1100 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 26
hearing, is also called apaurusa. Apaurusa means “not spoken by any
person materially created.” It is stated in the beginning of Srimad-
Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda. The sound of Brahman, or Veda, was
first impregnated in the heart of Brahma, the original learned man (ddi-
kavaye). How did he become learned? Whenever there is learning, there
must be a speaker and the process of hearing. But Brahma was the first
created being. Who spoke to him? Since no one was there, who was the
spiritual master to give knowledge? He was the only living creature; there-
fore the Vedic knowledge was imparted within his heart by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, who is seated within everyone as Paramatma.
Vedic knowledge is understood to be spoken by the Supreme Lord, and
therefore it is free from the defects of material understanding. Material
understanding is defective. If we hear something from a conditioned soul,
it is full of defects. All material and mundane information is tainted by
illusion, error, cheating and imperfection of the senses. Because Vedic
knowledge was imparted by the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to
material creation, it is perfect. If we receive that Vedic knowledge from
Brahma in disciplic succession, then we receive perfect knowledge.

Every word we hear has a meaning behind it. As soon as we hear the
word “water,” there is a substance, water, behind the word. Similarly, as
soon as we hear the word God, there is a meaning to it. If we receive that
meaning and explanation of God from God Himself, then it is perfect.
But if we speculate about the meaning of God, it is imperfect. Bhagavad-
gita, which is the science of God, is spoken by the Personality of Godhead
Himself. This is perfect knowledge. Mental speculators or so-called philoso-
phers who are researching what is actually God will never understand the
nature of God. The science of God has to be understood in disciplic
succession from Brahma, who was first instructed about knowledge of
God by God Himself. We can understand the knowledge of God by
hearing Bhagavad-gita from a person authorized in the disciplic succession.

When we speak of seeing, there must be form. By our sense perception,
the beginning experience is the sky. Sky is the beginning of form. And
from the sky, other forms emanate. The objects of knowledge and sense
perception begin, therefore, from the sky.

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