62 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
tac chraddadhanaé munayo
Jiiana-vairagya-yuktaya
pasyanty Gtmani cétmanam
bhaktya sruta-grhitaya
“The seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowl-
edge and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devo-
tional service in terms of what he has heard from the Veddnta-sruti.”
(Bhag. 1.2.12) The word Sruta-grhitaya refers to Vedanta knowledge,
not sentimentality. Sruta-grhita is sound knowledge.

Lord Visnu, Brahma thus realized, is the reservoir of all truth, knowl-
edge and bliss. He is the combination of these three transcendental
features, and He is the object of worship for the followers of the
Upanisads. Brahma realized that all the different forms of cows, boys
and calves transformed into Visnu forms were not transformed by
mysticism of the type that a yogi or demigod can display by specific
powers invested in him. The cows, calves and boys transformed into
visnu-mirtis, or Visnu forms, were not displays of visnu-mayd, or Visnu
energy, but were Visnu Himself. The respective qualifications of Visnu
and visnu-mayé are just like those of fire and heat. In heat there is the
qualification of fire, namely warmth; and yet heat is not fire. The
manifestation of the Visnu forms of the boys, cows and calves was not
like the heat, but rather like the fire—they were all actually Visnu. Fac-
tually, the qualification of Visnu is full truth, full knowledge and full
bliss. Another example may be given with material objects, which may
be reflected in many, many forms. For example, the sun is reflected in
many waterpots, but the reflections of the sun in many pots are not ac-
tually the sun. There is no actual heat and light from the sun in the pot,
although it appears as the sun. But each and every one of the forms
Krsna assumed was fully Visnu.

We should discuss Srimad-Bhdagavatam daily as much as possible, and
then everything will be clarified, for Bhagavatam is the essence of all
Vedic literature (nigama-kalpataror galitarn phalam). It was written by
Vydsadeva (mahamuni-krte) when he was self-realized. Thus the more
we read Srimad-Bhagavatam, the more its knowledge becomes clear.
Each and every verse is transcendental.
