Category:Natural Commentaries
Theme Analysis
The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam holds the supreme philosophical position within the vast body of Vedic literature because it is the natural commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra, compiled by the original author himself, Śrīla Vyāsadeva. After condensing the essence of all Vedic knowledge into the aphorisms of the Brahma-sūtras, Vyāsadeva foresaw the need for a perfect, infallible explanation to guide future generations. To protect this supreme knowledge from speculative misinterpretations, particularly from impersonalist commentaries like the Śārīraka-bhāṣya, he wrote the Bhāgavatam. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava ācāryas accept the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the ultimate, faultless authority, establishing that the Absolute Truth is not a dead stone, but the fully conscious Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The Ultimate Vedic Essence: The Vedānta-sūtra represents the concentrated cream of all Vedic knowledge, meant for those already engaged in self-realization. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam serves as the natural and faultless commentary on this topmost philosophical thesis.
- The Author's Own Explanation: The Bhāgavatam is considered the "natural" commentary because it was written by Vyāsadeva, the very author of the Brahma-sūtras. An author's personal explanation of their own work is the most authoritative and reliable.
- Defeating Impersonal Speculation: Speculators often rely on unnatural commentaries like Śaṅkarācārya's Śārīraka-bhāṣya to support impersonalist views. Vyāsadeva's natural commentary defeats these misconceptions, proving that the Absolute Truth is a fully conscious person.
- The Supreme Authority of the Paramparā: Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the great Vaiṣṇava ācāryas did not write separate commentaries on the Vedānta-sūtra because they accepted the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the complete, unrivaled, and final word on Vedic philosophy.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Natural Commentaries - Vyāsadeva's Own Explanation of the Vedānta-sūtra.
Pages in category "Natural Commentaries"
The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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- Absolute Truth is that from whom everything comes into existence, everything emanates. Now that has been discussed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, because Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural commentary by the same author
- As stated in the beginning of this book (Srimad-Bhagavatam), it is the essence of the Vedic desire tree and the natural commentation on the Brahma-sutras, the topmost philosophical thesis on the subject matter of Brahman
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- Besides the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the natural commentary by the author of Vedanta-sutra himself, there are Vedanta-bhasyas written by Vaisnava acaryas such as Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, and Baladeva Vidyabhusana
- Bhagavata is natural commentary on Vedanta-sutra, and Lord Caitanya therefore gives evidence from the Bhagavata generally, and Puranas also, Mahabharata and Upanisad. They are all authorities
- Bhagavata is the natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra. Therefore one who has sufficient knowledge in Bhagavata, he has automatically sufficient knowledge in Vedanta-sutra
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- For future guidance He (Krsna) gave a natural commentation on the Vedanta-sutra, called Srimad-Bhagavatam. We must always engage our minds in reading these Vedic literatures. BG 1972 Introduction
- For future guidance, he made a natural commentation by himself which is called Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-Bhagavatam is called bhasyo 'yam brahma-sutranam (CC Madhya 25.143). It is the natural commentation of Vedanta-sutra
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- Gaudiya sampradaya did not make any commentary on the Brahma-sutra because Caitanya Mahaprabhu took SB, as a natural commentary, because SB is also made by Vyasadeva, and Vyasadeva is the original author of Brahma-sutra
- Gaudiya Vaisnava, Gosvamis, they did not write any comment on the Vedanta-sutra because they accept Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra. So why they should write again
- Generally, these Mayavadis give prominence of the comment given by Sankaracarya about Brahma-sutra, Sariraka-bhasya. But that is unnatural. The natural commentation is given by the author himself, Vyasadeva
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- He (Vyasadeva) divided the original Veda, for convenience, into four divisions - Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva. He is the author of eighteen Puranas as well as the theosophical thesis Brahma-sutra and its natural commentary, Srimad-Bhagavatam
- He (Vyasadeva) is the author of eighteen Puranas as well as the theosophical thesis Brahma-sutra and its natural commentary, Srimad-Bhagavatam
- Highly theological literature is Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra
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- So far as Indian philosophy is concerned, Vedanta Sutra is the topmost, and Srimad Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on Vedanta Sutra
- Some rascals, without understanding Vedanta, without reading the natural commentary of the Vedanta-sutra they are posing themselves as Vedantist. That means they are misguiding people
- Srila Rupa Gosvami, the leader of the six Gosvamis of Vrndavana, has properly replied to the impersonalists in his Laghu-bhagavatamrta, which is a natural commentary on the aphorisms of the Vedanta-sutra
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is a natural commentation on the Brahma-sutra, or the Badarayani Vedanta-sutras. It is called natural because Vyasadeva is author of both the Vedanta-sutras and Srimad-Bhagavatam, or the essence of all Vedic literatures
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural commentation on the Brahma-sutras compiled by the same author. This Brahma-sutra, or Vedanta-sutra, is meant for those who are already engaged in self-realization
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural supplementary commentary on the Vedanta-sutras
- Srimad-Bhagavatam is the one unrivaled commentary on Vedanta-sutra. Sripada Sankaracarya intentionally did not touch it because he knew that the natural commentary would be difficult for him to surpass
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- The explanation of Vedanta-sutra, natural comment on Vedanta-sutra, is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Bhasyayam brahma-sutranam. This Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural commentary
- The final, most perfect and sublime work by Srila Vyasadeva is Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra
- The followers of these acaryas, down to the present day, have written many books following the principles of Srimad-Bhagavatam and accepting it as the natural commentary on the Vedanta
- The natural commentary of Vedanta-sutra is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Jivasya tattva-jijnasa. This is our life, jivasya, of every living being. Every living being means especially human being
- The natural commentary on Vedanta-sutra is Srimad-Bhagavatam. The great acaryas of the four Vaisnava communities - Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami and Nimbarka - have also written commentaries on Vedanta-sutra by following the principles of SB
- The Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural and faultless commentary on the Vedanta-sutra
- The Srimad-Bhagavatam, the natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra by the same author, maintains that the source of all emanations is not like a dead stone but is abhijna, or fully conscious
- The Vedanta philosophy mentions that Brahman is the fountainhead of all creation, maintenance and destruction, and Srimad-Bhagavatam, the natural commentation on the Vedanta philosophy, says, janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnah svarat
- The Vedanta-sutras, or the Brahma-sutras, were compiled by Vyasadeva with a view to presenting just the cream of Vedic knowledge. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on this cream
- The Vedantists are simply reading the Sariraka-bhasya. They are not reading other bhasyas, such as the Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary. And they are cheating people. That's all