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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 13]
tac chraddadhānā munayo jñāna-vairagya-yuktayā paśyanty ātmani cātmānam bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā
“The seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowledge and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devotional service in terms of what he has heard from the  Vedānta-śruti .” ( Bhāg.  1.2.12) The word  śruta-gṛhītayā  refers to  Vedānta  knowledge, not sentimentality.  Śruta-gṛhīta  is sound knowledge.
Lord Viṣṇu, Brahmā thus realized, is the reservoir of all truth, knowledge and bliss. He is the combination of these three transcendental features, and He is the object of worship for the followers of the  Upaniṣads . Brahmā realized that all the different forms of cows, boys and calves transformed into Viṣṇu forms were not transformed by mysticism of the type that a  yogī  or demigod can display by specific powers invested in him. The cows, calves and boys transformed into  viṣṇu-mūrtis , or Viṣṇu forms, were not displays of  viṣṇu-māyā , or Viṣṇu energy, but were Viṣṇu Himself. The respective qualifications of Viṣṇu and  viṣṇu-māyā  are just like those of fire and heat. In heat there is the qualification of fire, namely warmth; and yet heat is not fire. The manifestation of the Viṣṇu forms of the boys, cows and calves was not like the heat, but rather like the fire—they were all actually Viṣṇu. Factually, the qualification of Viṣṇu is full truth, full knowledge and full bliss. Another example may be given with material objects, which may be reflected in many, many forms. For example, the sun is reflected in many waterpots, but the reflections of the sun in many pots are not actually the sun. There is no actual heat and light from the sun in the pot, although it appears as the sun. But each and every one of the forms  Kṛṣṇa  assumed was fully Viṣṇu.
We should discuss  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  daily as much as possible, and then everything will be clarified, for  Bhāgavatam  is the essence of all Vedic literature ( nigama-kalpataror galitam phalam ). It was written by Vyāsadeva ( mahāmuni-kṛte ) when he was self-realized. Thus the more we read  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the more its knowledge becomes clear. Each and every verse is transcendental.