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Creation of the Kumāras and Others
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elevate oneself to the highest spiritual understanding; and  tapas , or the various kinds of voluntary austerities performed for spiritual perfection. Brahmā created the four great sages Sanaka, Sananda, Sanātana and Sanat to entrust them with these four principles of spiritual advancement, and they inaugurated their own spiritual party, or  sampradāya , known as the Kumāra-sampradāya, or later on as the Nimbārka-sampradāya, for the advancement of  bhakti . All of these great sages became great devotees, for without devotional service to the Personality of Godhead one cannot achieve success in any activity of spiritual value.
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तान् ब्रह्माणे स्वभूः पुत्रान् प्रजाः सृजत पुत्रकाः।  
 तथैच्छन्योऽधधर्माणो वासुदेवपरायणाः ॥ ५ ॥
tān babhāṣe svabhūḥ putrān 
    prajāḥ srjata putrakāḥ 
    tan naicchan mokṣa-dharmāṇo 
    vāsudeva-parāyaṇāḥ
tān—unto the Kumāras, as above-mentioned; babhāṣe—addressed; svabhūḥ—Brahmā; putrān—unto the sons; prajāḥ—generations; srjata—do create; putrakāḥ—O my sons; tat—that; na—not; aicchan—desired; mokṣa-dharmāṇaḥ—pledged to the principles of liberation; vāsudeva—the Personality of Godhead; parāyaṇāḥ—who are so devoted.
TRANSLATION
Brahmā spoke to his sons after generating them. “My dear sons,” he said, “now generate progeny.” But due to their being attached to Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they aimed at liberation, and therefore they expressed their unwillingness.
PURPORT
The four sons of Brahmā, the Kumāras, declined to become family men even on the request of their great father, Brahmā. Those who are serious about gaining release from material bondage should not be entangled in the false relationship of family bondage. People may ask how the Kumāras could refuse the orders of Brahmā, who was their father and above all the creator of the universe. The reply is that one who is  vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ , or seriously engaged in the devotional service of the Personality of