Text 55] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 325

TEXT 53
BHT BH AS iA CFT MASA |
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chayera chaya mata vydsa kaila dvartana
sei saba sutra lahd ‘vedanta’-varnana

SYNONYMS

chayera—of the six philosophers; chaya mata—six different theses; vydsa—
Vydsadeva; kailaé dvartana—analyzed fully; sei—that; saba—all; sdtra—the
codes; lafid—taking; vedanta-varnana—explaining the Vedanta philosophy.

TRANSLATION

“After studying the six philosophical theses, Vyasadeva completely sum-
marized them all in the codes of Vedanta philosophy.

TEXT 54
‘Ca te’-ICS, am “Hata” feranrte| |
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‘vedanta’-mate, —brahma ‘sakdra’ nirdpana
‘nirguna’ vyatireke tinho haya ta’ ‘saguna’

SYNONYMS

vedanta-mate—according to Vedanta philosophy; brahma—the Absolute
Truth; sa-dkara nirGpana—established as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a
person; nirguna—without material qualifications; vyatireke —by indirect explana-
tions; tinho—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; haya—is; ta’—indeed; sa-
guna—fully qualified with spiritual attributes.

TRANSLATION

“According to Vedanta philosophy, the Absolute Truth is a person. When
the word nirguna [without qualities] is used, it is to be understood that the
Lord has attributes that are totally spiritual.

TEXT 55

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B-2-AS ICA ATACGA ABCA li ce Il
