226 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 5
TRANSLATION
You have fully delineated the subject of impersonal Brahman as well
as the knowledge derived therefrom. In spite of all this, why should you
be despondent, thinking that yeu are undone, my dear prabhu.
PURPORT
The Vedanta-sittra or Brahma-siitra compiled by Sri Vyasadeva is the
full deliberation of the impersonal absolute feature, and it is accepted as
the most exalted philosophical exposition in the world. It covers the
subject of eternity, and the methods are scholarly. So there cannot be
any doubt about the transcendental scholarship of Vyasadeva. So why
should he lament?
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TIRATH ITTY
TSM AUSSHATAVTTA [14 II
vyasa uvaca
asty eva me sarvam idam tvayoktam
tathapi natma paritusyate me
tan-miilam avyaktam agadha-bodham
prechamahe tvatma-bhavatma-bhiitam
vydsah—Vyasa; uvadca—said; asti—there is; eva—certainly; me—mine;
sarvam—all; idam—this; tuaya—by you; uktam—uttered; tathapi—and yet;
na—not; adtma—self; paritusyate—does pacify; me—unto me; tat—of which;
milam—root; avyaktam—undetected; agadha-bodham—the man of un-
limited knowledge; prechamahe—do inquire; tvaé—unto you; atma-bhava—
self-born; atma-bhiitam—offspring.
TRANSLATION
Sri Vyasadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct.
Despite all this, | am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root
cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due
