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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.153
অতএব ভাগবত করহ বিচার ।
ইহা হৈতে পাবে সূত্র-শ্রুতির অর্থ-সার ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
ataeva bhāgavata karaha vicāra
ihā haite pābe sūtra-śrutira artha-sāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, “Study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam very scrutinizingly. Then you will understand the actual meaning of the Brahma-sūtra.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam very scrutinizingly. Through such study, he would understand the actual meaning of the Brahma-sūtra.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that without studying Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, one cannot understand the purport of the Brahma-sūtra or the Upaniṣads.
Trying to understand these teachings without Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam leads to bewilderment and a different interpretation. The purport warns that one may gradually become an atheist or an impersonalist.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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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