124 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch, 2
TRANSLATION

In the revealed scriptures, the ultimate object of knowledge is Sri
Krsna, the Personality of Godhead. The purpose of performing sacrifice is
to please Him. Yoga is for realizing Him. All fruitive activities are ulti-
mately rewarded by Him only. He is supreme knowledge, and all severe
austerities are performed to know Him. Religion [dharma] is rendering
loving service unto Him. He is the supreme goal of life.

PURPORT

That Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, is the only object of
worship is confirmed in these two slokas. In the Vedic literature there is
the same objective: establishing one’s relationship and ultimately reviving
our lost loving service unto Him. That is the sum and substance of the
Vedas. In the Bhagavad-gita the same theory is confirmed by the Lord in
His own words: the ultimate purpose of the Vedas is to know Him only.
All the revealed scriptures are prepared by the Lord through His incarna-
tion in the body of Srila Vyasadeva just to remind the fallen souls
conditioned by material nature of Sri Krsna the Personality of Godhead.
No demigod can award freedom from material bondage. That is the
verdict of all the Vedic literatures. Impersonalists who have no informa-
tion of the Personality of Godhead minimize the omnipotency of the
Supreme Lord and put Him on equal footing with all other living
beings, and for this act such impersonalists get freedom from material
bondage with great difficulty. They can only surrender unto Him after
many, many births and culture of transcendental knowledge.

One may argue that the Vedic activities are based on sacrificial cere-
monies. That is true. But all such sacrifices are also meant for realizing the
truth about Vasudeva. Another name of Vasudeva is Yajiia (sacrifice), and
in the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly stated that all sacrifices and all activities
are to be conducted for the satisfaction of Yajiia or Visnu the Personality
of Godhead. This is the case also with the yoga systems. Yoga means to
get into touch with the Supreme Lord. The process, however, includes
several bodily features such as dsana, dhyana, pranayama, meditation, etc.,
and all of them are meant for concentrating upon the localized aspect of
Vasudeva represented as Paramatma. Paramatmi realization is but partial
realization of Vasudeva, and if one is successful in that attempt, one
realizes Vasudeva in full. But by ill luck most of the yogis are stranded
by the powers of mysticism achieved through the bodily process. Ill-fated
yogis are given a chance in the next birth by being placed in the families of
