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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.131
সূত্রের অর্থ ভাষ্য কহে প্রকাশিয়া ।
তুমি, ভাষ্য কহ — সূত্রের অর্থ আচ্ছাদিয়া ॥ ১৩১ ॥
sūtrera artha bhāṣya kahe prakāśiyā
tumi, bhāṣya kaha — sūtrera artha ācchādiyā
“The meaning of the aphorisms in the Vedānta-sūtra contain clear purports in themselves, but other purports you presented simply covered the meaning of the sūtras like a cloud.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The aphorisms of the Vedānta-sūtra contain clear purports in themselves.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said the other purports presented covered the meaning of the sūtras.
His comparison to a cloud shows how an explanation can hide rather than reveal the meaning.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
There was then a discussion between the Bhaṭṭācārya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra. The Bhaṭṭācārya was an impersonalist, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu proved that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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