Text 24]
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
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PURPORT
Demons were born from the creation of night, and the demigods were born from the creation of day. In other words, demons like the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas are born of the quality of ignorance, and demigods are born of the quality of goodness.
TEXT 23
देवोऽदेवाञ्जघनतः सृजति सातिलोलुपान् । त एनं लोलुपतया मैथुनायाभिपेदिरे ॥२३॥
devo 'devān jaghanataḥ sṛjati smātilolupān ta enam lolupatayā maithunāyābhipedire
devaḥ —Lord Brahmā;  adevān —demons;  jaghanataḥ —from his backside;  sṛjati sma —gave birth;  atilolupān —excessively fond of sex;  te —they;  enam —Lord Brahmā;  lolupatayā —with lust;  maithunāya —for copulation;  abhipedire —approached.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā then gave birth to the demons from the backside of his body, and they were very fond of sex. Because they were too lustful, they approached him for copulation.
PURPORT
Sex life is the background of material existence. Here also it is repeated that demons are very fond of sex life. The more one is free from the desires for sex, the more he is promoted to the level of the demigods; the more one is inclined to enjoy sex, the more he is degraded to the level of demoniac life.
TEXT 24
ततो हसन् स भगवानसुरैर्निरपत्रपैः । अन्वीयमानस्तरसा क्रुद्धो भीतः परापतत् ॥२४॥
tato hasan sa bhagavān asurair nirapatrapaiḥ