Brahma, the second creator, said: Through him (Krishna) alone, invested with power, I discovered, under the inspiration of the omnipresent Supreme Soul, what he had already created, and I myself was created by him alone.
With this statement, Brahma, the second creator of the galaxy, acknowledges that he is not the first true creator, but that he has only been inspired by Narayana, the plenary emanation of Krishna, and that he creates under his direction what has already been created by God, in his form as the Supreme Soul of all beings.
Even Brahma, the highest authority in the galaxy, still affirms that within every living being there are two spiritual entities: the distinct individual soul and the Supreme Soul. The latter is God, the Supreme Lord, and the distinct individual soul is His eternal servant. It is the Lord who inspires the distinct soul to “create” what He has already created, and it is through His goodwill, for example, that a researcher will be given full credit for his discovery.
Along the same lines, no one can create anything without the Lord's consent, since each of us possesses a vision that is commensurate with our abilities, and these abilities are also granted by God in proportion to our desire to serve Him. Therefore, we must firmly and willingly desire to serve Lord Krishna, and He, in return, will endow us with powers according to the degree of our surrender to His divine Person.
Because Brahma is a great devotee, the Lord gave him the inspiration, the power to create a galaxy, such as the one now manifested before our eyes.
For example, the Battle of Kuruksetra, as well as all other wars in history, are born of the Lord's will, for no one can cause such great slaughter without His consent, it being understood that all the victims of wars suffer the consequences of sinful acts committed in their previous lives. Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is present in the body of each of us in His form as the Supreme Soul, and from there, He directs the slightest actions of those who have surrendered to Him. As for rebellious souls, they are entrusted to the tutelage of material nature. They can thus act on their own initiative and suffer the consequences of their sinful actions.
Because His devotees place themselves under His direction, they too sometimes perform miraculous deeds. For example, Brahma, to whom God granted the power to create a galaxy, and the great sage Narada Muni and Jesus, to whom the Lord granted the power to perform miracles.
Lord Krishna, the transcendent witness of all actions, directs the intelligence of all living beings, from Brahma, the most evolved being in the galaxy, to the smallest ant. An intelligent person, capable of studying the psychic manifestations of thought, feeling, and will, will be able to perceive the subtle presence of the Lord within him.