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The Cause of All Causes
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Transcendental knowledge regarding the soul and the Supersoul includes knowledge of the phenomenal world and the basis of its creation. In the phenomenal world three things are factually observed by any intelligent man: the living beings, the manifest world, and the ultimate control over them. The intelligent man can see that neither the living entity nor the phenomenal world are creations of chance. The symmetry of creation and its regulative actions and reactions suggests the plan of an intelligent brain behind them, and, by genuine inquiry, one may find out the ultimate cause with the help of one who knows them factually.
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सर्वं ह्येतद् भवान् वेद भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः । करामलकवद् विश्वं विज्ञानावसितं तव ॥ ३ ॥
sarvam hy etad bhavān veda bhūta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuḥ karāmalaka-vad viśvam vijñānāvasitam tava
sarvam —all and everything;  hi —certainly;  etat —this;  bhavān —your good self;  veda —know;  bhūta —all that is created or born;  bhavya —all that will be created or born;  bhavat —all that is being created;  prabhuḥ —you, the master of everything;  kara-āmalaka-vat —just like a walnut within your grip;  viśvam —the universe;  vijñāna-avasitam —within your knowledge scientifically;  tava —your.
TRANSLATION
My dear father, all this is known to you scientifically because whatever was created in the past, whatever will be created in the future, or whatever is being created at present, as well as everything within the universe, is within your grip, just like a walnut.
PURPORT
Brahmā is the direct creator of the manifested universe and everything within the universe. He therefore knows what happened in the past, what will happen in the future, and what is happening at present. Three principal