SB 1.5.4

TEXT 4

TEXT

जिज्ञासितमधीतं च ब्रह्म यत्तत्सनातनम् ।
तथापि शोचस्यात्मानम् अकृतार्थ इव प्रभो ॥ ४ ॥

jijnasitam adhitam ca

brahma yat tat sanatanam

tathapi socasy atmanam

akrtartha iva prabho

jijnasitam-deliberated fully well; adhitam-the knowledge obtained; ca-and; brahma-the Absolute; yat-what; tat-that; sanatanam-eternal; tathapi-in spite of that; socasi-lamenting; atmanam-unto self; akrta-artha-undone; iva-like; prabho-my dear sir.

TRANSLATION

You have fully delineated the subject of impersonal Brahman as well as the knowledge derived therefrom. In spite of all this, why should you be despondent, thinking that you are undone, my dear prabhu

The Vedanta-sutra or Brahma-sutra compiled by Sri Vyasadeva 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 Vyasadeva. So why should he lament?