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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 12]
Candra and Varuṇa are manifested. His transcendental value is not to be minimized, even though he exhibited a tendency to enjoy his own daughter. There is a purpose for the exhibition of such a tendency by Brahmā, and he is not to be condemned like an ordinary living entity.
TEXT 49
ततोऽपरामुपादाय स सर्गाय मनो दधे ॥४९॥
tato' parām upādāya sa sargāya mano dadhe
tataḥ—thereafter; aparām—another; upādāya—having accepted; saḥ—he; sargāya—in the matter of creation; manaḥ—mind; dadhe—gave attention.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter Brahmā accepted another body in which sex life was not forbidden, and thus he engaged himself in the matter of further creation.
PURPORT
In his former body, which was transcendental, affection for sex life was forbidden, and Brahmā therefore had to accept another body to allow himself to be connected with sex. He thus engaged himself in the matter of creation. His former body transformed into fog, as previously described.
TEXT 50
ऋषीणां भूरित्रीर्याणामपि सर्गमविस्तृतम् । शत्वा तद्धृदये भूयश्चिन्तयामास कौरव ॥५०॥
ṛṣīṇām bhūrivīryāṇām api sargam avistṛtam jñātvā tad dhṛdaye bhūyaś cintayāmāsa kaurava
ṛṣīṇām—of the great sages; bhūri-vīryāṇām—with great potential power; api—in spite of; sargam—the creation; avistṛtam—not extended; jñātvā—know-