Srila Vyasadeva is the author of Brahma-sutra

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video: Kalindi dd – Damodarastaka – ISKCON Lisbon – Nov 11, 2012

Interview with Professors O’Connell, Motilal and Shivaram
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
June 18, 1976, Toronto

Srila Prabhupada: […] So, it is actually bhasyayam brahma-sutranam. It is stated. This is the real commentary on Brahma-sutra by Vyasadeva himself, author. Vyasadeva is the author of Brahma-sutra, and he has written personally, under the instruction of his guru, Narada Muni, this Brahma-sutra-bhasya.

And it begins with the Brahma-sutra aphorism: janmady asya yatah [Bhag. 1.1.1] The Brahma-sutra begins with these words: janmadya, athato brahma jijnasa. Janmady asya yatah. So these things are explained elaborately.

Therefore Brahma-sutra-bhasya, bhasyayam brahma-sutra. Vedartha paribrmhita. So therefore in our Gaudiya, Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not write any bhasya of the Brahma-sutra, neither the gosvamis, because they took it that Srimad-Bhagavatam is the real bhasya of Brahma-sutra. But when….

Sometimes the Gaudiya Vaishnavas are challenged that, “You cannot be accepted as bona fide community, spiritual community, because you have no bhasya on Brahma-sutra.” Then Baladeva Vidyabhusana wrote govinda-bhasya. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not like or ask His disciples to write, because He thought, “This is the Gaudiya, Brahma-sutra-bhasya.” Not Gaudiya — for every Vaishnava.

Bhasyayam brahma-sutranam. So we have got now Gaudiya Vedanta-bhasya. Ramanuja Vedanta-bhasya is there. Madhvacarya Vedanta-bhasya is there, all. And Gaudiya had not. But since this challenge was made in Jaipur, then Baladeva Vidyabhusana, he took: “Yes,” and he finished, Gaudiya bhasya, and it is called Govinda-bhasya.

Actually, in India, unless one follows the acaryas and has given commentary on the Brahma-sutra, he’s not a bona fide. Nyaya-prasthana. Brahma-sutra is called nyaya-prasthana. Sruti-prasthana, smrti-prasthana, nyaya-prasthana. So any bona fide acarya must give his understanding about these three prasthanas. Full Conversation