BRS 1.2.138

In this verse arcana is emphasized, and is thus mentioned as the mūlam or root to glorify it (in comparison to processes other than bhakti). However, the greatness of other aṅgas of bhakti should be understood to be similar. If arcana is absent, another aṅga of bhakti can be performed and fulfill the same function. (The following verse shows the Lord as the source of all knowledge, and the next verse shows that the Lord should thus be worshipped in all circumstances.) kālena naṣṭā pralaye vāṇīyaṁ veda-saṁjṣitā | mayādau brahmaṇe proktā dharmo yasyāṁ mad-ātmakaḥ || By the influence of time, the transcendental sound of Vedic knowledge was lost at the time of annihilation. Therefore, when the subsequent creation took place, I spoke the Vedic knowledge to Brahmā because I Myself am the religious principles enunciated in the Vedas. SB 11.14.3 akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena yajeta puruṣaṁ param A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of material desires, free from material desires, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead. SB 2.3.10 Alternatively, another meaning can be found in the verse. Unless a person worships the Lord, though engaged in other non-devotional processes, he cannot gain his material goals. It is the root of success for all the processes. This is illustrated in the following verse. mantratas tantrataś chidraṁ deśa-kālārha-vastutaḥ sarvaṁ karoti niśchidram anusaṅkīrtanaṁ tava There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and observing the regulative principles, and there may be discrepancies with regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. Nevertheless, when Your Lordship’s holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless. SB 8.23.16 mukha-bāhūru-pādebhyaḥ puruṣasyāśramaiḥ saha catvāro jajṣire varṇā guṇair viprādayaḥ pṛthak Each of the four social orders, headed by the brāhmaṇas, was born through different combinations of the modes of nature, from the face, arms, thighs and feet of the Supreme Lord in His universal form. Thus, the four spiritual orders were also generated. SB 11.5.2 tapasvino dāna-parā yaśasvino manasvino mantra-vidaḥ su-maṅgalāḥ kṣemaṁ na vindanti vinā yad-arpaṇaṁ tasmai subhadra-śravase namo namaḥ Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the all-auspicious Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa again and again because the great learned sages, the great performers of charity, the great workers of distinction, the great philosophers and mystics, the great chanters of the Vedic hymns and the great followers of Vedic principles cannot achieve any fruitful result without dedication of such great qualities to the service of the Lord. SB 2.4.17