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Madhusūdana Sarasvatī, a scholar of the Advaita Vedānta School who flourished in the 16th century, wrote the commentary Paramahaṃsapriyā (PP) on the Bhāgavatapurāṇa (BhP) 1.1.1–3. In the section on BhP 1.1.2, Madhusūdana argued that the BhP is superior to any other work (śāstra). Classifying all śāstras into the three categories of karmakāṇḍa, jñānakāṇḍa and upāsanakāṇḍa or upāsanākāṇḍa, he claimed that none of them fulfills the purpose of the BhP. From among these three categories, the jñānakāṇḍa corresponds to the Advaita Vedānta School to which Madhusūdana himself belonged. At that same time, Madhusūdana also argued in the PP on the BhP 1.1.1 that the doctrines of the BhP are consistent with those of the Brahmasūtra (BS), that is to say the Advaita theories. In other words, Madhusūdana argued that the BhP is superior to the BS while simultaneously claiming that the BhP is consistent with the BS. Focusing on the PP on the BhP 1.1.2, this paper will clarify how Madhusūdana conceived of the relation between the BS, that is the Advaita doctrines, and the BhP.

On the Significance of the <i>Bhāgavatapurāṇa</i> in Madhusūdana Sarasvatī’s Advaita Doctrine