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तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानत: || 46||
Whatever purpose that is served by a small well of water can at once be served by a vast lake; Similarly, all the purpose in all Vedic scriptures are realized to he knows the Ultimate Truth.
The purpose served by the well is very well served a large reservoir of water. We can use the water of the pond for all the purposes such as drinking, washing, and bathing for which in the past we used the water of well.
Similar to that, the results of all the rituals prescribed in the Vedic scriptures can be attained when a person realizes the Ultimate Truth as the bliss of the Ultimate Truth encompasses all of the finite joys attained by performing the various rituals described in the Vedas.
When we attain liberation by knowing the Ultimate Truth, all of the gains that we were to gain by performing the rituals is attained in that single gain of…
