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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.133
উপনিষদ্-শব্দে যেই মুখ্য অর্থ হয় ।
সেই অর্থ মুখ্য, — ব্যাসসূত্রে সব কয় ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
upaniṣad-śabde yei mukhya artha haya
sei artha mukhya, — vyāsa-sūtre saba kaya
Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “The Vedānta-sūtra is the summary of all the Upaniṣads; therefore whatever direct meaning is there in the Upaniṣads is also recorded in the Vedānta-sūtra, or Vyāsa-sūtra.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the Vedānta-sūtra as the summary of all the Upaniṣads.
The direct meaning found in the Upaniṣads is also recorded in the Vedānta-sūtra.
The translation also calls the Vedānta-sūtra the Vyāsa-sūtra.
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.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
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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How does knowing this relationship help me understand the purpose of the Vedānta-sūtra?
Make a short study note linking the Upaniṣads with their summary, the Vedānta-sūtra.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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