Text 135] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 265
understood immediately; chadi’—giving up; kara—you do; sabdera—of the
words; laksand—interpretation.
TRANSLATION

“For each verse the direct meaning must be accepted without interpreta-
tion. However, you simply abandon the direct meaning and proceed with your
imaginative interpretation.

TEXT 135
SATA ACH SHS S'gts - Sle TA |
wis A yestel ce, CHB CHA SATE | See 1
pramdanera madhye sruti pramana—pradhana
Sruti ye mukhydrtha kahe, sei se pramana
SYNONYMS

pramdanera—of the evidences; madhye—in the midst; sruti—the Vedic version;
pramana—evidence; pradhana—chief; sruti—the Vedic version; ye—whatever;
muk hya-artha—chief meaning; kahe—says; sei se—that indeed; pramana—evi-
dence.

TRANSLATION

“Although there is other evidence, the evidence given in the Vedic version
must be taken as foremost. Vedic versions understood directly are first-class
evidence.”

PURPORT

Works that should be consulted are Srila Jiva Gosvami’s Tattva-sandarbha
(10-11), Srila Baladeva Vidyabhisana’s commentary on that, and the following
verses of the Brahma-sitra: Sastra-yonitvat (Vs. 1.1.3), tarkapratisthanat
(Vs. 2.1.11) and srutes tu sabda-milatvat (Vs. 2.1.27) as commented upon by Sri
Ramanujacarya, Sri Madhvacarya, Sri Nimbarkacarya and Srila Baladeva
Vidyabhisana. In his book Sarva-samvadini, Srila Jiva Gosvami has noted that al-
though there are ten kinds of evidence—direct perception, the Vedic version,
historical reference, hypothesis, and so on—and although they are all generally
accepted as evidence, the person presenting a hypothesis, reading the Vedic ver-
sion, perceiving or interpreting by his experience is certain to be imperfect in four
ways. That is, he is subject to commit mistakes, to become illusioned, to cheat
and to have imperfect senses. Although the evidence may be correct, the person
himself is in danger of being misled due to his material defects. Apart from the
direct presentation, there is a chance that an interpretation may not be perfect.
