124 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI
are blind. What is the nature of the original source from whom every-
thing has come, in whom everything exists, and within whom everything
will enter? The Bhdgavatam (1.1.1) says, janmady asya yato ’nvayad
itaratas carthesv abhijnah. The word abhijnah indicates that the source of
everything is completely conscious.

The word jfa means ‘‘knowledge,’’ and abhi means ‘“‘specific.”” We
have inadequate knowledge of where we have come from and where we
shall go after death, and therefore we are not abhijfia, supremely con-
scious. But the supreme source is abhijfa. He is not a stone or a void.
How could He be? The creation itself is evidence of the consciousness of
the Supreme. Everyone can appreciate the cosmic manifestation and how
nicely it is working. The sun and moon rise exactly on time, without
deviating even one ten-thousandth of a second, and the seasons change
in the same way, bringing with them fruits and flowers. In this way the
entire cosmic manifestation is going on in a very orderly, systematic way.
So unless there is some abhijfia—some very clever intelligence who
knows everything—how could all this have been created? Some people
say that all this has come from nothing. What is this nonsense? Can such
a creation come from nothing? Does this idea show very good reasoning?
The Bhagavatam says no.

The Bhagavatam tells us that everything comes from the person who is
abhijna, very intelligent and experienced, and that original intelligent
person transmitted knowledge to adi-kavi, the original created being,
Lord Brahma (tene brahma hrdd ya adi-kavaye). Brahma, the original cre-
ated being, has an original source, and he is in contact with that source.
We understand that we get knowledge from another person with whom
we are face to face. But when Brahma was created he was alone.
Therefore, how did he receive knowledge? That is explained in the
Bhagavatam: tene brahma hrda. The word hrdad means ‘“‘through the
heart.”’ The Supreme Person, Paramatma, is within the heart of every
living being, including Brahma. Therefore although Brahma was alone,
he received knowledge dictated by the Supreme. The word brahma
means ‘‘Vedic knowledge.”’ Thus the Vedic knowledge was given first to
Lord Brahma.

The Vedic knowledge is given to everyone because Krsna is within
everyone’s heart (sarvasya caham hrdi sannivistah), but one must be
qualified to receive that knowledge. Krsna helps us by giving us knowl-
edge both from within as the Supersoul (caitya-guru) and from without as
the spiritual master.

Brahma receives knowledge from Krsna and distributes that Vedic
