Remembrance, Knowledge and forgetfulness

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 sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭo

mattaḥ smṛitir jñānam apohanaṁ cha
vedaiśh cha sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedānta-kṛid veda-vid eva chāham

 I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and from Me come memory, knowledge, as well as forgetfulness. I alone am to be known by all the Vedas, am the author of the Vedant, and the knower of the meaning of the Vedas.
Vedyo, Vedanta krid, Veda vid

Vedyo means iam to be known
Veda vid - knower of meaning of vedas
Vedanta krid - author of vedas

Veda vid - Vedanta Krid - vedyo

I know the vedas; i compiled the vedas; iam to be known thru the vedas

The intellectual faculty is given to know him (smrti jnanam apohanam is knowledge process)
The digestive and the information/knowledge systems are the 2 important systems in the body. All other systems are subservient to these 2 systems.

The Supreme Lord is situated as Paramātmā in everyone’s heart, and it is from Him that all activities are initiated.
The living entity forgets everything of his past life, but he has to act according to the direction of the Supreme Lord, who is witness to all his work.
Therefore he begins his work according to his past deeds. 
Required knowledge is supplied to him, and remembrance is given to him, and he forgets, also, about his past life.
Thus, the Lord is not only all-pervading; He is also localized in every individual heart. He awards the different fruitive results
He is worshipable not only as the impersonal Brahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the localized Paramātmā, but as the form of the incarnation of the Vedas as well.
The Vedas give the right direction to people so that they can properly mold their lives and come back to Godhead, back to home.
a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens.
"the smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mould"

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