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‘gopāla-bhaṭṭācārya’ nāma tāṅra choṭa-bhāi
kāśīte vedānta paḍi’ gelā tāṅra ṭhāñi
Synonyms
gopāla-bhaṭṭācārya—Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya; nama—named; tanra—his; choṭa-bhāi—younger brother; kāśīte—at Benares; vedānta padi—studying Vedānta philosophy; gela—went; tanra thani—to his place. ¶
Translation
Bhagavān Ācārya’s brother, whose name was Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya, had studied Vedānta philosophy at Benares and had then returned to Bhagavān Ācārya’s home. ¶
Purport
During those days and also at the present, Vedānta philosophy is understood through the commentary of Śaṅkarācārya, which is known as Śārīraka-bhāṣya. Thus it appears that Gopāla Bhaṭṭācārya the younger brother of Bhagavān Ācārya, had studied Vedānta according to the way of the Śārīraka-bhāṣya, which expounds the Māyāvāda philosophy of the impersonalists. ¶