Brahman is described as omniscient, being everywhere and knowing everything in all detail (sarva-jñaḥ sarva-vid). Brahman includes the creative potency (tapaḥ), responsible for producing the mahat-tattva, the seed of the material creation. The words jñāna-maya indicate that this creative potency is not some mechanical unconscious force but is rooted in intelligent and knowledge-based intention. This resonates with the description of the absolute truth being sat-cit-ananda, full of existence, knowledge, and bliss. This definition describes Brahman as conscious and intelligent, creating out of His desire, not as a qualityless, impersonal mass.
The real meaning of the scriptures, parā-vidyā, is the linking process of devotional service that connects us with the Lord. When one studies the scriptures starting from the conclusion that all verses describe Krsna and our relationship with Him, armed with the proper philosophical conclusions, received through the Parampara, he can understand the deep meaning of the verses, parā-vidyā. Otherwise, one gets just the superficial meaning and has the impression that the verses describe other subjects apart from Krsna, aparā-vidyā. This illustrates the importance of the work of Srila Prabhupada in his books, condensing the teachings of the previous acaryas in his purports and giving us the conclusions by which we can understand the scriptures.
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