Category:Vyasadeva's Explaining
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that Śrīla Vyāsadeva's greatest contribution is his personal, unadulterated explanation of the Absolute Truth. Although Vyāsadeva divided the original Veda into four and compiled supplementary literatures like the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas to guide the general populace, he still felt dissatisfied because in none of these works were the transcendental activities of the Supreme Lord properly explained. Under the instruction of Nārada Muni, Vyāsadeva compiled the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to explicitly explain the philosophical aphorisms of his own Vedānta-sūtra. He established from the very first verse (janmādy asya yataḥ) that the Absolute Truth, the primeval cause of all causes, is a cognizant, transcendental person. Vyāsadeva's personal explanations deliberately protect the Vedic conclusions from the imaginary interpretations of Māyāvādī philosophers, proving definitively that pure devotional service is the ultimate reality, far beyond impersonal liberation.
- The Supreme Person: Vyāsadeva clearly explains that the Absolute Truth is not an impersonal void or energy, but a supreme, cognizant person possessing diverse, inconceivable potencies.
- The Author's Explanation: Because the Vedānta-sūtra is difficult for the common man to grasp, the author himself, Vyāsadeva, personally explained its true meaning through the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
- The Primeval Cause: Through his explanations, Vyāsadeva establishes that the source of all emanation, maintenance, and destruction is the eternally effulgent, fully independent Lord Kṛṣṇa.
- Refuting Māyāvāda Philosophy: Māyāvādī philosophers have the audacity to reject Vyāsadeva's clear explanations, attempting instead to establish imaginary doctrines that deny the personal form and energies of the Lord.
- The Essence of Vedic Knowledge: The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam represents the culmination of Vyāsadeva's literary work, collecting the essence of the Upaniṣads and providing the perfect explanation of the oṁkāra and the Absolute Truth.
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Pages in category "Vyasadeva's Explaining"
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
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- Accompanied by Satya Tirtha, Madhvacarya went to Badarikasrama. It was there that he met Vyasadeva and explained his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita before him. Thus he became a great scholar by studying before Vyasadeva
- Although Vyasadeva was an empowered divinity, he still felt dissatisfaction because in none of his works were the transcendental activities of the Lord properly explained
- As far as the sages are concerned, besides Himself, Vyasadeva, the author of the Vedanta-sutra, is a great sage, and in the Vedanta-sutra duality is perfectly explained. BG 1972 purports
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- If the Vedanta-sutra is explained by Vyasadeva himself, who has written it, its original meaning can be understood by the people in general
- In writing Srimad-Bhagavatam, Vyasadeva collected all the essence of the Upanisads, the purpose of which was also explained in Vedanta-sutra. Srimad-Bhagavatam is thus the essence of all Vedic knowledge
- It was known to them (Saunaka Rsi) that Srila Vyasadeva had already explained the text of the Vedas in various ways up to the Mahabharata for the understanding of less intelligent women, sudras and fallen members of the family of twice-born men
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- Srila Vyasadeva considered that whatever he had received from Narada Muni as an explanation of omkara he would elaborately explain in his book Srimad-Bhagavatam as a commentary on the Brahma-sutra
- Srila Vyasadeva explained Srimad-Bhagavatam unto Sukadeva Gosvami from the very beginning of the janmady asya (SB 1.1.1) verse, and so Sukadeva Gosvami also explained it to the king - Maharaja Pariksit
- Srila Vyasadeva explains the Vedanta-sutra, in SB 1.1.1: I meditate upon Him (Lord Krsna), the transcendent reality, who is the primeval cause of all causes, from whom all manifested universes arise, in whom they dwell, and by whom they are destroyed
- Srila Vyasadeva has explained that the Absolute Truth is a person who has different potencies. Merely by His desire that there be creation and by His glance (sa aiksata), He created this material world
- Srimad-Bhagavatam gives the actual meaning of the Vedanta-sutra. The author of the Vedanta-sutra is Vyasadeva, and he himself has explained those aphorisms in the form of Srimad-Bhagavatam
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- The compiler of the Vedanta-darsana is Vyasadeva himself. Yet he is troubled, although he is the author. So what sort of transcendental bliss can be derived by the readers and listeners of Vedanta which is not explained directly by Vyasadeva, the author?
- The Mayavadiphilosophers have the audacity to reject the purport of what Vyasadeva explained in the Vedanta-sutra and to say he attempted to establish a doctrine of transformation of the Supreme, which is totally imaginary
- The most elevated Mayavadi philosopher can rise to the platform of liberation, but krsna-bhakti, devotional service to Krsna, is transcendental to such liberation. Srila Vyasadeva explains this fact in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 1.1.2
- The process of devotional activities from the beginning to the stage of transcendence is all duly explained to satisfy the inquiries of Vyasadeva
- The purport of the Vedanta-sutra is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand, but Vyasadeva, out of his causeless mercy, has personally explained the meaning
- The Vedanta-sutra begins with the aphorism janmady asya yatah, which Vyasadeva explains in the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, thus establishing from the very beginning that the supreme source of everything is a cognizant, transcendental person
- The verse janmady asya yatah (SB 1.1.1), which appears in the very beginning of Vedanta-sutra, is explained in Vyasadeva's Srimad-Bhagavatam
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- Vyasadeva explains Vedanta-sutra in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Because He knew that - Vedanta-sutra, being authoritative version of Vedic literature, so many rascals will comment in different way. Therefore I must leave
- Vyasadeva explains: I meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord, who is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations and yet is fully independent - SB 1.1.1