Prayers Offered by Lord Brahma to Lord Krsna 99

realization, they conclude that the Supreme Lord has no qualities. But
that is actually not the position. The real position is that He is the original
source of all qualities. All qualities are emanating constantly from Him.
How, therefore, can a limited person count the qualities of the Lord? One
may estimate the qualities of the Lord for one moment, but the next
moment the qualities are increased; so it is not possible to make an
estimation of the transcendental qualities of the Lord. He is therefore
called nirguna. His qualities cannot be estimated.

One should not uselessly labor in mental speculation to estimate the
Lord’s qualities. There is no need of adopting the speculative method or
exercising the body to attain mystic yoga perfection. One should simply
understand that the distress and happiness of this body are predestined;
there is no need to try to avoid the distress of this bodily existence or to
attempt to achieve happiness by different types of exercises. The best
course is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead with
body, mind and words and always be engaged in His service. This transcen-
dental labor is fruitful, but other attempts to understand the Absolute
Truth are never successful. Therefore an intelligent man does not try to
understand the Supreme Person, Absolute Truth, by speculative or mystic
power. Rather, he engages in devotional service and depends on the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. He knows that whatever may happen to
the body is due to his past fruitive activities. If one lives such a simple life
in devotional service, then automatically he can inherit the transcendental
abode of the Lord. Actually, every living entity is part and parcel of the
Supreme Lord and a son of the Godhead. Each has the natural right to
inherit and share the transcendental pleasures of the Lord, but due to the
contact of matter, conditioned living entities have been practically dis-
inherited. If ene adopts the simple method of engaging himself in
devotional service, automatically he becomes eligible to become freed
from the material contamination and elevated to the transcendental
position of associating with the Supreme Lord.

Lord Brahma presented himself to Lord Krsna as the most presumptuous
living creature because he wanted to examine the wonder of His personal
power. He stole the boys and calves of the Lord in order to see how the
Lord would recover them. After his maneuver, Lord Brahma admitted
that his attempt was most presumptuous, for he was attempting to test his
energy before the person of original energy. Coming to his senses, Lord
Brahma saw that although he was a very powerful living creature in the
estimation of all other living creatures within this material world, in
comparison to the power and energy of the Supreme Personality of
