PLATE SIX

After being born out of the lotus growing from the navel of
Garbhodakasayi Visnu, Lord Brahma turned his attention toward the
task of creation. But he could see only darkness in every direction. Then
Brahmi heard the sound tapa (penance) vibrated in the ether, and he sat
in meditation. After one thousand celestial years, the sound of Krsna’s
flute entered into the ear of Brahma as the Vedic mantra om. When the
sound vibration of Krsna’s flute was expressed through the mouth of
Brahmi, it became the Gayatri mantra. Thus by the influence of Krsna’s
flute, Brahma, the supreme creature and first living entity of this ma-
terial universe, attained all Vedic knowledge and became the original
spiritual master of all living entities. (p. 123)
