mahābhārata
  4. gāyatrī-bhāṣya-rūpaḥthe purport of Brahma-gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedic literatures
  5. asauthat
  6. veda-artha-paribṛṁhitaḥexpanded by the meanings of all the Vedas
  7. purāṇānāmof the Purāṇas
  8. sāma-rūpaḥthe best (like the Sāma among the Vedas)
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this description help me appreciate about the scope of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam?

Practice

Write down the three teachings or works whose meaning this verse says is contained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

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

Quoted in 2 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 2 lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayBhāgavatam Holds the Full Vedic MeaningThis 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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