Brahma (BG)

Expressions researched:
"Brahma" |"Hiranyagarbha"

BG Preface and Introduction

BG Preface:

Our only purpose is to present this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in order to guide the conditioned student to the same purpose for which Kṛṣṇa descends to this planet once in a day of Brahmā, or every 8,600,000,000 years.

BG Introduction:

Vedic knowledge is not imparted by such defective living entities. It was imparted unto the heart of Brahmā, the first created living being, and Brahmā in his turn disseminated this knowledge to his sons and disciples, as he originally received it from the Lord. The Lord is pūrṇam, all-perfect, and there is no possibility of His becoming subjected to the laws of material nature. One should therefore be intelligent enough to know that the Lord is the only proprietor of everything in the universe and that He is the original creator, the creator of Brahmā. In the Eleventh Chapter the Lord is addressed as prapitāmaha (BG 11.39) because Brahmā is addressed as pitāmaha, the grandfather, and He is the creator of the grandfather. So no one should claim to be the proprietor of anything; one should accept only things which are set aside for him by the Lord as his quota for his maintenance.

BG Introduction:

THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION

Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ (Bhagavad-gītā 4.2). This Bhagavad-gītā As It Is is received through this disciplic succession:

1. Kṛṣṇa

2. Brahmā

3. Nārada

4. Vyāsa

5. Madhva

6. Padmanābha

7. Nṛhari

8. Mādhava

9. Akṣobhya

10. Jaya Tīrtha

11. Jñānasindhu

12. Dayānidhi

13. Vidyānidhi

14. Rājendra

15. Jayadharma

16. Puruṣottama

17. Brahmaṇya Tīrtha

18. Vyāsa Tīrtha

19. Lakṣmīpati

20. Mādhavendra Purī

21. Īśvara Purī, (Nityānanda, Advaita)

22. Lord Caitanya

23. Rūpa, (Svarūpa, Sanātana)

24. Raghunātha, Jīva

25. Kṛṣṇadāsa

26. Narottama

27. Viśvanātha

28. (Baladeva) Jagannātha

29. Bhaktivinoda

30. Gaurakiśora

31. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī

32. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda