Brahma is regarded as the supreme Being, the god of gods. And he is also called the creator, he is the father of gods and men. This universe was enveloped darkness – unperceived, undistinguishable, undiscoverable, unknowable, as it were, entirely sunk in sleep. The irresistible self existent lord, undeserved, creating this universe with the five element, and all other things, was manifested dispelling the gloom. He who is beyond the cognizance of the sense, sub tile, undiscernibly, eternal, who is the essence of all things, and inconceivable, eternal, who is the essence of all things, and inconceivable, himself shone forth. He, desiring, seeking to produce various creatures from his own body, first created the waters, and deposited in them a seed. Brahma is translated as abstract supreme spirit. Later on the question is asked how can creative agency be attributed to Brahma who as abstract spirit is without qualities, illimitable and free from imperfection? The answer is that the essential properties of existent things are objects of observation, of which no foreknowledge is attainable, and creation and hundreds of properties belong to Brahma as inseparable parts of his essence, as heat is inherent in fire. There are two states of this one with and one without shape, one imperishable, one imperishable. The imperishable is the supreme being and the perishable is all the world. In addition to the names of Brahma already referred to the following are those most commonly known- The self existent, The chief sacrifices, the god of the world , he who came from the golden egg., the husband of savitri , the first poet.
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