Adi-lila, Chapter 1 49
Personality of Godhead’s acting as the spiritual master from within. He was
the spiritual master who instructed Brahma, the original living being in the
cosmic creation. When Brahma was first created, he could not apply his creative
energy to arrange the cosmic situation. At first there was only sound,
vibrating the word tapa, which indicates the acceptance of hardships for
spiritual realization. Refraining from sensual enjoyment, one should voluntarily
accept allsorts of difficulty for spiritual realization. This is called tapasya. An enjoyer
of the senses can never realize God, godliness or the science of theistic knowledge.
Thus when Brahmi, initiated by Sri Krsna by the sound vibration tapa, engaged
himself in acts of austerity, by the pleasure of Visnu he was able to visualize the
transcendental world, Sri Vaikuntha, through transcendental realization. Modern
science can communicate using material discoveries such as radio, television and
computers, but the science invoked by the austerities of Sri Brahma, the original
father of mankind, was still more subtle. In time, material scientists may also know
how we can communicate with the Vaikuntha world. Lord Brahma inquired about
the potency of the Supreme Lord, and the Personality of Godhead answered his
inquiry in the following six consecutive statements. These instructions, which are
reproduced in the Srimad-Bhdgavatam (2.9.31-36), were imparted by the Personality
of Godhead, acting as the supreme spiritual master.
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BAS TAINS CH Yfewta-AAHAsy |
HISD GHHH Jot tfMSL HLM ed Hi
jfidnam parama-guhyarh me
yad vijfidna-samanvitam
sarahasyam tad-afigam ca
grhana gaditarh maya
SYNONYMS
jfidnam—knowledge; parama—extremely ; guhyam—confidential ; me—of Me; yat—
which; vijfidna—realization; samanvitam—fully endowed with; sa-rahasyam—along
with mystery; tat—of that; afgam—supplementary parts; ca—and;grhdna—just try to
take up; gaditam—explained; mayd—by Me.
TRANSLATION
“Please hear attentively what | shall speak to you, for transcendental knowledge
about Me is not only scientific but also full of mysteries.
PURPORT
Transcendental knowledge of Sri Krsna is deeper than the impersonal knowledge
of Brahman, for it includes knowledge of not only His form and personality but also
