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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 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 6.137Madhya 6.139

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.138

ব্যাস-সূত্রের অর্থ — যৈছে সূর্যের কিরণ ।

স্বকল্পিত ভাষ্য-মেঘে করে আচ্ছাদন ॥ ১৩৮ ॥

vyāsa-sūtrera artha — yaiche sūryera kiraṇa

sva-kalpita bhāṣya-meghe kare ācchādana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “The Brahma-sūtra, compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva, is as radiant as the sun. One who tries to interpret its meaning simply covers that sunshine with a cloud.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Let the Brahma-sūtra’s Sunshine Remain Clear

  1. 1

    The Brahma-sūtra was compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the Brahma-sūtra as radiant as the sun.

  3. 3

    Trying to interpret its meaning is compared to covering that sunshine with a cloud.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vyāsa-sūtreraof the Vedānta-sūtra, by Vyāsadeva
  2. arthathe meanings
  3. yaichejust as
  4. sūryeraof the sun
  5. kiraṇashining rays
  6. sva-kalpitaimaginative
  7. bhāṣyaof the commentary
  8. megheby the cloud
  9. karedoes
  10. ācchādanacovering
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I listening to the text’s teaching, or covering it with my own interpretation?

Practice

Reread the translation today and write down its sun-and-cloud comparison without adding your own explanation.

Live this todayLet the Brahma-sūtra’s Sunshine Remain ClearThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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