Text 10] The Renunciation of Kardama Muni 959
tattva-sankhydna-vijnaptyai
jatam vidvan ajah sva-rat

bhagavantam—the Lord; param—supreme; brahma—Brahman; sattvena—
having an uncontaminated existence; amsena—by a plenary portion; satru-
han—O killer of the enemy, Vidura; tattva-sankhyana—the philosophy of
the twenty-four material elements; vijiaptyai—for explaining; jatam—
appeared; vidvan—knowing; ajah—the unborn (Lord Brahma); sva-rat—inde-
pendent.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya continued: O killer of the enemy, the unborn Lord Brahma,
who is almost independent in acquiring knowledge, could understand that
a portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His quality of pure
existence, had appeared in the womb of Devahiti just to explain the com-
plete state of knowledge known as sankhya-yoga.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita, Fifteenth Chapter, it is stated that the Lord Himself
is the compiler of Vedanta-sittra, and He is the perfect knower of Vedanta-
sitra. Similarly, the saikhya philosophy is compiled by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead in His appearance as Kapila. There is an
imitation Kapila who has a sarikhya philosophical system, but Kapila the
incarnation of God is different from that Kapila. Kapila, the son of
Kardama Muni, in His system of sarikhya philosophy, very explicitly
explained not only the material world but also the spiritual world.
Brahma could understand this fact because he is sva-rat, almost independent
in receiving knowledge. Heis called sva-rat because he did not go to any
school or college to learn but learned everything from within. Because
Brahma is the first living creature within this universe, he had no teacher;
his teacher was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, who is
seated in the heart of every living creature. Brahma acquired knowledge
directly from the Supreme Lord within the heart; therefore he is some-
times called sva-rat and aja.

Another important point is stated here. Sattvenamsena: when
the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears, He brings with Him
all His paraphernalia of Vaikuntha; therefore His name, His form,
His quality, His paraphernalia and His entourage all belong to the
transcendental world. Real goodness is in the transcendental world.
Here in the material world, the quality of goodness is not pure.
