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Me.” One who knows Kṛṣṇa perfectly is liberated. As Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.9):
janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” One who understands Kṛṣṇa and abides by His order is a candidate for returning home, back to Godhead. It may be concluded that  dharma , religion, refers to that which is ordered in the  Vedas , and  adharma , irreligion, refers to that which is not supported in the  Vedas .
Dharma  is not actually manufactured by Nārāyaṇa. As stated in the  Vedas ,  asya mahato bhūtasya niśvasitam etad yad ṛg-vedaḥ iti : the injunctions of  dharma  emanate from the breathing of Nārāyaṇa, the supreme living entity. Nārāyaṇa exists eternally and breathes eternally, and therefore  dharma , the injunctions of Nārāyaṇa, also exist eternally. Śrīla Madhvācārya, the original  ācārya  for those who belong to the Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya, says:
vedānām prathamo vaktā harir eva yato vibhuḥ ato viṣṇv-ātmakā vedā ity āhur veda-vādinaḥ
The transcendental words of the  Vedas  emanated from the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Vedic principles should be understood to be Vaiṣṇava principles because Viṣṇu is the origin of the  Vedas . The  Vedas  contain nothing besides the instructions of Viṣṇu, and one who follows the Vedic principles is a Vaiṣṇava. The Vaiṣṇava is not a member of a manufactured community of this material world. A Vaiṣṇava is a real knower of the  Vedas , as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ).