The Golden Volcano of Divine Love - Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

46 THE GOLDEN VOLCANOseven days is all unsubstantial and unreal. Then canYou give the proper meaning? If this is all improperand false, then what is the real meaning of VedÅnta?”ßrÈ Chaitanya MahÅprabhu humbly replied, “If youorder Me to explain VedÅnta, I will try. The sËtras orcodes of VedÅnta are lustrous in themselves. They areself-evident. The proper reading of the sutras leadstowards Parabrahman, Krishna.” ßrÈ ChaitanyaMahÅprabhu began with this introduction. He saidthat ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam is the real explanation andcommentary on VedÅnta. It is mentioned in theGaruda Purňa:artho ’ya˜ brahma-sËtrÅnŘbhÅratÅrtha-vinirˆayaÓgÅyatrÈ-bhÅ›ya-rËpo ’sauvedÅrtha-parib˜hitaÓ“ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam represents the real purport ofVedÅnta-sËtra. And although it is very difficult todraw out the real purpose of the one-hundred-thousand-verseepic MahÅbhÅrata, the great history of theworld, ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam has come to give its realmeaning. The mother of all Vedic knowledge is theGÅyatri mantra. ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam gives the gist ofGÅyatri in a very full-fledged way. And the supplementarytruths of the Vedas are also found withinßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam.” Therefore, VedÅnta must beexplained in the line of the truth which has been