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misrepresented all the  mantras  of the  Vedānta-sūtra  with the motive of proving that there is no separate existence of the living entities and the Supreme Absolute Truth. This is similar to the politician's attempt to prove nonviolence from  Bhagavad-gītā . Kṛṣṇa is violent to demons, and to attempt to prove that Kṛṣṇa is not violent is ultimately to deny Kṛṣṇa. As such explanations of  Bhagavad-gītā  are absurd, so also is Śaṅkarācārya's explanation of  Vedānta-sūtra , and no sane and reasonable man will accept it. At present, however,  Vedānta-sūtra  is misrepresented not only by the so-called Vedāntis but also by other unscrupulous persons who are so degraded that they even recommend that  sannyāsīs  eat meat, fish and eggs. In this way, the so-called followers of Śaṅkara, the impersonalist Māyāvādīs, are sinking lower and lower. How can these degraded men explain  Vedānta-sūtra , which is the essence of all Vedic literature?
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has declared,  māyāvādi-bhāṣya śunile haya sarva-nāśa : anyone who hears commentary on the  Vedānta-sūtra  from the Māyāvāda school is completely doomed. As explained in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ : all Vedic literature aims to understand Kṛṣṇa (Bg. 15.15). Māyāvāda philosophy, however, has deviated everyone from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore there is a great need for the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world to save the world from degradation. Every intelligent and sane man must abandon the philosophical explanation of the Māyāvādīs and accept the explanation of Vaiṣṇava  ācāryas . One should read  Bhagavad-gītā As It Is  to try to understand the real purpose of the  Vedas .
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সর্বাশ্রয় ঈশ্বরের প্রণব উদ্দেশ ।
‘তত্ত্বমসি’-বাক্য হয় বেদের একদেশ ॥ ১২৯ ॥
sarvāśraya īśvarera praṇava uddeśa  
  ‘tattvamasi’— vākya haya vedera ekadeśa
SYNONYMS
sarva-āśraya —the reservoir of everything;  īśvarera —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  praṇava — oṁkāra ;  uddeśa —purpose;  tattvamasi —the Vedic  mantra tattvamasi  (“you are the same”);  vākya —statement;  haya —becomes;  vedera —of the Vedic literature;  eka-deśa —partial understanding.
TRANSLATION
“It is the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to present praṇava [oṁkāra] as the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge. The words  tat tvam asi  are only a partial explanation of the Vedic knowledge.
PURPORT
Tat tvam asi  means “you are the same spiritual identity.”