He came to know: 'Food is Brahman.' For indeed, all these beings spring forth from food alone; sustained by food they live; and into food they return and dissolve at the end. Having grasped this, he approached his father Varuṇa again and said: 'Revered one, teach me further about Brahman.' Varuṇa replied: 'Seek Brahman through austerity; austerity itself is Brahman.' Bhṛgu set himself again to contemplative heat, and having practised austerity...
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One attains Perfect Knowledge when one sees God in man.
We have been given this human life to understand the all-pervading, omnipresent God. This knowledge can only be given by someone who has themselves realized God. Life becomes truly happy only after meeting such a God-realized person.
Because you desired wisdom above all else, and did not ask for victory over your enemies, or riches, or long life, I will give you not only the wisdom you asked for to rule my people righteously, but also the things you did not ask for: riches, wealth, and glory, so that there will be no king like you before or after you.
There are two ways: one of knowledge and one of action. Action without knowledge, although it may be good, is ignorant and imperfect, but knowledge, even if it be unaccompanied by action, is glorious and noble.