Text 39] Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version 537

in folded hands; sarva-bhiita—all living entities; mayah—full of; visvam—
the universe; sasarja—created; idam—this; sah—he, Brahmaji; pirvavat—
exactly like before.

TRANSLATION

On the disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari,
who is the object of transcendental enjoyment for the senses of devotees,
Brahma, with folded hands, began to recreate the universe full with living
entities, as it was previously.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is the object for fulfilling
the senses of all living entities. Illusioned by the glaring reflection of the
external energy, the living entities worship the senses instead of engaging
them properly in fulfilling the desires of the Supreme.

In the Hari-bhak ti-sudhodaya there is the following verse:

aksinoh phalam tvadrsam darsanam hi
tanoh phalarn tvddrsa-gatra-sangah

jihva-phalam tvadrsa-kirtanam hi
sudurlabha-bhagavatam hi loke.

“OQ devotee of the Lord, the purpose of the visual sense is fulfilled simply
by secing you, and to touch your body is the fulfillment of this bodily
touch. The tongue is meant for glorifying your qualifies because in this
world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.”

Originally the senses of the living entity were awarded for this purpose,
namely to engage them in the transcendental loving service of the Lord or
that of His devotees, but the conditioned souls, illusioned by the material
energy, became captivated by sense enjoyment. Therefore the whole pro-
cess of God consciousness is meant to rectify the conditional activities of
the senses and to re-engage them in the direct service of the Lord. Lord
Brahma thus engaged his senses in the Lord by recreating the conditioned
living entities to act in the recreated universe. This material universe is thus
created and annihilated by the will of the Lord. It is created to give a
chance to the conditioned soul to act to return home, back to Godhead,
and servants like Brahmaji, Naradaji, Vyasaji and their company become
busy with the same purpose of the Lord: to reclaim the conditioned souls
from the field of sense gratification and return them to the normal stage of
