Text 29] Hiraṇyakaśipu's Plan to Become Immortal
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perfect knowledge and intelligence by the Lord. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ,  tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye : although Brahmā is the first created being, he is not independent, for he receives help from the Supreme Personality of Godhead through his heart. There is no one but Brahmā at the time of creation, and therefore he receives his intelligence directly from the Lord through the heart. This has been discussed in the beginning of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
Lord Brahmā is described in this verse as the original cause of the cosmic manifestation, and this applies to his position in the material world. There are many, many such controllers, all of whom are created by the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. This is illustrated by an incident described in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta . When the Brahmā of this particular universe was invited by Kṛṣṇa to Dvārakā, he thought that he was the only Brahmā. Therefore when Kṛṣṇa inquired from His servant which Brahmā was at the door to visit, Lord Brahmā was surprised. He replied that of course Lord Brahmā, the father of the four Kumāras, was waiting at the door. Later, Lord Brahmā asked Kṛṣṇa why He had inquired which Brahmā had come. He was then informed that there are millions of other Brahmās because there are millions of universes. Kṛṣṇa then called all the Brahmās, who immediately came to visit Him. The  catur-mukha  Brahmā, the four-headed Brahmā of this universe, thought himself a very insignificant creature in the presence of so many Brahmās with so many heads. Thus although there is a Brahmā who is the engineer of each universe, Kṛṣṇa is the original source of all of them.
TEXT 29
त्वमीशिषे जगतस्तस्युषश्च 
    प्राणेन मुख्येन पतिः प्रजानाम् । 
    चित्तस्य चित्तैर्मनः न्द्रियाणां 
    पतिर्महान् भूतगुणाशयेशः ॥२९॥
tvam īśiṣe jagatas tasthuṣaś ca 
    prāṇena mukhyena patiḥ prajānām 
    cittasya cittair mana-indriyāṇām 
    patir mahān bhūta-guṇāśayeśaḥ