6 / Sources of Absolute Knowledge
We require to hear about the method of relishing the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the most elevated text on the science of God consciousness, the matured and ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic wisdom. The Sanskrit word  rasa  means juice, just like the juice of an orange or a mango. And the author of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  requests that you kindly try to taste the  rasa , or juice, of the fruit of the  Bhāgavatam . Why? Why shall I taste the juice of the fruit of the  Bhāgavatam ? Because it is the ripened fruit of the Vedic desire tree. As a desire tree, whatever you want you can have from the  Vedas .  Veda  means knowledge; it is so complete that whether you want to enjoy in this material world or you want to enjoy spiritual life, both kinds of knowledge are there. If you follow the Vedic principles, then you will be happy. This is like the codes of the state. If the citizens obey, then they will be happy, there will be no criminal trespassing, and they will enjoy life. The state does not come to you for nothing just to trouble you, but if you live according to the state law there is no question of unhappiness.
Similarly, this conditioned soul, the living entity, has come here to this material world for enjoyment and for material happiness. And the  Vedas  are the guidance: all right, enjoy—but you enjoy according to these principles. That is called  Veda . Therefore, everything is there. Just as we sometimes perform a marriage ceremony in the temple. What is this marriage ceremony? It is the combination of man and woman,