Text 35] The Lord in the Heart 119

TRANSLATION

The great personality Brahma, with great attention and concentration
of the mind, studied the Vedas three times and, after scrutinizingly exam-
ining them, ascertained that attraction for the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Sri Krsna is the highest perfection of religion.

PURPORT

Srila Sukadeva Gosvamiis referring to the highest Vedic authority, Lord
Brahma, who is the qualitative incarnation of Godhead. The Vedas were
taught to Brahmaji in the beginning of the material creation. Although
Brahmaji was to hear Vedic instructions directly from the Personality of
Godhead, in order to satisfy the inquisitiveness of all prospective students
of the Vedas, Brahmaji, just like a scholar, studied the Vedas three times,
as is generally done by all scholars. He studied with great attention, con-
centrating on the purpose of the Vedas, and after scrutinizingly examining
the whole process, he ascertained that becoming a pure unalloyed devotee
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna is the topmost perfection
of all religious principles. And this is the last instruction of the Bhagavad-
gita directly presented by the Personality of Godhead. The Vedic con-
clusion is thus accepted by all acaryas, and those who are against this
conclusion are only veda-vada-ratas, as explained in the Bhagavad-gita

(Bg. 2.42).

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bhagavan sarva-bhiitesu
laksitah svatmana harih

drsyair buddhyadibhir drasta
laksanair anumapakath

bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; sarva—all; bhittesu—in the living
entities; laksitah—is visible; sva-dtmand—along with the self; harth—the
