ABSTRACT
The passage selected here for editing comprises the final one-seventh of the Parāmatma-sandarbha. This section of the text has no independent manuscript tradition apart from the Parāmatma-sandarbha, or for that matter, from the ṣaṭ-sandarbha as a whole, nor has it ever been published on its own. It does, however, form a cohesive and potentially self-standing section within the Paramātma-sandarbha. The scope of the passage is delimited by Jīva Gosvāmic’s application of the six indicators of meaning (tātparya-liṅga) to the Bhgāvata PurāṆa in order to determine its ultimate import. Thus, the passage begins with the opening verse of the Bhāgavata and ends with the verse Jīva has selected as the argument (upapatti). Beyond the explanation of the sixth indicator, there is only one sentence which concludes the entire Sandarbha: “pratyavasthāpitam vadantīty ādi padyam,” “The verse beginning with ‘vadanti’ has been firmly established.”
