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The Residents of Vārāṇasī Become Vaiṣṇavas
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TRANSLATION
“Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam gives the actual meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra. The author of the Vedānta-sūtra is Vyāsadeva, and he himself has explained those codes in the form of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
TEXTS 143-144
অর্থোহয়ং ব্রহ্মস্ত্রাণাং ভারতার্থবিনির্ণয়ঃ । গায়ত্রীভাষ্যক্রপোহসৌ বেদার্থপরিরংহিতঃ ॥ ১৪৩ ॥ পুরাণানাং সামক্রপঃ সাক্ষাদ্ভগবতোদিতঃ । দ্বাদশস্কৃত্বযুক্তোহয়ং শতবিচ্ছেদ-সংযুতঃ । গ্রন্থোহষ্টাদশসাহস্রঃ শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতাভিধঃ ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
artho 'yaṁ brahma-sūtrāṇāṁ bhāratārtha-vinirṇayaḥ gāyatrī-bhāṣya-rūpo 'sau vedārtha-paribṛṁhitaḥ
purāṇānāṁ sāma-rūpaḥ sākṣād-bhagavatoditaḥ dvādaśa-skandha-yukto 'yaṁ śata-viccheda-saṁyutaḥ grantho 'ṣṭādaśa-sāhasraḥ śrīmad-bhāgavatābhidhaḥ
SYNONYMS
arthaḥ ayam —this is the meaning;  brahma-sūtrāṇāṁ —of the codes of Vedānta-sūtra;  bhārata-artha-vinirṇayaḥ —the ascertainment of the Mahābhārata;  gāyatrī-bhāṣya-rūpaḥ —the purport of Brahma-gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedic literatures;  asau —that;  veda-artha-paribṛṁhitaḥ —expanded by the meanings of all the Vedas;  purāṇānāṁ —of the Purāṇas;  sāma-rūpaḥ —the best (like the Sāma among the Vedas);  sākṣād —directly;  bhagavatā uditaḥ —spoken by Vyāsadeva, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  dvādaśa-skandha-yuktaḥ —having twelve cantos;  ayam —this;  śata-viccheda-saṁyutaḥ —having 355 chapters;  granthaḥ —this great literature;  aṣṭādaśa-sāhasraḥ —having 18,000 verses;  śrīmad-bhāgavata-abhidhaḥ —named Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
TRANSLATION
“The meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra is present in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The full purport of the Mahābhārata is also there. The commentary of the Brahma-