They have got four Vedas, eighteen Purāṇas, Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa, Vedānta-sūtra, 108 Upaniṣads, so many, similarly, in other countries also, they have got Bible or Buddhist literature or Muhammadan. They are all scriptures. But you cannot conclude about the Absolute Truth simply by studying scriptures. It is not possible.
Śrutayor vibhinnaḥ. Vibhinnaḥ means there are different . . . every scripture is made according to the time, atmosphere, persons—so many things there are, conditional. Therefore we sometimes find difference in one scripture from another. That is due to circumstances. So śrutayor vibhinnā nāsau munir yasya mataṁ na bhinnam. So far philosophers, great thinkers, muni—muni means great thinker—they have got their different theses. One muni, thinker, or philosopher, is trying to defeat another philosopher. This is going on.
So that is also not the way to understand the Absolute Truth; neither by argument nor by study of scriptures, nor by following different kinds of thinkers and philosophers. Why? Dharmasya tattvaṁ nihitam guhāyāṁ (Mahābhārata, Vana-parva 313.117). The essence of spiritual realization is very secret and confidential. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā that, "I am . . . just now I am speaking to you the most confidential part of knowledge." Sarva-guhyatamaṁ. "Why You are speaking to me the most confidential . . .?" "Because you are My very dear friend." And what is that? Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66), "Give up everything. Simply surrender unto Me."