Text 144] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 377
TRANSLATION
“Srimad-Bhagavatam gives the actual meaning of the Vedanta-sitra. The
author of the Vedanta-sitra is Vyasadeva, and he himself has explained those
codes in the form of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
TEXTS 143-144
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artho ‘yam brahma-sitranam
bharatartha-vinirnayah
gayatri-bhdsya-rupo ‘sau
vedartha-paribrmhitah
purdndnam sdma-rapah
sdksad-bhagavatoditah
dvadasa-skandha-yukto ‘yarn
sata-viccheda-samyutah
grantho ‘stadasa-sahasrah
srimad-bhagavatabhidhah
SYNONYMS
arthah ayam—this is the meaning; brahma-sutrandm—of the codes of Vedanta-
sutra; bhdrata-artha-vinirnayah—the ascertainment of the Mahabharata; gayatri-
bhasya-rgpah—the purport of Brahma-gdyatri, the mother of the Vedic
literatures; asau—that; veda-artha-paribrmhitah—expanded by the meanings of
all the Vedas; purananam—of the Puranas; sama-rGpah—the best (like the Sama
among the Vedas); saksat—directly; bhagavata uditah—spoken by Vydsadeva, an
incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dvadasa-skandha-yuktah—
having twelve cantos; ayam—this; sata-viccheda-samyutah—having 355 chap-
ters; granthah—this great literature; astadasa-sahasrah —having 18,000 verses;
srimad-bhdgavata-abhidhah —named Srimad-Bhagavatam.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘The meaning of the Vedanta-sitra is present in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The
full purport of the Mahabharata is also there. The commentary of the Brahma-
