Sankara was afraid to upset the views in Srimad Bhagavatam

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Sankara, however, commonly accepted to be an avatara of Siva,

realised the significance of the Bhagavatam, characterised by utterances

concerning the joys of bhakti which surpass even the joy of liberation, to

be superior to his own doctrines, and was afraid to upset the views found in

this divinely composed exposition on Vedanta. As will be explained later, he

propagated the doctrine of Advaita at the command of the Lord in order that

the latter's true nature might remain hidden. Still, Sankara desired his own

words to be fruitful, and so touched on the Bhagavatam indirectly, by

describing in such works as his Govindastaka etc. certain events found only

in the Bhagavatam, such as Yasoda's amazement at the vision of the universe

form (of Krsna), Krsna's theft of the Gopi's clothes, etc.

 

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