# Lord Brahma *Demigods & Celestials* **See also:** [[artwork/personalities/visnu|Vishnu]] | [[artwork/personalities/siva|Lord Shiva]] | [[artwork/personalities/narada|Narada Muni]] **64 images** --- <h3>Lord Krsna Brought Innumerable Brahmas</h3> ![[0022_TLC-9.jpg]] *“Śrī Kṛṣṇa smiled and then meditated, instantly bringing innumerable Brahmās with various numbers of heads.* <h3>The Spiritual Worlds</h3> ![[0023_SB-1-1-front.jpg]] *The original spiritual planet, which resembles the whorl of a huge lotus flower, is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is the abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead. This original planet of Goloka throws off a spiritual effulgence called the brahmajyoti, within which are unlimited numbers of spiritual planets, or Vaikuṇṭhalokas. The conception of spiritual bliss (brahmānanda) is fully present in those planets. Each of them is eternal, indestructible, and free from all kinds of inebrieties experienced in the material world. Each of them is self-illuminating and more powerfully dazzling than (if we can imagine) the total sunshine of millions of mundane suns. The inhabitants of those planets have full knowledge of everything; they are all godly and free from all sorts of material hankerings. They have nothing to do there except to render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is the predominating Deity in every Vaikuṇṭha planet. The Lord and His eternal servitors in the transcendental kingdom all have eternal forms, which are auspicious, infallible, spiritual, and eternally youthful. In other words, they do not experience birth, death, old age, or disease. Thus that eternal land is full of transcendental enjoyment, beauty, and bliss.* <h3>King Rantideva Feeds the Beggars</h3> ![[0024_SB-9_3_3.jpg]] *After the exalted King Rantidev had spent forty-eight days fasting, excellent food made with ghee was brought to him, but instead of eating it he gave it away to several beggars.* <h3>Lord Caitanya Reveals the Universal Form to Advaita Acarya</h3> ![[0026_Adi-3-5.jpg]] *One day Advaita Ācārya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to display the universal form He had shown Arjuna, and the Lord kindly complied.* <h3>The Lord's Incarnations</h3> ![[0030_SB-1_1-14.jpg]] *The incarnations of Godhead are innumerable, like the waves in the ocean.* <h3>Brahma, Visnu, and Siva</h3> ![[0030_SB-1_1_9.jpg]] *The transcendental Personality of Godhead accepts the three qualitative forms of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.* <h3>Lord Brahma Hears the Gayatri Mantra</h3> ![[0030_TLC-23.jpg]] *After being born out of the lotus growing from the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Lord Brahmā turned his attention toward the task of creation. But he could see only darkness in every direction. Then Brahmā heard the sound tapa (penance) vibrated in the ether, and he sat in meditation. After one thousand celestial years, the sound of Kṛṣṇa's flute entered into the ear of Brahmā as the Vedic mantra oṁ. When the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa's flute was expressed through the mouth of Brahmā, it became the Gāyatrī mantra. Thus by the influence of Kṛṣṇa's flute, Brahmā, the supreme creature and first living entity of this material universe, attained all Vedic knowledge and became the original spiritual master of all living entities.