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sarvasya cÄhaá¹ há¹›di sanniviṣṭo
mattaḥ smá¹›tir jñÄnam apohanaá¹ ca
vedaiÅ› ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedÄnta-ká¹›d veda-vid eva cÄham

415 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: BG(1) , CC(21) , Iso(1) , KB(1) , LBG(87) , LCC(13) , LISO(1) , LSB(134) , NBS(2) , SB(79) , TLC(1) , TLKS(72) , TQK(2)

 sarvasya - of all living beings; ca - and; aham - I; há¹›di - in the heart; sanniviṣṭaḥ - situated; mattaḥ - from Me; smá¹›tiḥ - remembrance; jñÄnam - knowledge; apohanam - forgetfulness; ca - and; vedaiḥ - by the Vedas; ca - also; sarvaiḥ - all; aham - I am; eva - certainly; vedyaḥ - knowable; vedÄnta-ká¹›t - the compiler of the VedÄnta; veda-vit - the knower of the Vedas; eva - certainly; ca - and; aham - I.


Text

I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of VedÄnta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.

Purport

The Supreme Lord is situated as ParamÄtmÄ in everyone’s heart, and it is from Him that all activities are initiated. The living entity forgets everything of his past life, but he has to act according to the direction of the Supreme Lord, who is witness to all his work. Therefore he begins his work according to his past deeds. Required knowledge is supplied to him, and remembrance is given to him, and he forgets, also, about his past life. Thus, the Lord is not only all-pervading; He is also localized in every individual heart. He awards the different fruitive results. He is worshipable not only as the impersonal Brahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the localized ParamÄtmÄ, but as the form of the incarnation of the Vedas as well. The Vedas give the right direction to people so that they can properly mold their lives and come back to Godhead, back to home. The Vedas offer knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa in His incarnation as VyÄsadeva is the compiler of the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra. The commentation on the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra by VyÄsadeva in the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam gives the real understanding of VedÄnta-sÅ«tra. The Supreme Lord is so full that for the deliverance of the conditioned soul He is the supplier and digester of foodstuff, the witness of his activity, and the giver of knowledge in the form of the Vedas and as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the teacher of the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ. He is worshipable by the conditioned soul. Thus God is all-good; God is all-merciful.

Antaḥ-praviṣṭaḥ Å›ÄstÄ janÄnÄm. The living entity forgets as soon as he quits his present body, but he begins his work again, initiated by the Supreme Lord. Although he forgets, the Lord gives him the intelligence to renew his work where he ended his last life. So not only does a living entity enjoy or suffer in this world according to the dictation from the Supreme Lord situated locally in the heart, but he receives the opportunity to understand the Vedas from Him. If one is serious about understanding the Vedic knowledge, then Kṛṣṇa gives the required intelligence. Why does He present the Vedic knowledge for understanding? Because a living entity individually needs to understand Kṛṣṇa. Vedic literature conï¬rms this: yo ’sau sarvair vedair gÄ«yate. In all Vedic literature, beginning from the four Vedas, VedÄnta-sÅ«tra and the Upaniá¹£ads and PurÄṇas, the glories of the Supreme Lord are celebrated. By performance of Vedic rituals, discussion of the Vedic philosophy and worship of the Lord in devotional service, He is attained. Therefore the purpose of the Vedas is to understand Kṛṣṇa. The Vedas give us direction by which to understand Kṛṣṇa and the process of realizing Him. The ultimate goal is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. VedÄnta-sÅ«tra (1.1.4) conï¬rms this in the following words: tat tu samanvayÄt. One can attain perfection in three stages. By understanding Vedic literature one can understand his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by performing the different processes one can approach Him, and at the end one can attain the supreme goal, who is no other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this verse the purpose of the Vedas, the understanding of the Vedas, and the goal of the Vedas are clearly deï¬ned.