Practice Bhagavata-dharma from childhood, for eternal religious principles cannot be changed or manufactured.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.1–2 — September 6, 1973, Stockholm 730906S2-STOCKHOLM [46:00 Minutes] SB-07.06.01–02_730906S2-STOCKHOLM Prabhupāda: kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam [SB 7.6.1] yathā hi puruṣasyeha viṣṇoḥ pādopasarpaṇam yad eṣa sarva-bhūtānāṁ priya ātmeśvaraḥ suhṛt [SB 7.6.2] I am reciting some verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the essence of Vedic literature. It is said, nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalam idam [SB 1.1.3]. Just like a big tree. What is the essential thing in the big tree?
That is the fruit. Suppose a mango tree, big mango tree. But what we want from the mango tree? The mango.
And if the mango is ripened, still, it is very nice. So it is compared, nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalam [SB 1.1.3]. Nigama means Vedic literature. Veda, Veda means knowledge. Vetti veda vidoḥ jñāne vinte vid vicaraṇe.
So vid-dhātu, those who are Sanskrit scholars here, they'll understand. Vid means to know, knowledge. So Vedic literature means to receive knowledge, authoritative knowledge. Not false knowledge.
False knowledge... There is difference between false knowledge and authoritative knowledge. So far we are concerned at the present moment, whatever knowledge we are giving or accepting, they are more or less false knowledge. Not authoritative knowledge. Just like we are studying the outer space, so many scientists are studying.
But still they cannot give any perfect information of all the planets. Although we see, actually, we are seeing daily. Take for example the sun planet. We see every morning the sun is there.
But actually we do not know what is the sun planet. There are..., may be so many theories, but actually, we do not know what is the sun planet. But we can understand from the Vedic literature, the sun planet is as good as this planet. There are also cities, towns, houses and population, and it is very big. This information we get from the Vedic knowledge.