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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.4

జిజ్ఞాసితమధీతం చ బ్రహ్మ యత్తత్సనాతనమ్ । తథాపి శోచస్యాత్మానమకృతార్థ ఇవ ప్రభో ॥ ౪ ॥
jijṣāsitam adhītaṁ ca
[jijshaasitam adheetam cha]
brahma yat tat sanātanam
[brahma yat tat sanaatanam]
tathāpi śocasy ātmānam
[tathaapi shochasy aatmaanam]
akṛtārtha iva prabho
[akritaartha iva prabho]
Word-for-word
jijṣāsitam — deliberated fully well adhītam — the knowledge obtained ca — and brahma — the Absolute yat — what tat — that sanātanam — eternal tathāpi — in spite of that śocasi — lamenting ātmānam — unto the self akṛta-arthaḥ — undone iva — like prabho — my dear sir.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
jijṣāsitam adhītaṁ ca
jijṣāsitam
deliberated fully well
adhītam
the knowledge obtained
ca
and
brahma yat tat sanātanam
brahma
the Absolute
yat
what
tat
that
sanātanam
eternal
tathāpi śocasy ātmānam
tathāpi
in spite of that
śocasi
lamenting
ātmānam
unto the self
akṛtārtha iva prabho
akṛta-arthaḥ
undone
iva
like
prabho
my dear sir.
You have fully delineated the subject of impersonal Brahman as well as the knowledge derived therefrom. Why should you be despondent in spite of all this, thinking that you are undone, my dear prabhu?
Purport

The Vedānta-sūtra, or Brahma-sūtra, compiled by Śrī Vyāsadeva is the full deliberation of the impersonal absolute feature, and it is accepted as the most exalted philosophical exposition in the world. It covers the subject of eternity, and the methods are scholarly. So there cannot be any doubt about the transcendental scholarship of Vyāsadeva. So why should he lament?

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You have also investigated and realized the brahman which is eternal. Then why should you lament that you have been unsuccessful?
Commentary

Nor can you say that the reason for lamentation is lack of realized knowledge, because you have investigated and made conclusions in the Vedānta-sūtras about the eternal brahman that spreads everywhere in impersonal form. Not only did you inquire about brahman (jijṣāsitam), but you have understood and realized (adhītam) that brahman. Śrīdhara Svāmī says adhītam means understood or attained.

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