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Prabhupāda: ...Vedic literature, it is scriptures. It is compiled by the Lord Himself. Religion means the regulation of the Supreme …

[SB 6.3.19].

Just like for proper execution of this material world there are certain rules and regulation of the king, of the …

The nonsense rascals, they cannot manufacture religion. Religion cannot... Just like ordinary citizens, they cannot make laws for the state. …

Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam. Dharma means the regulation of the Supreme. So we have to know. That is religion. So …

So before studying Vedānta, we should understand this fact. Caitanya Mahāprabhu is therefore stressing on this point, that there is …

So,

[Cc. Ādi 7.108]

This is... Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that all the Upaniṣads, all the Vedic literature, Vedānta-sūtra, they, they are composed in that …

[Bg. 1.1]

[Bs. 5.1]

There are so many īśvaras, controller, but Parameśvara, or the Supreme Lord, supreme controller, is Kṛṣṇa. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ. …

[Bg. 4.9]:

"How I am born, what are My activities, if anyone knows..." Then what he becomes? Oh, tyaktvā dehaṁ punar: "He …

So He's not so easy to understand. "Oh, Kṛṣṇa is born in Mathurā. His father is Vasudeva. Oh, He..." No. …

So as they are, if we want to understand...

[Cc. Ādi 17.308, Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma-parva 5.22]:

"Things which are beyond your conception," avāṅ manasā gocaraḥ, "beyond your expression, beyond your knowledge, don't apply your so-called argument …

But a thing as it is, that is all right. We must take it. Mukhya-vṛttye. Mukhya means "as it is." …

What commentation you can give? If the Vedas says, Īśopaniṣad, that "Everything belongs to God," how can you deny it? …