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The ultimate purpose of Veda is to understand Krsna. - Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam (BG 15.15). So Krsna or the sadhu and sastra does not stop your material activities. Because you have to act materially so long you have got this material body

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"The ultimate purpose of Veda is to understand Kṛṣṇa" |"Ultimate. Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam. So Kṛṣṇa or the sādhu and śāstra does not stop your material activities. Because you have to act materially so long you have got this material body"

Lectures

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

So in the Bhagavad-gītā also the Lord says, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam (BG 15.15): "The ultimate purpose of Veda is to understand Kṛṣṇa." Ultimate. Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam. So Kṛṣṇa or the sādhu and śāstra does not stop your material activities. Because you have to act materially so long you have got this material body, so they give regulation how you should act, so that ultimately you can reach to Kṛṣṇa.

So there are different kinds of knowledge in the Vedas. Veda is a vast knowledge. Even how we shall live in this material world, that is also described. Even medicine, medicine, the science of medicine is also described in Vedas. That is called Āyur-veda. The science of military science also described there in the Vedas. That is called Dhanur-veda. Yajur-veda . . . so many Vedas there are. And ultimately the knowledge is there, how to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth and how to get yourself liberated. That is . . . these are the subject matter of Vedas.

So in the Bhagavad-gītā also the Lord says, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam (BG 15.15): "The ultimate purpose of Veda is to understand Kṛṣṇa." Ultimate. Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam. So Kṛṣṇa or the sādhu and śāstra does not stop your material activities. Because you have to act materially so long you have got this material body, so they give regulation how you should act, so that ultimately you can reach to Kṛṣṇa.

So if we follow the regulation given in the Vedas, then automatically we reach to the highest stage of perfection. That is the purpose of Vedas. Therefore you'll find different subject matter dealt in Vedas, and unless we have a bona fide teacher of the Vedas, it is very difficult to understand Vedic language and take advantage of it.

Therefore Lord Caitanya says that "The subject matter of the Vedas we must understand." And what is that subject matter? That we must know our relationship with God, or with each other, or with this nature, or this world—then what is our action, regulated action—then the prayojana, the ultimate goal of life is reached. 'Kṛṣṇa'-prāpya sambandha, 'bhakti'-prāptyera sādhana. The ultimate end is to reach Kṛṣṇa, or to get Kṛṣṇa. Ultimate end. And that is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā: vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyam (BG 15.15). The ultimate purpose of the Vedas is to reach Kṛṣṇa. That's all. So this is the ultimate goal of life, and Vedas describes this, and Caitanya Mahāprabhu is describing also. We shall come to this point gradually.

Page Title:The ultimate purpose of Veda is to understand Krsna. - Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam (BG 15.15). So Krsna or the sadhu and sastra does not stop your material activities. Because you have to act materially so long you have got this material body
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-10-02, 13:09:55
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1