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four, and one cannot make it equal three or five. Yet although it is not possible to
alter real knowledge, people have taken to the fashion of understanding Vedic
knowledge in any way they like. It is for this reason that we have presented
Bhagavad-gita As It Is. We do not create meanings by concoction. Sometimes com-
mentators say that the word kuruksetra in the first verse of Bhagavad-gita refers to
one’s body, but we do not accept this. We understand that Kuruksetra is a place
which still exists, and according to the Vedic version it is a dharmaksetra, or place
of pilgrimage. People still go there to perform Vedic sacrifices. Foolish commen-
tators, however, say that Kuruksetra means the body and that Pafica Pandavas refers
to the five senses. In this way they distort the meaning, and people are misled. Here
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu confirms that all Vedic literatures, including the
Upanisads, Brahma-sutras and others, whether sruti, smrti or nyaya, must be under-
stood according to their original statements. To describe the direct meaning of the
Vedic literatures is glorious, but to describe them in one’s own way, using imperfect
senses and imperfect knowledge, is a disastrous blunder. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
fully deprecated the attempt to describe the Vedas in this way.

Regarding the Upanisads, the following eleven Upanisads are considered to be
the topmost: /sa, Kena, Katha, Prasna, Mundaka, Mandukya, Taittiriya, Aitareya,
Chandogya, Brhad-aranyaka and Svetasvatara. However, in the Muktikopanisad,
verses 30-39, there is a description of 108 Upanisads. They are as follows:
(1) Kopanisad, (2) Kenopanisad, (3) Kathopanisad, (4) Prasnopanisad, (5) Mundako-
panisad, (6) Mandukyopanisad, (7) Taittiriyopanisad, (8) Aitareyopanisad, (9)
Chandogyopanisad, (10) Brhad-Granyakopanisad, (11) Brahmopanisad, (12) Kaiva-
lyopanisad, (13) Jabalopanisad, (14) Svetasvataropanisad, (15) Harmsopanisad,
(16) Aruneyopanisad, (17) Garbhopanisad, (18) Narayanopanisad, (19) Parama-
harnsopanisad, (20) Amrta-bindapanisad, (21) Nada-bindipanisad, (22)§ ira-upanisad,
(23) Atharva-Sikhopanisad, (24) Maitrayany-upanisad, (25) Kausitaky-upanisad,
(26) Brhaj-jabalopanisad, (27) Nrsirmha-tapaniyopanisad, (28) Kalagni-rudropanisad,
(29) Maitreyy-upanisad, (30) Subalopanisad, (31) Ksurikopanisad, (32) Mantriko-
panisad, (33) Sarva-saropanisad, (34) Niralambopanisad, (35) Suka-rahasyopanisad,
(36) Vajra-sticikopanisad, (37) Tejo-bindupanisad, (38) Nada-bindupanisad, (39)
Dhyana-bindupanisad, (40) Brahma-vidyopanisad, (41) Yoga-tattvopanisad, (42)
Atma-bodhopanisad, (43) Ndarada-parivrajakopanisad, (44) Trigikhy-upanisad, (45)
Sitopanisad, (46) Yoga-cudamany-upanisad, (47) Nirvanopanisad, (48) Mandala-
brahmanopanisad, (49) Daksina-miirty-upanisad, (50) Sarabhopanisad, (51) Skando-
panisad, (52) Mahanarayanopanisad, (53) Advaya-tarakopanisad, (54) Rama-
rahasyopanisad, (55) Rama-tapany-upanisad, (56) Vasudevopanisad, (57) Mudgalo-
panisad, (58) Sandilyopanisad, (59) Paingalopanisad, (60) Bhikstipanisad, (61)
Mahadupanisad, (62) Sarirakopanisad, (63) Yoga-sikhopanisad, (64) Turiyatito-
panisad, (65) Sannyasopanisad, (66) Paramaharmnsa-parivrajakopanisad, (67) Maliko-
panisad, (68) Avyaktopanisad, (69) Ekaksaropanisad, (70) Puirnopanisad, (71) Suryo-
panisad, (72) Aksy-upanisad, (73) Adhyatmopanisad, (74) Kundikopanisad, (75)
Savitry-upanisad, (76) Atmopanisad, (77) Pasupatopanisad, (78) Param Brahmo-
panisad, (79) Avadhitopanisad, (80) Tripuratapanopanisad, (81) Devy-upanisad,
(82) Tripuropanisad, (83) Katha-rudropanisad, (84) Bhavanopanisad, (85) Hrdayo-
