74 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13

Brahma, however, was able to understand that the Supreme Personality
is Krsna. [svarah paramah krsnah. Another of Krsna’s names, therefore,
is paramesvara.

Now Brahma saw Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appear-
ing as a cowherd boy in Vrndavana, not demonstrating His opulence but
standing just like an innocent boy with some food in His hand, loitering
with His cowherd boyfriends, calves and cows. Brahma did not see Krsna
as catur-bhuja, the opulent Narayana; rather, he simply saw an innocent
boy. Nonetheless, he could understand that although Krsna was not
demonstrating His power, He was the same Supreme Person. People
generally do not appreciate someone unless he shows something wonder-
ful, but here, although Krsna did not manifest anything wonderful,
Brahma could understand that the same wonderful person was present
like an ordinary child, although He was the master of the whole creation.
Thus Brahma prayed, govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami: “You
are the original person, the cause of everything. I bow down to You.”
This was his realization. Tam aham bhajami. This is what is wanted.
Vedesu durlabham: one cannot reach Krsna merely by Vedic knowledge.
Adurlabham atma-bhaktau: but when one becomes a devotee, then one
can realize Him. Brahma, therefore, became a devotee. In the beginning
he was proud of being Brahma, the lord of the universe, but now he
understood, “Here is the Lord of the universe. I am simply an insignifi-
cant agent. Govindam ddi-purusar tam aham bhajami.”

Krsna was playing like a dramatic actor. Because Brahma had some
false prestige, thinking that he had some power, Krsna showed him his
real position. A similar incident occurred when Brahma went to see
Krsna in Dvaraka. When Krsna’s doorman informed Lord Krsna that
Lord Brahma had arrived, Krsna responded, ‘““Which Brahma? Ask him
which Brahma.” The doorman relayed this question, and Brahma was
astonished. “Is there another Brahma besides me?”’ he thought. When
the doorman informed Lord Krsna, “‘It is four-headed Brahma,” Lord
Krsna said, “‘Oh, four-headed. Call others. Show him.” This is Krsna’s
position. For Krsna the four-headed Brahma is insignificant, to say
nothing of ‘“‘four-headed scientists.”’ Materialistic scientists think that al-
though this planet earth is full of opulence, all others are vacant. Because
they simply speculate, this is their scientific conclusion. But from the
Bhagavatam we understand that the entire universe is full of living en-
