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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 12 ]
still covers the whole universe, and the sun is the only counteracting principle. One who takes shelter of the Lord, the perpetual light, has no fear of being annihilated in the darkness of fog or ignorance.
TEXT 34
कदाचिद् व्यायतः स्रष्टुर्वेदा आसंश्चतुर्ध्वतात् । कथं स्रस्याम्यहं लोकान् समवेतान् यथा पुरा॥३४॥
kadācid dhyāyataḥ sraṣṭur vedā āsaṁś catur-mukhāt kathaṁ srakṣyāmy ahaṁ lokān samavetān yathā purā
kadā-cit—once upon a time; dhyāyataḥ—while contemplating; sraṣṭuḥ—of Brahmā; vedāḥ—the Vedic literature; āsan—became manifested; catur-mukhāt—from the four mouths; kathaṁ srakṣyāmi—how shall I create; ahaṁ—myself; lokān—all these worlds; samavetān—assembled; yathā—as they were; purā—in the past.
TRANSLATION
Once upon a time, when Brahmā was thinking of how to create the worlds as in the past millennium, the four Vedas, which contain all varieties of knowledge, became manifested from his four mouths.
PURPORT
As a fire can consume anything and everything without being contaminated, so, by the grace of the Lord, the fire of Brahmā's greatness consumed his desire for the sinful act of sex with his daughter. The  Vedas  are the source of all knowledge, and they were first revealed to Brahmā by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead while Brahmā was thinking of recreating the material world. Brahmā is powerful by dint of his devotional service unto the Lord, and the Lord is always ready to forgive His devotee if by chance he falls down from the noble path of devotional service. The  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  confirms this as follows ( Bhāg.  11.5.42):
sva-pāda-mūlaṁ bhajataḥ priyasya tyaktānya-bhāvasya hariḥ pareśaḥ