Lord Krsna also explains (Bhagavad-gita 2.45):
"The Vedas mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of them."
What is the need for any further explanation? In Bhagavad-gita (16.23-24) the Supreme Personality of Godhead declares:
"But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whim attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.
"One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be elevated."
In the Manu-samhita, Chapter Twelve, it is said:
"The eternal Vedic scriptures maintain and protect all living beings. Therefore, I think they describe the best path for the living entities to follow."
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Often people try so hard to find happiness through sense pleasure that they may attempt to gratify several or all of their senses at the same time. For example, you may simultaneously be watching TV, listening to the radio, munching potato chips, sipping beer, and smoking a cigarette. Perhaps you may have your arm around the shoulders of your girlfriend or boyfriend. You may also have a magazine at your side, which you look at during commercials. You try to fill up every sense; yet still you’re not satisfied; still you want something more.
Science of Identity Foundation - Siddhaswarupananda
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In Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna asks Lord Krsna:
"O Krsna, what is the situation of one who does not follow the principles of scripture but worships according to his own imagination? Is he in goodness, in passion or in ignorance?"
Lord Krsna replied (Bhagavad-gita 17.28):
"But sacrifices, austerities and charities performed without faith in the Supreme are non permanent. O son of Prtha, regardless of whatever rites are performed. They are called asat and are useless both in this life and the next."
Manu also explains:
"Better than the materialistic fools are they who follow the scriptures. Better than the followers of scripture are they who meditate on the Supreme. Better than the meditators are they who are situated in transcendental knowledge. Better than these enlightened souls are the devotees, who are active in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
In Srimad Bhagavatam (11.21.23) the Supreme Personality of Godhead explains:
"Those statements of scripture promising fruitive rewards do not prescribe the ultimate good for men, but are merely enticements for executing beneficial religious duties, like promises of candy spoken to induce a child to take beneficial medicine."
