There are millions of other Brahmās because there are millions of Universes

Upon hearing about the purpose of Hiraṇyakaśipu’s austere meditation, Lord Brahmā, accompanied by the great sage Bhṛgu and great personalities like Dakṣa, went to see Hiraṇyakaśipu. He then sprinkled water from his kamaṇḍalu, a type of waterpot, upon Hiraṇyakaśipu’s head. Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the Daityas, bowed down before Lord Brahmā, the creator of this universe, offering respectful obeisances again and again and offering prayers. He prayed:

“I offer my obeisances to the original personality within this universe, Lord Brahmā, 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 visible. He is therefore the cause of all manifestations.”

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The Vedānta-sūtra begins by declaring that the Absolute Person is the original source of all creation (janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]). One may ask whether Lord Brahmā is the Supreme Absolute Person. No, the Supreme Absolute Person is Kṛṣṇa. Brahmā receives his mind, intelligence, materials and everything else from Kṛṣṇa, and then he becomes the secondary creator, the engineer of this universe.

In this regard we may note that the creation does not take place accidentally, because of the explosion of a chunk. Such nonsensical theories are not accepted by Vedic students.

The first created living being is Brahmā, who is endowed with perfect knowledge and intelligence by the Lord. As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye: although Brahmā is the first created being, he is not independent, for he receives help from the Supreme Personality of Godhead through his heart. There is no one but Brahmā at the time of creation, and therefore he receives his intelligence directly from the Lord through the heart. This has been discussed in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Lord Brahmā is described in this verse as the original cause of the cosmic manifestation, and this applies to his position in the material world. There are many, many such controllers, all of whom are created by the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. This is illustrated by an incident described in Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

When the Brahmā of this particular universe was invited by Kṛṣṇa to Dvārakā, he thought that he was the only Brahmā. Therefore when Kṛṣṇa inquired from His servant which Brahmā was at the door to visit, Lord Brahmā was surprised. He replied that of course Lord Brahmā, the father of the four Kumāras, was waiting at the door. Later, Lord Brahmā asked Kṛṣṇa why He had inquired which Brahmā had come. He was then informed that there are millions of other Brahmās because there are millions of universes.

Kṛṣṇa then called all the Brahmās, who immediately came to visit Him. The catur-mukhaBrahmā, the four-headed Brahmā of this universe, thought himself a very insignificant creature in the presence of so many Brahmās with so many heads. Thus although there is a Brahmā who is the engineer of each universe, Kṛṣṇa is the original source of all of them.

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The Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Plan to Become Immortal.” Text 28

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  1. Pamho agtacbsp, TENE BRAHMA HRDA YA ADI kAVAYE MUHYANTI YAT SURAYAH SB 1.1.1, here it’s the original brahma the first human being who received the knowledge in the heart by the supreme personality of SRI KRSNA BHAGAVAT, this means to be lucky all the others brahma from others universes are just a mustard seed in the bag of others mustard seed.LORD BRAHMA KNOW SRI KRSNA VERY WELL AS WE KNOW BY READING THE DAILY BRAHMA SAMMITA, the planet earth is a pious planet because of SRI KRSNA LILA PASTIMES I MEAN NOT ALL THE PLANETS ARE BLESSED WITH KRSNA LILA , LORD BRAHMA IS. ONE OF THE TWELVE MAHAJANA FATHER OF THE RELIGION OFT THE SANATANA DHARMA SVAYAMBHUVA NARADA SAMBU, we are proud to be under the control of lord brahma on this pious planet and by serving and offer prayers to lord brahma we please SRI KRSNA BECAUSE LORD BRAHMA ALWAYS PLEASE KRSNA THROUGH KNOWLEDGE BHAKTI ,DEVOTION ETC…GRANTAM RAJA SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM KI JAY AGTACBSP YS HARIBOL

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