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only. That is the law of Nature. In the Smriti Mantra also the same thing is
confirmed. It is said there that at the beginning of Brahma’s millennium the
Source from which everything emanates—and, at the end of that millennium,
the reservoir that everything enters into—is the Absolute Truth, or Brahman.
Material scientists haphazardly take it for granted that the ultimate source of
all the planetary systems is the Sun. But they are unable to explain the source
of the Sun. Herein the ultimate Source is explained. According to the Vedic
literature, Brahma is the creator of this Universe, and yet he also had to meditate
to get inspiration for such creation. Therefore Brahma, or the Sun, is not the
ultimate creator.

It is stated here in the 1st verse of Srimad Bhagwatam that Brahma was
taught the Vedic knowledge by the Personality of Godhead. One may argue
that Brahma is the original living being within this Universe, and who could
then give him inspiration, as there was no second being at that time? In the
1st verse of Srimad Bhagwatam it is said that the Supreme Lord inspired the
secondary creator, Brahma, who then could go on with the creative functions.
What we have already mentioned above about the supervising engineer is
applicable here. The Real Mind behind all creative agents is the Absolute
Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Sri Krishna
has Personally admitted that it is He only Who superintends over the creative
energy, Prakriti, or the sum total of matter. Sri Vyasadeva, therefore, wor-
ships neither Brahma nor the Sun, but the Supreme Lord Who guides both
Brahma and the Sun in their different activities of creation.

In the rst verse of Srimad Bhagwatam the particular Sanscrit words Avijna
and Swarat are significant. These two words distinguish the Lord from all
other living entities. No living entity other than the Supreme Being, the
Absolute Personality of Godhead, is either Avijna or Swarat—i.ec., none of the
entities are either fully cognizant, or fully independent. Everyone has to learn
from the superior all about knowledge. Even Brahma, who is the first living
being within this material world, has to meditate upon the Supreme Lord and
take help from Him in order to create. When Brahma, or the Sun, cannot
create anything without acquiring required knowledge from the superior,
then what to speak of the material scientists who are fully dependent on so
many things? Jagadish Chandra Bose, Isaac Newton, Prof. Einstein, etc. of the
modern scientists who may be boastful of their respective creative energies,
were also dependent on the Supreme Lord for so many things. After all,
the respective, highly intelligent brains of these gentlemen were certainly not
the products of any human being. The brain is created by another agent, other
