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and legs, and while playing touches the body of the mother, is the mother
offended with the child? Of course she isn’t. Similarly, Lord Brahma may
be a very great personality, and yet not only Brahma but everything that
be is existing within the womb of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Lord’s energy is all-pervading; there is no place in the creation where
it is not acting. Everything is existing within the energy of the Lord, so
the Brahma of this universe or the Brahmas of the many other millions and
trillions of universes are existing within the energy of the Lord; therefore
the Lord is considered to be the mother, and everything existing within
the womb of the mother is considered to be the child. And the good
mother is never offended with the child, even if he touches the body of
the mother by kicking his legs.

Lord Brahma then admitted that his birth was from the lotus flower
which blossomed from the navel of Narayana after the dissolution of the
three worlds, or three planetary systems, known as Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka
and Svarloka. The universe is divided into three divisions, namely Svarga,
Martya and Patala. These three planetary systems are merged into water
at the time of dissolution. At that time Narayana, the plenary portion of
Krsna, lies down on the water and gradually a lotus stem grows from His
navel, and from that lotus flower, Brahma is born. It is naturally concluded
that the mother of Brahma is Narayana. Because the Lord is the resting
place of all the living entities after the dissolution of the universe, He is
called Narayana. The word nara means the aggregate total of all living
entities, and ayana means the resting place. The form of Garbhodakaégayi
Visnu is called Narayana because He rests Himself on that water. In
addition, He is the resting place of all living creatures. Besides that,
Narayana is also present in everyone’s heart, as it is confirmed in the
Bhagavad-gita. In that sense, also, He is Narayana, as ayana means the
source of knowledge as well as the resting place. It is also confirmed in the
Bhagavad-gita that remembrance of the living entity is due to the presence
of the Supersoul within the heart. After changing the body, a living
creature forgets everything of his past life, but because Narayana the
Supersoul is present within his heart, he is reminded by Him to act
according to his past desire. Lord Brahma wanted to prove that Krsna is
the original Narayana, that He is the source of Narayana, and that
Narayana is not an exhibition of the external energy, maya, but is an
expansion of spiritual energy. The activities of the external energy or
maya are exhibited after the creation of this cosmic world, and the
original spiritual energy of Narayana was acting before the creation. So the
expansions of Narayana, from Krsna to Garbhodakagayi Visnu, from
