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TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTĪ
are blind. What is the nature of the original source from whom everything has come, in whom everything exists, and within whom everything will enter? The  Bhāgavatam  (1.1.1) says,  janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ . The word  abhijñaḥ  indicates that the source of everything is completely conscious.
The word  jña  means “knowledge,” and  abhi  means “specific.” We have inadequate knowledge of where we have come from and where we shall go after death, and therefore we are not  abhijña , supremely conscious. But the supreme source is  abhijña . He is not a stone or a void. How could He be? The creation itself is evidence of the consciousness of the Supreme. Everyone can appreciate the cosmic manifestation and how nicely it is working. The sun and moon rise exactly on time, without deviating even one ten-thousandth of a second, and the seasons change in the same way, bringing with them fruits and flowers. In this way the entire cosmic manifestation is going on in a very orderly, systematic way. So unless there is some  abhijña —some very clever intelligence who knows everything—how could all this have been created? Some people say that all this has come from nothing. What is this nonsense? Can such a creation come from nothing? Does this idea show very good reasoning? The  Bhāgavatam  says no.
The  Bhāgavatam  tells us that everything comes from the person who is  abhijña , very intelligent and experienced, and that original intelligent person transmitted knowledge to  ādi-kavi , the original created being, Lord Brahmā ( tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye ). Brahmā, the original created being, has an original source, and he is in contact with that source. We understand that we get knowledge from another person with whom we are face to face. But when Brahmā was created he was alone. Therefore, how did he receive knowledge? That is explained in the  Bhāgavatam: tene brahma hṛdā . The word  hṛdā  means “through the heart.” The Supreme Person, Paramātmā, is within the heart of every living being, including Brahmā. Therefore although Brahmā was alone, he received knowledge dictated by the Supreme. The word  brahma  means “Vedic knowledge.” Thus the Vedic knowledge was given first to Lord Brahmā.
The Vedic knowledge is given to everyone because Kṛṣṇa is within everyone’s heart ( sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ ), but one must be qualified to receive that knowledge. Kṛṣṇa helps us by giving us knowledge both from within as the Supersoul ( caitya-guru ) and from without as the spiritual master.
Brahmā receives knowledge from Kṛṣṇa and distributes that Vedic