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TEXT 15 sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
SYNONYMS  sarvasya--of
all living beings; ca--and; aham--I; hrdi--in the
heart; sannivistah--being situated; mattah--from Me; smrtih--remembrance;
jnanam--knowledge; apohanam ca--and forgetfulness; vedaih--by
the Vedas; ca--also; sarvaih--all; aham--I
am; eva--certainly; vedyah--knowable; vedanta-krt--the
compiler of the Vedanta; veda-vit--the knower of the Vedas;
eva--certainly; ca--and; aham--I.
TRANSLATION 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 Vedanta,
and I am the knower of the Vedas.
PURPORT The Supreme
Lord is situated as Paramatma 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 not only worshipable as
the impersonal Brahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the localized
Paramatma, but as the form of the incarnation of the Vedas as well.
The Vedas give the right direction to the 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, Krsna, and Krsna
in His incarnation as Vyasadeva is the compiler of the Vedanta-sutra.
The commentation on the Vedanta-sutra by Vyasadeva in the Srimad-Bhagavatam
gives the real understanding of Vedanta-sutra. 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, the giver of knowledge
in the form of Vedas and as the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Sri Krsna, the teacher of the Bhagavad-gita. He is worshipable by
the conditioned soul. Thus God is all-good; God is all-merciful.
Antah-pravistah
sasta jananam. 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 in 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 Vedas
from Him. If one is serious to understand the Vedic knowledge, then Krsna
gives the required intelligence. Why does He present the Vedic knowledge
for understanding? Because a living entity individually needs to understand
Krsna. Vedic literature confirms this: yo 'sau sarvair vedair giyate.
In all Vedic literature, beginning from the four Vedas, Vedanta-sutra
and the Upanisads and Puranas, the glories of the Supreme
Lord are celebrated. By performing Vedic rituals, discussing the Vedic
philosophy and worshiping the Lord in devotional service, He is attained.
Therefore the purpose of the Vedas is to understand Krsna. The Vedas
give us direction to understand Krsna and the process of understanding.
The ultimate goal is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vedanta-sutra
confirms this in the following words: tat tu samanvayat. One can
attain perfection by understanding Vedic literature, and one can understand
his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by performing
the different processes. Thus one can approach Him and at the end attain
the supreme goal, who is no other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In this verse, however, the purpose of the Vedas, the understanding
of the Vedas and the goal of the Vedas are clearly defined.
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