Why Study the  Vedantra Sutra ?
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only. That is the law of Nature. In the  Smriti Mantra  also the same thing is confirmed. It is said there that at the beginning of Brahma's millennium the Source from which everything emanates—and, at the end of that millennium, the reservoir that everything enters into—is the Absolute Truth, or Brahman. Material scientists haphazardly take it for granted that the ultimate source of all the planetary systems is the Sun. But they are unable to explain the source of the Sun. Herein the ultimate Source is explained. According to the Vedic literature, Brahma is the creator of this Universe, and yet he also had to meditate to get inspiration for such creation. Therefore Brahma, or the Sun, is not the ultimate creator.
It is stated here in the 1st verse of  Srimad Bhagwatam  that Brahma was taught the Vedic knowledge by the Personality of Godhead. One may argue that Brahma is the original living being within this Universe, and who could then give him inspiration, as there was no second being at that time? In the 1st verse of  Srimad Bhagwatam  it is said that the Supreme Lord inspired the secondary creator, Brahma, who then could go on with the creative functions. What we have already mentioned above about the supervising engineer is applicable here. The Real Mind behind all creative agents is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. In the  Bhagavad Gita  Lord Sri Krishna has Personally admitted that it is He only Who superintends over the creative energy,  Prakriti , or the sum total of matter. Sri Vyasadeva, therefore, worships neither Brahma nor the Sun, but the Supreme Lord Who guides both Brahma and the Sun in their different activities of creation.
In the 1st verse of  Srimad Bhagwatam  the particular Sanscrit words  Avijna  and  Swarat  are significant. These two words distinguish the Lord from all other living entities. No living entity other than the Supreme Being, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is either  Avijna  or  Swarat —i.e., none of the entities are either fully cognizant, or fully independent. Everyone has to learn from the superior all about knowledge. Even Brahma, who is the first living being within this material world, has to meditate upon the Supreme Lord and take help from Him in order to create. When Brahma, or the Sun, cannot create anything without acquiring required knowledge from the superior, then what to speak of the material scientists who are fully dependent on so many things? Jagadish Chandra Bose, Isaac Newton, Prof. Einstein, etc. of the modern scientists who may be boastful of their respective creative energies, were also dependent on the Supreme Lord for so many things. After all, the respective, highly intelligent brains of these gentlemen were certainly not the products of any human being. The brain is created by another agent, other