ataeva bhÄgavata karaha vicÄra
ihÄ haite pÄbe sÅ«tra-Å›rutira artha-sÄra
ataeva - therefore; bhÄgavata - ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam; karaha vicÄra - try to understand scrutinizingly; ihÄ haite - from this; pÄbe - you will get; sÅ«tra-Å›rutira - of the Vedic philosophy, the Brahma-sÅ«tra; artha-sÄra - the actual meaning.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu advised PrakÄÅ›Änanda SarasvatÄ«, “Study ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam very scrutinizingly. Then you will understand the actual meaning of the Brahma-sÅ«tra.â€
ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura states that without studying ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam one cannot understand the purport of the Brahma-sÅ«tra (VedÄnta-sÅ«tra) or the Upaniá¹£ads. If one tries to understand VedÄnta philosophy and the Upaniá¹£ads without studying ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, one will be bewildered and, construing a different meaning, will gradually become an atheist or an impersonalist.
