Text 36] Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version 929

It is one’s mind that generates different kinds of bodies for suffering
different kinds of material pangs. Therefore as long as the mind is absorbed
in fruitive activities, it is to be understood that the mind is absorbed in
nescience, and thus one is sure to again and again be subjected to material
bondage in different bodies until one develops a transcendental love of
Godhead, Vasudeva, the Supreme Person. To become absorbed in the
transcendental name, quality, form and activities of the Supreme Person,
Vasudeva, means to change the temper of the mind from matter to absolute
knowledge, which leads one to the path of absolute realization and thus
frees one from the bondage of material contact and encagements in
different material bodies.

Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada therefore comments on the words
sarvatra sarvadad in the sense that the principles of bhakti-yoga, or
devotional service to the Lord, are apt in all circumstances, i.e., it is
recommended in all the revealed scriptures, it is performed by all
authorities, it is important in all places, it is useful in all causes and
effects, etc. As far as all the revealed scriptures are concerned, he quotes
from the Skanda Purana on the topics of Brahma and Narada as follows:

samsare ’smin maha-ghore janma-mrtyu-samakule
pujanam vdsudevasya tarakam vadibhih smrtam.

In the material world, which is full of darkness and dangers, combined
with birth and death and full with different anxieties, the only way to get
out of the great entanglement is to accept loving transcendental devotional
service of the Lord Vasudeva. This is accepted by all classes of philosophers.

Srila Jiva Gosvami also quotes another common passage which is found
in three Puranas, namely the Padma Purana, the Skanda Purana and Linga
Purana. It runs as follows:

alodya sarva-Sastrani vicarya ca punah punah
idam ekam sunispannam dhyeyo narayanah sada.

“By scrutinizingly reviewing all the revealed scriptures and judging them
again and again, it is now concluded that Lord Narayana is the Supreme
Absolute Truth, and thus He alone should be worshiped.”

The same truth is also indirectly described as follows:
