gauṇa-vṛttye - by indirect meanings; yebā - which; bhāṣya - commentary; karila - prepared; ācārya - Śaṅkarācārya; tāhāra - its; śravaṇe - hearing; nāśa - destruction; haya - becomes; sarva - all; kārya - business.

“Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has described all the Vedic literatures in terms of indirect meanings. One who hears such explanations is ruined.