* <h3>Lord Brahma Instructs Narada</h3> ![[0033_SB-2_1_8.jpg]] *Desirous to learn the cause of all causes, Śrī Nārada Muni approached his father, four-headed Lord Brahmā, and spoke as follows: "My dear father, whatever was created in the past, whatever will be created in the future, and whatever is being created at present, as well as everything within the universe, is within your grip, just like a walnut. As the spider very easily creates the network of its cobweb without being defeated by others, so also you yourself, by employing your self-sufficient energy, appear to create without any others' help. Yet we are moved to wonder about the existence of someone more powerful than you when we think of your great austerities and perfect discipline, although your good self is so powerful in the matter of creation. My dear father, what is the source of your knowledge, and under whom are you working?" Lord Brahmā replied, "My dear Nārada, what you have spoken about me is understandable, because unless and until one is aware of the Personality of Godhead, who is the ultimate truth beyond me, one is sure to be illusioned by observing my powerful activities. The truth is that I create only after the Lord's creation by His personal effulgence, the brahmajyoti, just as when the sun manifests its fire, then the moon, the firmament, the planets and the twinkling stars are also manifest. Therefore I offer my obeisances and meditate upon Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, whose invincible potency influences the less intelligent class of men to call me the supreme controller."* <h3>The Birth of Rudra</h3> ![[0034_SB-3-2-4.jpg]] *"Although he tried to curb his anger, it came out from between his eyebrows, and a child of mixed blue and red was immediately generated."* <h3>Appearance of Nara-Narayana Rsi</h3> ![[0036_SB-4-1-2.jpg]] *ln the heavenly planets, bands began to play, and they showered flowers from the sky. Great demigods like Brahmā also offered their respectful prayers.* <h3>Narada and Brahma Pacify Lord Siva</h3> ![[0037_SB-4-1-5.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: Speaking to all the sages present, Lord Śiva sat as gravely as time eternal under the giant banyan tree.* <h3>0038/SB 5-1-1</h3> ![[0038_SB-5-1-1.jpg]] <h3>Atri Muni Given Darsana of Three Deities</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-1-1.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1972: The three deities approached the hermitage of Atri Muni, accompanied by the denizens of the heavenly planets.* <h3>The Appearance of Prthu and Arci</h3> ![[0039_SB-4-2-7.jpg]] *EN SB 4.2 1972: The male and female born of the arms of Vena's body were an expansion of Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.* <h3>In Lord Brahma’s Court</h3> ![[0042_SB-6-2-1.jpg]] *“After King lndra insulted his spiritual master Bṛhaspati, the demons equipped themselves with weapons and declared war against the demigods. As a result of their misbehavior toward Bṛhaspati, the demigods’ heads, thighs and arms and the other parts of their bodies were injured by the sharp arrows of the demons. The demigods, headed by lndra, saw no other course than to immediately approach Lord Brahmā, the first living being in charge of material creation, with bowed heads for shelter and proper instruction. When the most powerful Lord Brahmā saw the demigods coming toward him, their bodies gravely injured by the arrows of the demons, he pacified and instructed them by his great causeless mercy.”* <h3>Lord Nrsimha Pacified</h3> ![[0051_SB-7-2-6.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Enjoys Lunch with the Cowherd Boys</h3> ![[0052_SB-10-3-1.jpg]] *After selecting a pleasing location on the riverbank, Lord Kṛṣṇa and His friends opened their baskets of food and began eating in great transcendental pleasure. Like the whorl of a lotus flower surrounded by its petals and leaves, Kṛṣṇa sat in the center, encircled by lines of His friends, who all looked very beautiful. Every one of them was trying to look forward toward Kṛṣṇa, thinking that Kṛṣṇa might look toward him. Among the cowherd boys, some placed their lunch on flowers, some on leaves, fruits, or bunches of leaves, some actually in their baskets, some on the bark of trees and some on rocks. This is what the children imagined to be their plates as they ate their lunch. All the cowherd boys enjoyed their lunch with Kṛṣṇa, showing one another the different tastes of the different varieties of preparations they had brought from home. Tasting one another’s preparations, they began to laugh and make one another laugh. In this way they all enjoyed their lunch in the forest.