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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 3]
this connection that  tri-vṛtā  means  prakṛtyā . Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa is the original creator, and Lord Brahmā is the original engineer.
TEXT 28
नम आद्याय बीजाय ज्ञानविज्ञानमूर्तये । प्राणेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिविकारैर्व्यक्तिमीयुषे ॥२८॥
nama ādyāya bījāya jñāna-vijñāna-mūrtaye prāṇendriya-mano-buddhi- vikārair vyaktim īyuṣe
namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances;  ādyāya —unto the original living creature;  bījāya —the seed of the cosmic manifestation;  jñāna —of knowledge;  vijñāna —and of practical application;  mūrtaye —unto the deity or form;  prāṇa —of the life air;  indriya —of the senses;  manaḥ —of the mind;  buddhi —of the intelligence;  vikāraiḥ —by transformations;  vyaktim —manifestation;  īyuṣe —who has obtained.
TRANSLATION
I offer my obeisances to the original personality within this universe, Lord Brahmā, who is cognizant and who can apply his mind and realized intelligence in creating this cosmic manifestation. It is because of his activities that everything within the universe is visible. He is therefore the cause of all manifestations.
PURPORT
The  Vedānta-sūtra  begins by declaring that the Absolute Person is the original source of all creation ( janmādy asya yataḥ ). One may ask whether Lord Brahmā is the Supreme Absolute Person. No, the Supreme Absolute Person is Kṛṣṇa. Brahmā receives his mind, intelligence, materials and everything else from Kṛṣṇa, and then he becomes the secondary creator, the engineer of this universe. In this regard we may note that the creation does not take place accidentally, because of the explosion of a chunk. Such nonsensical theories are not accepted by Vedic students. The first created living being is Brahmā, who is endowed with