Learned circles have positively concluded that the infallible purpose of the advancement of knowledge, namely austerities, study of the Vedas, sacrifice, chanting of hymns and charity, culminates in the transcendental descriptions of the Lord, who is defined in choice poetry.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
इदं हि पुंसस्तपसः श्रुतस्य वा स्विष्टस्य सूक्तस्य च बुद्धिदत्तयोः । अविच्युतोऽर्थः कविभिर्निरूपितो यदुत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवर्णनम्
idaṃ hi puṃsastapasaḥ śrutasya vā sviṣṭasya sūktasya ca buddhidattayoḥ | avicyuto'rthaḥ kavibhirnirūpito yaduttamaślokaguṇānuvarṇanam
SB 1.5.22