Text 35]
Creation of the Kumāras and Others
469
vikarma yac cotpatitam katham-cid dhunoti sarvam hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ
“Any person who is engaged one hundred percent in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, at His lotus feet, is very dear to the Personality of Godhead Hari, and the Lord, being situated in the heart of the devotee, excuses all kinds of sins committed by chance.” It was never expected that a great personality like Brahmā would ever think of sex indulgence with his daughter. The example shown by Brahmā only suggests that the power of material nature is so strong that it can act upon everyone, even Brahmā. Brahmā was saved by the mercy of the Lord with a little punishment, but by the grace of the Lord he did not lose his prestige as the great Brahmā.
TEXT 35
चातुर्होत्रं कर्मतन्त्रमुपवेदनयैः सह । धर्मस्य पादाश्वत्वास्तथैवाश्रयश्चत्तथः ॥३५॥
cātur-hotram karma-tantram upaveda-nayaiḥ saha dharmasya pādāś catvāras tathaivāśrama-vṛttayaḥ
cātuḥ—four; hotram—paraphernalia for sacrifice; karma—action; tantram—expansions of such activities; upaveda—supplementary to the Vedas; nayaiḥ—by logical conclusions; saha—along with; dharmasya—of religiosity; pādāḥ—principles; catvāraḥ—four; tathā eva—in the same way; āśrama—social orders; vṛttayaḥ—occupations.
TRANSLATION
The four kinds of paraphernalia for conducting the fire sacrifice became manifest: the performer [the chanter], the offerer, the fire, and the action performed in terms of the supplementary Vedas. Also the four principles of religiosity [truth, austerity, mercy and cleanliness] and the duties in the four social orders, all became manifest.
PURPORT
Eating, sleeping, defending and mating are the four principles of material bodily demands which are common to both the animals and human society. To distinguish human society from the animals there is the