Text 22] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 457
atha—thus; abhidhyayatah—while thinking of; sargam—creation; dasa—
ten; putrah—sons; prajajiire—were begotten; bhagavat—regarding the Per-
sonality of Godhead; sakti—potency ; yuktasya—empowered with; loka—the
world; santa@na—generation; hetavah—the causes.
TRANSLATION
Brahma, who was empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
thought of generating living entities and begot ten sons for the extension of
the generations.
TEXT 22
rai aeafa GORI: FOE: HT! |
WT TAT TIAA ANT! RR
maricir atry-angirasau
pulastyah pulahah kratuh
bhrgur vasistho daksas ca
dasamas tatra naradah
maricih, atri, angirasau, pulastyah, pulahah, kratuh, bhrguh, vasisthah,
daksah—names of sons of Brahma; dasamah—the tenth; tatra—there;
naradah—Narada,
TRANSLATION
Marici, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhrgu, Vasistha, Daksa,
and the tenth son, Narada, were thus born.
PURPORT
The whole process of the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the
cosmic manifestation is meant to give the conditioned souls a chance to go
back home, back to Godhead. Brahm created Rudra to help him in his
creative endeavor, but from the very beginning Rudra began to devour the
whole creation, and thus he had to be stopped from such devastating
activities. Brahma therefore created another set of good children who were
mostly in favor of worldly fruitive activities. He knew very well, however,
that without devotional service to the Lord there is hardly any benefit for
the conditioned souls, and therefore he at last created his worthy son
Narada, who is the supreme spiritual master of all transcendentalists. With-
