328 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jAdnam apohanam ca

vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham

“lam seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge
and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, | am to be known; indeed, | am the compiler of
Vedanta, and | am the knower of the Vedas.”

The ultimate goal of studying all Vedic literature is the acceptance of Krsna as
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This Krsna consciousness movement is
propagating the philosophical conclusion of Srila Vyasadeva and following other
great dcaryas like Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnusvami, Nimbarka and Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself.

TEXT 57

SeHteafws: aca fafou
ATATIATD We a feng

ahy Gye fafess gwztats
AVA CAA ASE AAT Ver |

tarko ‘pratisthah srutayo vibhinna
nasav rsir yasya matam na bhinnam

dharmasya tattvam nihitam guhayam
mahdajano yena gatah sa panthah

SYNONYMS

tarkah—dry argument; apratisthah—not fixed; srutayah— Vedas; vibhinnah—
possessing different departments; na—not; asau—that; rsih—great sage; yasya—
whose; matam—opinion; na—not; bhinnam—separate; dharmasya—of religious
principles; tattvam—truth; nihitam—placed; guhdyam—in the heart of a realized
person; mahd-janah—self-realized predecessors; yena—by which way; gatah—
acted; sah—that; panthah—the pure, unadulterated path.

TRANSLATION

“ ‘Dry arguments are inconclusive. A great personality whose opinion does
not differ from others is not considered a great sage. Simply by studying the
Vedas, which are variegated, one cannot come to the right path by which
religious principles are understood. The solid truth of religious principles is
hidden in the heart of an unadulterated self-realized person. Consequently, as
the Sastras confirm, one should accept whatever progressive path the maha-
janas advocate.’
