SPD09-02 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.1

SPD09-02
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.1

SPD09-02

[19:51 minutes]

[00:19] [Prabhupada:] om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnaḥ svarat

[00:31] tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ,

[00:40] tejo-vari-mrdam yatha vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mrsa

[00:48] dhamna svena sada nirasta-kuhakam satyam param dhimahi .

[00:57] This is a prayer offered by Srila Vyasadeva before writing Srimad-Bhagavatam.

[01:10] He offers his respectful obeisances to Bhagavate Vasudeva.

[01:20] Bhagavate means the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is known as Vasudeva.

[01:32] He appeared... Lord Krsna appeared as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore He's called Vasudeva.

[01:46] Another meaning is that He is all-pervading. Everywhere He is present.

[01:58] So Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin of everything: janmady asya yataḥ.

[02:11] Janma means creation. Creation of this material world, cosmic manifestation, is from Vasudeva.

[02:27] Janma-adi means creation, maintenance and annihilation.

[02:37] Anything in this material world has three features:

[02:43] it is created at a certain date; it exists for a certain number of years; and then it is dissolved, annihilated.

[02:59] That is called janmady asya-janma-sthiti yaḥ.

[03:06] So everything is taking place from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

[03:14] The cosmic manifestation is also emanating from Him. It is existing on His energy, external energy,

[03:28] or it is being maintained by His external energy. And as everything material dissolves ultimately, or annihilates,

[03:41] so after annihilation the power merges into Him.

[03:52] The power, the energy, is extended from Him and maintained by His energy,

[04:02] and again when it is dissolved, it merges into Him.

[04:08] This is the way of creation, maintenance and dissolution.

[04:20] Now, the question is that the supreme power, or the supreme source,

[04:28] what is the nature of that supreme source? Is it matter or living force?

[04:41] The Bhagavata says, "No, it cannot be matter." From matter nothing is created automatically.

[04:53] We have no such experience.

[04:58] Unless there is some living force behind the matter, there cannot be anything creation.

[05:08] We have no such experience. Just like anything material, suppose the motorcar,

[05:18] it has got all the machine equipped, subtle machines,

[05:27] but still the motorcar cannot move automatically. There must be a driver,

[05:37] and the driver is a living force. Therefore, the original source of everything must be a living force.

[05:49] This is the conclusion of Bhagavatam.

[05:52] And what kind of living force? That means He knows everything. Just like an expert motor mechanic,

[06:07] he knows everything; therefore, he can detect, when the motorcar stalls,

[06:14] he can immediately detect how the motorcar has stopped.

[06:21] So he tightens one screw or does something so that it is again in motion.

[06:33] Therefore in Bhagavatam it says that the original source of all emanation knows everything,

[06:42] 'nvayad itaratas carthesv,

[06:47] directly and indirectly. He's so expert.

[06:55] Just like I am the creator of this body. I am a living soul.

[07:07] As I desired, I have created this body

[07:12] by energy, by my energy. According to my desire, I have produced this body.

[07:21] But although I am claiming "my body," I do not know how the body is working.

[07:30] That is unknown to me.

[07:34] I cut my hair, but I do not know how the hair grows again.

[07:41] I cut my nails, but I do not know how the..., what is the function going on inside so that

[07:52] even after cutting the nails and hairs, again it grows.

[07:57] Neither I do know... I'm eating. I know because I'm eating something substantial,

[08:06] it is transforming into different types of secretion within my abdomen,

[08:14] and the secretion is distributed.

[08:20] I have known it from some medical practitioner or medical science. But so far I am concerned,

[08:29] I do not know how my foodstuff is transformed into blood,

[08:38] how the blood is transmitted in different parts of my body, and then I get again energy.

[08:49] Actually I do not know. But the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He knows,

[08:59] indirectly and directly, both, how this material cosmic manifestation is working.

[09:07] He knows everything: How the sun is rising. How the moon is rising.

[09:16] How the oceans are steady; it is not trespassing on the land.

[09:25] Such a big ocean, it can overflood immediately any city or any land within a second.

[09:38] But it is not doing that. So the direction is there.

[09:44] Therefore Bhagavatam says that the original source of everything is sentient, conscious,

[09:56] and consciously is controlling everything,

[10:01] 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnaḥ. Abhijnaḥ means "completely cognizant."

[10:11] The next question may be raised that wherefrom He got the knowledge? He's the origin.

