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<h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3>
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So the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the natural comment on Vedānta-sūtra by the author himself. So the Vedānta-sūtra says, athāto brahma jijñāsā. Unless one is inquisitive to understand about Brahman or the supreme spirit or the basic principle of our life.
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[[Vanisource:751109 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.100-108 - Bombay|751109 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.100-108 - Bombay]]
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So the same thing is confirmed in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the natural comment on Vedānta-sūtra. When Vyāsadeva was not satisfied even after giving the Vedānta-sūtras, Brahma-sūtras, then his spiritual master advised him that "You write something simply on the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; otherwise you cannot be satisfied." Then he, on the basis of Vedānta-sūtra, he wrote a commentary, bhāṣyaṁ brahma-sūtrānām. Therefore in each end of chapter of Bhāgavatam you'll find, brahma-sūtrasya bhāṣyayam. So the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the natural comment on Vedānta-sūtra by the author himself. So the Vedānta-sūtra says, athāto brahma jijñāsā. Unless one is inquisitive to understand about Brahman or the supreme spirit or the basic principle of our life . . .

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:indriyāṇi parāṇy āhur
:indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ
:manasas tu parā buddhir
:buddhes tu ya para saḥ 
:([[Vanisource:BG 3.42 (1972)|BG 3.42]])
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Brahman means . . . generally we are identified with this body. Body means the senses. We take prominent the senses. Whole world is going on on the sense perception, sense gratification. So indriyāṇi parāny āhuḥ. The indriyas are very prominent in materialistic way of life.
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