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have our commentary on  Vedānta  philosophy, called  Govinda-bhaṣya  by Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa. Similarly, Rāmānujācārya has a commentary and Madhvācārya has one. The version of Śaṅkarācārya is not the only commentary. There are many  Vedānta  commentaries, but because the Vaiṣṇavas did not present the first  Vedānta  commentary, people are under the wrong impression that Śaṅkarācārya's is the only  Vedānta  commentary. Besides that, Vyāsadeva himself wrote the perfect  Vedānta  commentary,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  also begins with the first words of the  Vedānta-sūtra :  janmādyasya yataḥ . And that  janmādyasya yataḥ  is fully explained in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The  Vedānta-sūtra  simply hints at what is  Brahman , the Absolute Truth: "The Absolute Truth is that from Whom everything emanates." This is a summary, but it is explained in detail in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . If everything is emanating from the Absolute Truth, then what is the nature of the Absolute Truth? That is explained in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The Absolute Truth must be conscious.  Śvarāṭ . He is Self-effulgent. We develop our consciousness and knowledge by receiving knowledge from others, but for Him it is said that He is Self-effulgent. The whole summary of Vedic knowledge is the  Vedānta-sūtra , and the  Vedānta-sūtra  is explained by the writer himself in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . We finally request those who are actually after Vedic knowledge to try to understand the explanation of all Vedic knowledge from the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and the  Bhagavad-gītā .