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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
PURPORT
The Vedic literature is to be considered a source of real knowledge, but if one does not take it as it is, one will be misled. For example,  Bhagavad-gītā  is an important Vedic literature which has been taught for many years, but because it was commented upon by unscrupulous rascals, people derived no benefit from it, and no one came to the conclusion of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since the purpose of  Bhagavad-gītā  is now being presented as it is, however, within four or five short years thousands of people all over the world have become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is the difference between direct and indirect explanations of Vedic literature. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said,  mukhya-vṛttye sei artha parama mahattva : to instruct Vedic literature according to its direct meaning, without false commentary, is glorious. Unfortunately, Śrī Śaṅkarācārya, by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, compromised between atheism and theism in order to cheat the atheists and bring them to theism, and to do so he gave up the direct method of Vedic knowledge and tried to present a meaning which is indirect. It is with this purpose that he wrote his  Śārīraka-bhāṣya  commentary on the  Vedānta-sūtra . One should not, therefore, attribute very much importance to the  Śārīraka-bhāṣya . In order to understand Vedānta philosophy, one must study the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which begins with the words,  oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya, janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ sva-rāṭ : "I offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, who is the Supreme All-pervading Personality of Godhead. I meditate upon Him, 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. I meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord who is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations and yet is fully independent." ( Bhāg.  1.1.1)  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the real commentary on the  Vedānta-sūtra . Unfortunately, if one is attracted to Śrī Śaṅkarācārya's commentary,  Śārīraka-bhāṣya , his spiritual life is doomed.
One may argue that since Śaṅkarācārya is an incarnation of Lord Śiva, how is it that he cheated people in this way? The answer is that he did so on the order of his master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in the  Padma Purāṇa  in the words of Lord Śiva himself:
māyāvādam asac-chāstraṁ pracchannaṁ bauddham ucyate mayaiva kalpitaṁ devi kalau brāhmaṇa-rūpiṇā
brahmaṇaś cāparaṁ rūpaṁ nirguṇaṁ vakṣyate mayā sarvasvaṁ jagato'py asya mohanārthaṁ kalau yuge
vedānte tu mahā-śāstre māyāvādam avaidikam