446 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 12
Godhead, Vasudeva, need not care for any other obligation. It is enjoined
in the Bhagavatam:
devarsi-bhutapta-nrnam pitrnam
na kinkaro nayam rni ca rajan
sarvatmana yah saranam saranyam
gato mukundam parihrtya kartam
“Anyone who has completely given up all worldly relationships and has
taken absolute shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, who gives us salvation
and who alone is fit to be taken shelter of, is no longer a debtor or servant
of anyone, including the demigods, forefathers, sages, other living entities,
relatives and members of human society.” (Bhag. 11.5.41) Thus there was
nothing wrong in the acts of the Kumaras when they refused their great
father’s request that they become family men.
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so’vadhyatah sutair evam
pratyakhyatanusasanaih
krodham durvisaham jatam
niyantum upacakrame
sah—he (Brahma); avadhyatah—thus being disrespected; sutaih—by the
sons; evam—thus; pratyakhyala—refusing to obey; anusdsanaih—the order
of their father; krodham—anger; durvisaham—too much to be tolerated;
jatam—thus_ generated; niyantum—to control; upacakrame—tried his
best.
TRANSLATION
On the refusal of the sons to obey the order of their father, there was
much anger generated in the mind of Brahma, which he tried to control
and not express.
PURPORT
Brahma is the director in charge of the modes of passion of material
nature. Therefore it was natural for him to become angry on the refusal of
his sons to obey his order. Although the Kumaras were right in such acts of
refusal, Brahma, being absorbed in the mode of passion, could not check