* <h3>Lord Krsna Bewilders Brahma</h3> ![[0052_SB-10-3-3.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa volte Seine Allmacht demonstrieren, und so offenbarte er Brahmā, dass all die Kälber und Kuhhirtenjungen Seine Viṣṇu-Erweiterungen waren.* <h3>Brahma Offers Obeisances to Lord Krsna</h3> ![[0052_SB-10-3-4.jpg]] *Brahmā said, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, Your name suggests that You are all-attractive. The attraction of the sun and the moon are due to You. By the attraction of the sun You beautify the existence of the Yadu dynasty. By the attraction of the moon You enhance the potency of the land, demigods, brāhmaṇas, cows, and oceans. Because of Your supreme attraction, demons like Kaṁsa are annihilated. You are the only worshipable Deity within the creation. Accept my humble obeisances until the annihilation of this material world. As long as there is sunshine in this world, kindly accept my humble obeisances.”* <h3>Lord Narayana and Brahma</h3> ![[0062_SB-3-2-b.c.jpg]] *By his acts of penance, Lord Brahmā was able to see Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.* <h3>Secondary Creation</h3> ![[0062_SB-3-2-5.jpg]] *Creation of the universe by Lord Brahmā, the great grandfather of all living beings.* <h3>Universal Devastation</h3> ![[0063_SB-3-2-3.jpg]] *EN SB 12 1988: At the time of cosmic annihilation, a great fire flares up from the mouth of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, burning everything throughout the universe and then scorching the lifeless cosmic shell.* <h3>The Secondary Creation: Brahma Casts Off His Impure Body</h3> ![[0065_SB-3-3-2.jpg]] *On the order of the Supreme Lord, Brahmā cast off his impure body.* <h3>Lord Varaha Lifts the Earth</h3> ![[0068_SB-5-2-3.jpg]] <h3>Harinama Sankirtana</h3> ![[0071_BG-82.jpg]] <h3>0074/SB 7-1-4</h3> ![[0074_SB-7-1-4.jpg]] <h3>Krsna's Vibhutis (Opulences)</h3> ![[0078_BG-30.jpg]] *10.41: A sampling of Kṛṣṇa’s infinite manifestations in both the spiritual and material worlds. In the outer circle, clockwise, beginning from the upper left-hand corner: Indra carrying his thunderbolt; the Himalayas; Lord Śiva with the Ganges River in his hair; the moon; the horse Ucchaiḥśravā; the transcendental /om-kāra;/ Kapiladeva; Rāmacandra; flower-bearing spring; Kāmadhuk; Arjuna; Vyāsadeva; Prahlāda; the shark; Vāsuki; Skanda; Varuṇa; Yamarāja; the lion; Kuvera; Agni; and Airāvata. Inner circle, clockwise, beginning from the four-headed Lord Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower: Brahmā; Nārada; Garuḍa; the sun; the ocean; Lord Viṣṇu; Ananta; and the chanting of the holy names – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. “Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.”* <h3>Brahma and Narada Visit Kardama and Devahuti</h3> ![[0078_SB-3-3-6.jpg]] *After speaking to Kardama Muni and Devahūti, Lord Brahmā left for his abode.* <h3>Maha-visnu Breathes In the Universes</h3> ![[0079_SB-1-1-21.jpg]] *At the end of the millennium Nārada entered the body of the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.* <h3>Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Laksmi</h3> ![[0080_TLC-7.jpg]] *Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, can always be found massaging the legs and thighs of the Lord.