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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 24]
praṇītam.  No one can introduce a new type of religion, for religion is already there, having been established by Lord Kṛṣṇa. In  Bhagavad-gītā  Kṛṣṇa informs us of the original  dharma  and asks us to give up all kinds of religious principles. The real  dharma  is surrender unto Him. In the  Mahābhārata , it is also said:
ye ca veda-vido viprā ye cādhyātma-vido janāḥ te vadanti mahātmānaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ dharmaṁ sanātanam
The purport is that one who has studied the  Vedas  perfectly, who is a perfect  vipra , or knower of the  Vedas , who knows what spiritual life actually is, speaks about Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person, as one's  sanātana-dharma . Lord Śiva therefore teaches us the principles of  sanātana-dharma .
TEXT 43
शक्तित्रयसमेताय मीढुषेऽहंकृतात्मने । चेतजाकृतिरूपाय नमो वाचोविमृतये ॥४३॥
śakti-traya-sametāya mīḍhuṣe 'haṅkṛtātmane ceta-ākūti-rūpāya namo vāco vibhūtaye
śakti-traya—three kinds of energies; sametāya—unto the reservoir; mīḍhuṣe—unto Rudra; ahaṅkṛta-ātmane—the source of egotism; cetaḥ—knowledge; ākūti—eagerness to work; rūpāya—unto the form of; namaḥ—my obeisances; vācaḥ—unto the sound; vibhūtaye—unto the different types of opulences.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, You are the supreme controller of the worker, sense activities, and results of sense activities [karma]. Therefore You are the controller of the body, mind and the senses. You are also the supreme controller of egotism, known as Rudra. You are the source of knowledge and the activities of the Vedic injunctions.
PURPORT
Everyone acts under the dictation of the ego. Therefore Lord Śiva is trying to purify false egotism through the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since Lord Śiva, or Rudra, is himself the controller of egotism, he indirectly wants to be purified by the mercy of the Lord so that his real egotism can be awakened. Of course Lord Rudra is always spiritually awake, but for our benefit he is praying in this way. For the