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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.139
বেদ-পুরাণে কহে ব্রহ্ম-নিরূপণ ।
সেই ব্রহ্ম — বৃহদ্বস্তু, ঈশ্বর-লক্ষণ ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
veda-purāṇe kahe brahma-nirūpaṇa
sei brahma — bṛhad-vastu, īśvara-lakṣaṇa
“All the Vedas and literature that strictly follows the Vedic principles explain that the Supreme Brahman is the Absolute Truth, the greatest of all, and a feature of the Supreme Lord.
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The Vedas and literature that strictly follows Vedic principles explain the Supreme Brahman as the Absolute Truth. Brahman is a feature of the Supreme Lord.
The greatest of everything is Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He states that He is to be known through all the Vedas.
The Absolute Truth is understood as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the last word in understanding the Absolute Truth.
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The purport of CC Madhya 6.139 quotesBG 15.15
Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15), vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: “By all the Vedas, I am to be known.”
The purport of CC Madhya 6.139 quotesSB 1.2.11
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.11) it is said that the Absolute Truth is understood in three phases — namely, Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate).
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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:
The greatest mistake made by the Māyāvādī philosophers is in conceiving the Absolute Truth to be impersonal and without energy. In all the Vedas, the unlimited energies of the Absolute Truth have been accepted.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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How does knowing that the Vedas point to Kṛṣṇa shape my approach to studying them?
Write the three phases—Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān—and note that Bhagavān is the fullest understanding of the Absolute Truth.
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