156 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 3
this connection that tri-vrta means prakrtya. Thus Lord Krsna is the
original creator, and Lord Brahmi is the original engineer.
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nama adyaya bijaya
Jfana-vijnidna-mirtaye
pranendriya-mano-buddhi-
vikdrair vyaktim iyuse

namah—I offer my respectful obeisances; ddydya—unto the original
living creature; bijaya—the seed of the cosmic manifestation; jridna—of
knowledge; vijidna—and of practical application; mirtaye—unto the
deity or form; prana—of the life air; indriya—of the senses; manah—
of the mind; buddhi—of the intelligence; vikdraih—by transformations;
vyaktim—manifestation; iyuse—who has obtained.

TRANSLATION

I offer my obeisances to the original personality within this uni-
verse, Lord Brahma, who is cognizant and who can apply his mind
and realized intelligence in creating this cosmic manifestation. It is
because of his activities that everything within the universe is visi-
ble. He is therefore the cause of all manifestations.

PURPORT

The Veddnta-sitra begins by declaring that the Absolute Person is the
original source of all creation (janmady asya yatah). One may ask
whether Lord Brahma is the Supreme Absolute Person. No, the Supreme
Absolute Person is Krsna. Brahma receives his mind, intelligence, ma-
terials and everything else from Krsna, and then he becomes the second-
ary creator, the engineer of this universe. In this regard we may note
that the creation does not take place accidentally, because of the explo-
sion of a chunk. Such nonsensical theories are not accepted by Vedic stu-
dents. The first created living being is Brahma, who is endowed with
