Caitanya-caritamrta: Madhya-lila

6.133

upanisad-sabde yei mukhya artha haya

sei artha mukhya,--vyasa-sutre saba kaya

SYNONYMS

upanisad—of the Vedas; sabde—by the words; yei—whatever; mukhya—direct; artha—meaning; haya—is; sei—that; artha—meaning; mukhya—chief; vyasa-sutre—in the Vedanta-sutra; saba—all; kaya—describes.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "The Vedanta-sutra is the summary of all the Upanisads; therefore whatever direct meaning is there in the Upanisads is also recorded in the Vedanta-sutra, or Vyasa-sutra.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati has explained the word upanisad in his Anubhasya.

Please refer to Adi-lila, Second Chapter, fifth verse, and Adi-lila, Seventh Chapter, verses 106 and 108, for his explanation.