[10:20] Because we have got this idea that any living being, he gets knowledge from other,

[10:33] just like we have got our knowledge from our spiritual master;

[10:38] my disciples are getting knowledge from me. So their knowledge is also given by somebody.

[10:50] It has got a source. But if the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin,

[10:59] how He got this knowledge of creation, maintenance?

[11:04] The answer is svarat. He did not get knowledge from anyone.

[11:13] He is self-sufficient, Himself, in knowledge. That is the nature of God.

[11:21] He does not require to get knowledge from anyone superior, because nobody can be superior than God,

[11:33] neither equal to God. Asamordhva. Nobody is equal to Him; nobody is greater than Him.

[11:45] Now, we have got experience that the first creature, living creature, within this universe is Lord Brahma.

[11:58] So he also got knowledge without any help of others, because he is the first living creature.

[12:11] So there was no other living creature, so how he got knowledge?

[12:15] So does it mean this original source is Lord Brahma?

[12:22] People may question. But Bhagavata says no. He's the original teacher of this universe-

[12:31] that's all right-but he's also a created being,

[12:37] because the cosmic manifestation was created by God, the Supreme,

[12:50] and after this creation, Brahma was created. Therefore he's a created being,

[12:59] after the cosmic manifestation.

[13:02] And because God, or the Supreme Lord, He's the creator,

[13:11] so He's not one of the created beings. He creates, but He is not created.

[13:18] But Brahma is created. Therefore he gets knowledge from the Supreme Creator, who is independent.

[13:32] Now, the process is just like we approach a teacher, a spiritual master, to get knowledge.

[13:41] So there was no visible living creature before Brahma. So how he got knowledge?

[13:52] The answer is tene brahma hrda adi-kavaye. Adi-kavaye.

[13:59] The first created living being, Brahma, was educated from within the heart.

[14:10] That means Krsna, Vasudeva, or the Supreme Lord, is situated in everyone's heart.

[14:22] He is situated in Brahma's heart also. He is situated in your heart, my heart.

[14:28] And hrda, this very word is used. Hrda means heart. So He can educate anyone from within the heart.

[14:45] But why we are not aware of Him? Theoretically we know,

[14:53] but practically, in our conditioned state, we cannot understand how He is directing us.

[15:00] But He's directing us. That's a fact. Brahma is not ordinary living being;

[15:11] therefore he could take direction from the Supreme Lord within the heart.

[15:19] We can also take, when we are qualified, exactly like Brahma.

[15:28] Brahma appeared to serve the Lord, to fulfill the desire of the Lord.

[15:38] Just like we engage one carpenter, and I ask him to make a cabinet for me.

[15:48] I give him the ingredients, tools or wages, and he creates a cabinet.

[15:57] Similarly, God created the ingredients and the manufacturer also, and Brahma created this universe.

[16:16] But he's not the original creator. The original creator is Krsna.

[16:23] As such, the original proprietor is also Krsna, because He has created the ingredients.

[16:32] Actually, when we work in practical field, the ingredients we cannot create.

[16:47] Suppose we construct a very high skyscraper building. But the ingredients, namely the earth,

[16:57] stone, wood, iron, which are the ingredients of the house, that we cannot create.

[17:07] That is created by God. We simply transform.

[17:12] We take earth, dirt from the earth, and mix it with water. The water is created by God.

[17:22] The earth is created by God. Then we mix it and make a lumplike brick and put it in the fire.

[17:34] The fire is also created by God.

[17:37] In this way, if we study scrutinizingly the ingredients and the materials which we are handling,

[17:47] they are not our creation; they are creation of God.

[17:54] We simply handle them. But because we handle them, it does not become our property.

[18:04] This is sense. Suppose I am worker, I'm handling some other things, materials, and preparing something.

[18:17] So that does not mean when the thing is manufactured, complete, it become my property.

[18:24] No. How it can be? Therefore, the philosophy is that everything belongs to Krsna, God.

[18:35] I also belong to Him. And whatever I do, manufacture, that also belongs to Him.

[18:44] This sense: to understand that everything belongs to God; I also belong to God,

[18:52] my intelligence also belong to God, the ingredients, or physical elements with which I work,

[19:01] that also belongs to God. Then where is the scope for my claiming that I am proprietor?

[19:11] This is called illusion.

[19:15] So this Krsna consciousness movement is meant for reviving the original consciousness of the

[19:27] human society, because in the cats and dogs or animals, such consciousness cannot be invoked.

[19:42] They are so dull. And in the lower stage of consciousness, it is not possible for them to understand.

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