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even His opponent. His words can immediately solve all of the ques-
tions and problems of the world. Although He does not speak very
long, each and every word from His mouth contains volumes of
meaning. These speeches of Krsna are very pleasing to my heart.”

11. Highly Learned

When a person is highly educated and acts strictly on moral prin-
ciples, he is called highly learned. A person conversant in different
departments of knowledge is called educated, and because he acts on
moral principles, he is called morally stout. Together, these two fac-
tors constitute learning.

Krsna’s receiving education from Sandipani Muni is described by
Sri Narada Muni as follows: “In the beginning, Lord Brahma and
others are as clouds of evaporated water from the great ocean of
Krsna. In other words, Brahma first received the Vedic education
from Krsna, as the clouds receive water from the ocean. That Vedic
education or instruction which was spoken by Brahma to the world
was then reposed upon the mountain of Sandipani Muni. Sandipani
Muni’s instructions to Krsna are like a reservoir of water on the
mountain, which flows as a river and goes again to mix with the
source, the ocean of Krsna.” To be more clear, the idea is that Krsna
actually cannot be instructed by anyone, just as the ocean does not
receive water from any source but itself. It only appears that the
rivers are pouring water into the ocean. So it is clear that Brahma
received his education from Krsna, and from Brahma, via the discip-
lic succession, this Vedic instruction was distributed. Sandipani
Muni is likened to the river which is flowing down again to that same
original ocean of Krsna.

The Siddhas, the inhabitants of Siddha-loka (where all are born
with fully developed mystic powers), and the Caranas, the inhabi-
tants of a similar planet, pray to Krsna as follows: “My Lord Govinda,
the goddess of learning, who is decorated with fourteen kinds of
educational ornaments, whose intelligence is all-pervading within the
four departments of the Vedas, whose attention is always on the
lawbooks given by great sages like Manu, and who is appareled in six
