bhagavÄn — 'sambandha', bhakti — 'abhidheya' haya
premÄ — 'prayojana', vede tina-vastu kaya
bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sambandha - relationship; bhakti - devotional service; abhidheya - transcendental activities; haya - is; premÄ - love of Godhead; prayojana - the ultimate goal of life; vede - the Vedas; tina-vastu - three subject matters; kaya - describe.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu continued, “The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the central point of all relationships, acting in devotional service to Him is one’s real occupation, and the attainment of love of Godhead is the ultimate goal of life. These three subject matters are described in the Vedic literature.
In the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.15) Lord Kṛṣṇa confirms this statement: vedaiÅ› ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ. The actual purpose in reading the Vedas is to learn how to become a devotee of the Supreme Lord. The Lord Himself advises, man-manÄ bhava mad-bhakto mad-yÄjÄ« mÄá¹ namaskuru (Bg. 9.34). Therefore, after studying the Vedas, one must then execute devotional service by thinking always of the Supreme Lord (man-manÄ), becoming His devotee, worshiping Him and always offering Him obeisances. This is called viṣṇu-ÄrÄdhana, and it is the supreme occupational duty of all human beings. It is properly discharged in the varṇÄÅ›rama-dharma system, which divides society into brahmacarya, gá¹›hastha, vÄnaprastha and sannyÄsa and brÄhmaṇa, ká¹£atriya, vaiÅ›ya and śūdra. This is the whole scheme of Vedic civilization. However, this institution is very difficult to establish in this age; therefore ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu advises that we not worry about the Vedic system of varṇÄÅ›rama-dharma. Rather, we should take directly to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and simply hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead from pure devotees. This is the process recommended by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, and this is the purpose for studying the Vedas.
