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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.4
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 4
- jijñāsitam adhītaṁ ca
- brahma yat tat sanātanam
- tathāpi śocasy ātmānam
- akṛtārtha iva prabho
jijñāsitamdeliberated fully well — deliberated fully well; adhītamthe knowledge obtained — the knowledge obtained; caand — and; brahmathe Absolute — the Absolute; yatwhat — what; tatthat — that; sanātanameternal — eternal; tathāpiin spite of that — in spite of that; śocasilamenting — lamenting; ātmānamunto the self — unto the self; akṛtaundone-arthaḥundone — undone; ivalike — like; prabhomy dear sir — my dear sir.
You have fully delineated the subject of impersonal Brahman as well as the knowledge derived therefrom. Why should you be despondent in spite of all this, thinking that you are undone, my dear prabhu?
The Vedānta-sūtra, or Brahma-sūtra, compiled by Śrī Vyāsadeva 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 Vyāsadeva. So why should he lament?