Which other Purana mentions that Bhagavatam is the commentary on the Vedanta Sutra?
From Abhiram Gopal P
If it is mentioned in other puranas then how can SB be the last purana written by Ved vyas coz if it would be the last then it can’t be mentioned in other writtings of vyas dev?
Reference from Garuda Purana quoted in CC Madhya 25.143-144
artho ‘yaḿ brahma-sūtrāṇāḿ
bhāratārtha-vinirṇayaḥ
gāyatrī-bhāṣya-rūpo ‘sau
vedārtha-paribṛḿhitaḥ
purāṇānāḿ sāma-rūpaḥ
sākṣād-bhagavatoditaḥ
dvādaśa-skandha-yukto ‘yaḿ
śata-viccheda-saḿyutaḥ
grantho ‘ṣṭādaśa-sāhasraḥ
śrīmad-bhāgavatābhidhaḥ
“‘The meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra is present in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The full purport of the Mahābhārata is also there. The commentary of the Brahma-gāyatrī is also there and fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the supreme Purāṇa, and it was compiled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Vyāsadeva. There are twelve cantos, 335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.’
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Hare Krishna question from Abhiram Gopal Prabhu which Puran mentions that Bhagavatam is a natural commentary on the Vedanta Sutra and if Bhagavatam is the last Puran written by Vyasadev then how could any other Puran refer to it when that Puran would have been written earlier before the Bhagavatam answer Madhvacharya is the first Acharya who quoted from the Garuda Puran which states that Bhagavatam is a natural commentary on the Vedanta Sutra that verse is quoted by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami also in the Chaitanya Charita Amrita Madhya 25.143-144 Madhya 25.143-144 he states Arthoyam Brahma Sutranam Bharata Artha Vinirnaya so Arthoyam that in this the Artha of the Brahma Sutra is given and Bharata Artha Vinirnaya actually the essential import of the Artha of Bharata that is Mahabharata also given over here Gayatri Bhashya Rupasav and this Bhagavatam also contains the Bhashya of the Gayatri Vedartha Paribhramita in fact it is filled surcharge permeated imbued with the essential knowledge of the of the Vedas Purananam Samarupah so now Krishna says that Vedanam Samavedasmi that among the Vedas I am Samaveda because it has very beautiful melodious songs and it is considered to be the best of the Vedas similarly Purananam Samarupah means among all the Puranas this is the best Purana Sakshat Bhagvatoditah it is the supreme lord himself who is manifested manifested Dvadas Kanda Yuktoyam that this has twelve skandas Shatavicheda Samyutah and then Shatavicheda has 335 chapters Grantho Ashtadasa Sahasraha that this has Ashtadasa Sahasraha 18000 verses Shreemad Bhagvat Aavidah that is called as Shreemad Bhagvatam so in this way the Garuda Puran talks about how the Bhagvatam is a commentary on the Vedanta Sutra now regarding how it could have spoke how it could contain this verse if it is written later you have to understand that there are two different points over here first is the Bhagvatam as Jiva Goswami explains Channashruti it exists in a condensed form always and later on according to time and place it is expanded so now when we say that Shri Vyasadeva went into a trance and then he felt a little disappointed, depressed and then Narguna instructed him and then he went into a trance and then he saw the absolute truth in relationship with the energies and then what he saw in his trance he wrote as the Bhagvatam as described in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th chapters of the 1st Canto so now prior to this it is said that Vyasadeva had written all the literature he had written the 18 Puranas also and in the 18 Puranas there is the Bhagvat Puran also so the Shreemad Bhagvatam that means if he had already written the Shreemad Bhagvatam then why is it said that he wrote it again afterwards that means that actually he edited the Shreemad Bhagvatam so if you look at the other Puranas often they do not describe the glories of the Lord in a uncontaminated way that means sometimes there is some Karma Kanda also talked about over there and sometimes in some ways the import can become confusing but the Bhagvatam keeps things clear so essentially after his discussion with Narada Muni and after his revelation in trance Vyasadeva edited the Bhagvatam so that it would reveal Yashobhagvato Amala as it said in the as Narada Muni requested speak the spotless glories of the Lord and that is what he did over there now regarding how the verse can come in Garuda Puran so now see the Bhagvatam and the Garuda Puran the Puranas have been compiled then Vyasadeva goes into his trance and then he writes and then he edits the Bhagvatam and then he edits the Garuda Puran also and that’s how in the Garuda Puran there is a glory of the Bhagvatam given. Thank you.