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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.93
যেই সূত্রকর্তা, সে যদি করয়ে ব্যাখ্যান ।
তবে সূত্রের মূল অর্থ লোকের হয় জ্ঞান ॥ ৯৩ ॥
yei sūtra-kartā, se yadi karaye vyākhyāna
tabe sūtrera mūla artha lokera haya jñāna
“If the Vedānta-sūtra is explained by Vyāsadeva himself, who has written it, its original meaning can be understood by the people in general.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vyāsadeva is the author of the Vedānta-sūtra.
When he explains his own work, its original meaning can be understood.
His explanation makes that meaning accessible to people in general, despite the difficulty described in the preceding verse.
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:
By and by, one of the disciples of the great sannyāsī Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī became devoted to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this devotee explained Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and supported His views with various arguments. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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