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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 14]
powerful living entity, including Brahmā, yet he does not live pompously in a nice house, etc., nor does he possess any material properties, although he is master of the material world. He lives mostly in the crematorium where dead bodies are burnt, and the whirlwind dust of the crematorium is his bodily dress. He is unstained by material contamination. Kaśyapa took him as his younger brother because the youngest sister of Diti (Kaśyapa's wife) was married to Lord Śiva. The husband of one's sister is considered one's brother. By that social relation, Lord Śiva happened to be the younger brother of Kaśyapa. Kaśyapa warned his wife that because Lord Śiva would see their sex indulgence, the time was not appropriate. Diti might argue that they would enjoy sex life in a private place, but Kaśyapa reminded her that Lord Śiva has three eyes, called the sun, moon and fire, and one cannot escape his vigilance any more than he can escape Viṣṇu. Although seen by the police, a criminal is sometimes not immediately punished; the police wait for the proper time to apprehend him. The forbidden time for sexual intercourse would be noted by Lord Śiva, and Diti would meet with proper punishment by giving birth to a child of ghostly character or a godless impersonalist. Kaśyapa foresaw this, and thus he warned his wife Diti.
TEXT 26
न यस्य लोके स्वजनः परो वा
नात्याद्धतो नोत कश्चिद्विगर्हः ।
वयं
त्रतैर्यच्चरणापविद्धा-
माशास्सहेऽजां बत भुक्तभोगाम् ॥२६॥
na yasya loke sva-janaḥ paro vā
nātyādrto nota kaścid vigarhyaḥ
vayam vratair yac-caraṇāpaviddhām
āśāsmahe jām bata bhukta-bhogām
na —never;  yasya —of whom;  loke —in the world;  sva-janaḥ —kinsman;  paraḥ —unconnected;  vā —nor;  na —neither;  ati —greater;  ādrtaḥ —favorable;  na —not;  uta —or;  kaścit —anyone;  vigarhyaḥ —criminal;  vayam —we;  vrataiḥ —by vows;  yat —whose;  caraṇa —feet;  apaviddhām —rejected;  āśāsmahe —respectfully worship;  ajām — mahā-prasādam ;  bata —certainly;  bhukta-bhogām —remnants of foodstuff.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva regards no one as his relative, yet there is no one who is not connected with him; he does not regard anyone as very favorable or