Text 3] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 443

TEXT 3

TE taal ate arma Tera |
WALI AAA TASTAT |! 3 I!

drstud papiyasir srstirn
natmanam bahv amanyata

bhagavad-dhyana-piitena
manasanyam tato’srjal

drstva—by seeing; paptyasim—sinful; srstim—creation; na—did not;
atmanam—unto himself; bahu—much pleasure; amanyata—felt; bhagavat—
on the Personality of Godhead; dhyana—meditation; piitena—purified by
that; manasa—by such a mentality; anyam—another; latah—thereafter;
asrjat—created.

TRANSLATION

Seeing such a misleading creation as a sinful task, Brahma did not feel
much pleasure in his activity, and therefore he purified himself by
meditation on the Personality of Godhead. Then he began another term
of creation.

PURPORT

Although he created the different influences of nescience, Lord Brahma
was nol salisfied in performing such a thankless task, but he had to do it
because most of the conditioned souls wanted it to be so. Lord Krsna
says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15) that He is present in everyone’s heart and is
helping everyone to either remember or forget. The question may be raised
why the Lord, who is all-merciful, helps one to remember and another to
forget. Actually, His mercy is not exhibited in partiality towards one and
enmily towards another. The living entity, as part and parcel of the Lord,
is partially independent because he partially possesses all the qualities of
the Lord. Anyone who has some independence may sometimes misuse it
due to ignorance. When the living entily prefers to misuse his independence
and glide down towards nescience, the all-merciful Lord first of all tries to
protect him from the trap, but when the living entity persists on gliding
down to hell, the Lord helps him to forget his real position. The
Lord helps the falling living entity to glide down to the lowest point,
just to give him the chance to see if he is happy by misusing his
independence,
