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Šri Caitanya  caritāmeta
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sarvajña munira vākya  —  śāstra-‘paramāṇa’ āmā-sabā iīvera bava śāstra-dvārā ‘iñāna’
SYNONYMS
sarva-jña munira vākya —the words of the omniscient  muni  (Vyāsadeva);  śāstra-paramāṇa —evidence of revealed scriptures;  āmā-sabā —all of us;  jīvera —of the conditioned souls;  haya —there is;  śāstra-dvārā —through the medium of revealed scriptures;  jñāna —knowledge.
TRANSLATION
“The Vedic literatures composed by the omniscient Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva are evidence of all spiritual existence. Only through these revealed scriptures can all conditioned souls attain knowledge.
PURPORT
Foolish people try to concoct knowledge by manufacturing something in their brains. That is not the real way of knowledge. Knowledge is  śabda-pramāṇa , evidence from Vedic literature. Śrīla Vyāsadeva is called Mahāmuni. He is also known as Vedavyāsa because he has compiled so many  śāstras . He has divided the  Vedas  into four divisions— Sāma ,  Rg ,  Yajur  and  Atharva . He has expanded the  Vedas  into eighteen  Purāṇas  and has summarized Vedic knowledge in the  Vedānta-sūtra . He also compiled the  Mahābhārata , which is accepted as the fifth  Veda .  Bhagavad-gītā  is contained within the  Mahābhārata . Therefore  Bhagavad-gītā  is also Vedic literature ( smṛti ). Some of the Vedic literatures are called  śrutis , and some are called  smṛtis . Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends in  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.2.101):
śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā aikāntikī harer bhaktir utpātāyaiva kalpate
Unless one refers to  śāstra  ( śruti ,  smṛti  and  purāṇādi ), one's spiritual activity simply disturbs society. There is no king or government to check people, and therefore society has fallen into a chaotic condition as far as spiritual understanding is concerned. Taking advantage of this chaotic condition, many rascals have appeared and proclaimed themselves incarnations of God. As a result, the entire population is indulging in sinful activities such as illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Out of many sinful people, many incarnations of God are emerging. This is a very regrettable situation, especially in India.