* <h3>Lord Brahma Sees Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0082_SB-2-f.c.jpg]] <h3>Brahma and the Demigods on the Shore of the Milk Ocean</h3> ![[0086_SB-10-1-1.jpg]] *EN SB 10.1 1977: Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and all the other demigods, having heard of the distress of mother earth, went to the shore of the Ocean of Milk. There they worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies on the Ocean of Milk, by reciting the Vedic mantras known as the Puruṣa-sūkta. While sitting in trance, Lord Brahmā heard the words of Lord Viṣṇu vibrating in the sky. Thus he told the demigods: “O demigods, hear from me the order of the Supreme Person, and execute it attentively without delay. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has full potency, will personally appear as the son of Vasudeva. For as long as the Lord moves on earth to diminish its burden by His own potency in the form of time, all of you demigods should appear through plenary portions as sons and grandsons in the family of the Yadus, and your wives should also appear in that dynasty. The foremost manifestation of Kṛṣṇa is Saṅkarṣaṇa, the origin of all incarnations within this material world. Before Lord Kṛṣṇa appears, this original Saṅkarṣaṇa will appear as Baladeva, just to please Kṛṣṇa in His transcendental pastimes.”* <h3>Brahma Visits Lord Visnu</h3> ![[0089-14.jpg]] <h3>Brahma Prays to Krsna</h3> ![[0091-KB1-21-pg.96.jpg]] <h3>The Hamsa-avatara Enlightens Brahma and the Four Kumaras</h3> ![[0118_SB-11-3-5.jpg]] <h3>Battle Between Krsna and Banasura</h3> ![[0123_KB2-8--pg61.jpg]] *Bāṇāsura rushed toward Kṛṣṇa, simultaneously working 500 bows and 2,000 arrows.* <h3>Balarama on Swan Carrier Flying Over Lunch Pastime</h3> ![[0134_KB1-17--pg88.jpg]] <h3>Garbhodakasayi Visnu on the Bed of Ananta-sesa</h3> ![[0143_SB-11-4-6.jpg]] <h3>0161/UP 19</h3> ![[0161_UP-19.jpg]] <h3>Atri Muni Sees Visnu, Siva, and Brahma</h3> ![[0168_UP--11.jpg]] <h3>Brahma Approaches Siva</h3> ![[0168_UP--7.jpg]] <h3>Daksa Insults Lord Siva</h3> ![[0174_UP--95.jpg]] <h3>Narada Inquires from His Father, Lord Brahma</h3> ![[0177_UP--128.jpg]] *When Nārada Muni approached his father, Lord Brahmā, and asked who the original creator of the universe is, Brahmā replied that it is Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.* <h3>Brahma, Visnu, and Siva</h3> ![[0179_UP--123.jpg]] *Brahmā, Viṣṇu und Śiva lenken alle Vorgänge im materiellen Universum, doch sie unterstehen der Herrschaft der Höchsten Persönlichkeit Gottes, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.* <h3>Prahlada Soothes Nrsimhadeva</h3> ![[0180_UP--87.jpg]] <h3>Laksmi-Narayana in Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0196_UP--287.jpg]] <h3>Hiranyakasipu Prays to Brahma for a Boon</h3> ![[0201_UP--248.jpg]] <h3>Gayatri</h3> ![[0226_TS-01.jpg]] <h3>Gayatri Devi</h3> ![[0226_TS-04.jpg]] <h3>Nrsimhadeva Pacified</h3> ![[0233_SB7-03.jpg]] <h3>The Demigods Appeal to Ksirodakasyi Visnu</h3> ![[0233_SB8-10.jpg]] <h3>Art 0044/0044/SB 7-2-7</h3> ![[0044_SB-7-2-7.jpg]] <h3>Art 0068/0068/SB 5-2-2</h3> ![[0068_SB-5-2-2.jpg]] <h3>Art 0082/0082/SB 2-1-8</h3> ![[0082_SB-2-1-8.jpg]] <h3>Art 0096/0096/BTG 15-5 p.26</h3> ![[0096_BTG-15-5-p.26.jpg]] <h3>Art 0097/0097/KB1-45 pg.255</h3> ![[0097_KB1-45-pg.255.jpg]] <h3>Art 0192/0192/UP 221</h3> ![[0192_UP--221.jpg]] <h3>Art 0201/0201/UP 247</h3> ![[0201_UP--247.jpg]] <h3>Art 0216/Art 0216/SB3 9</h3> ![[Art-0216_SB3-9.jpg]] <h3>Art 0217/Art 0217/SB3 23</h3> ![[Art-0217_SB3-23.jpg]] <h3>Art 0217/SB3 18</h3> ![[Art-0217_SB3-18.jpg]] <h3>Art 0238/Art 0238/SB 9/14/5</h3> ![[Art-0238_SB-9_14_5.jpg]] <h3>BB 2.130-133</h3> ![[BB-2.130-133.jpg]] <h3>Vyasadeva Meditates on the Supreme Lord</h3> ![[SB-1_1_5.jpg]] *Vyāsadeva meditating on Lord Kṛṣṇa, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead.* --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. 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