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engaging the senses in service of the Lord. Instead of doing so, i.e. con-
verting the actions of the senses, the impersonalists began to make the
conditioned souls sense-less, and the Lord also sense-less. That is improper
treatment for the conditioned souls. The diseased condition of the senses
may be treated by curing the defect, but not uprooting it altogether. When
there is some disease in the eyes, the eyes may be cured to see properly.
Plucking out the eyes is no treatment. Similarly, the whole material
disease is based on the process of sense gratification, and liberation from
the diseased condition is to re-engage the senses to see the beauty of the
Lord, hear His glories, and act on His account. Thus Brahmaji recreated
the universal activities again.
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srarafraaataeea | FIAT TATE |
WA TATA TAA AMTTHTAT 12
prajapatir dharmapatir
ekada niyaman yaman
bhadram prajanam anvicchann
atisthat svartha-kamyaya

praja-patih—the forefather of all living entities; dharma-patih—the father
of religious life; ekada—once upon a time; niyaman—rules and regulations;
yaman-—principles of control; bhadram—welfare; prajandm—of the living
beings; anvicchan—desiring; atisthat—situated; sva-artha—own interest;
kdmyayda—so desiring.

TRANSLATION
Thus once upon a time the forefather of living entities and the father
of religiousness, Lord Brahma, situated himself in the acts of regulative
principles, desiring self-interest for the welfare of all living entities.
PURPORT

No one can be situated in an exalted position without having undertaken
a regulative life of rules and regulations. An unrestricted life of sense
gratification is animal life, and Lord Brahma, in order to teach all con-
cerned within the jurisdiction of his generations, taught the same principles
