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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 3]
not at all difficult. Actually, however, one should worship Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the sake of getting liberation.
Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ.  By studying the Vedic literature, one should understand Krṣṇa. As confirmed here,  sarvāgamāmnāya-mahārṇavāya . He is the ocean, and all Vedic knowledge flows toward Him. Therefore, intelligent transcendentalists take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ). This is the ultimate goal.
TEXT 16
गुणारणिच्छन्नचिदुष्मपाय
तत्क्षोभविस्फूर्जितमानसाय ।
नैष्कर्म्यभावेन विवर्जितागम-
खयंप्रकाशाय नमस्करोमि ॥१६॥
guṇāraṇi-cchanna-cid-uṣmapāya tat-kṣobha-visphūrjita-mānasāya naiṣkarmya-bhāvena vivarjitāgama- svayaṁ-prakāśāya namas karomi
guṇa —by the three  guṇas , the modes of material nature ( sattva ,  rajas  and  tamas );  araṇi —by  araṇi  wood;  channa —covered;  cit —of knowledge;  uṣmapāya —unto He whose fire;  tat-kṣobha —of the agitation of the modes of material nature;  visphūrjita —outside;  mānasāya —unto He whose mind;  naiṣkarmya-bhāvena —because of the stage of spiritual understanding;  vivarjita —in those who give up;  āgama —Vedic principles;  svayam —personally;  prakāśāya —unto He who is manifest;  namaḥ karomi —I offer my respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, as the fire in  araṇi  wood is covered, You and Your unlimited knowledge are covered by the material modes of nature. Your mind, however, is not attentive to the activities of the modes of nature. Those who are advanced in spiritual knowledge are not subject to the regulative principles directed in the Vedic