Text 35] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 469
vikarma yac cotpatitam katham-cid
dhunoti sarvam hrdi sannivistah
“Any person who is engaged one hundred percent in the transcendental
loving service of the Lord, at His lotus feet, is very dear to the Personality
of Godhead Hari, and the Lord, being situated in the heart of the devotee,
excuses all kinds of sins committed by chance.” It was never expected that
a great personality like Brahma would ever think of sex indulgence with
his daughter. The example shown by Brahma only suggests that the power
of material nature is so strong that it can act upon everyone, even Brahma.
Brahma was saved by the mercy of the Lord with a little punishment, but
by the grace of the Lord he did not lose his prestige as the great Brahma.
TEXT 35
Tet wHaeTaTagTa: ae |
A TNTARAATTT 1124
catur-hotram karma-tantram
upaveda-nayaih saha
dharmasya padas catvaras
tathaivasrama-vrttayah
catuh—four; hotram—paraphernalia for sacrifice; karma—action; tan-
tram—expansions of such activities; upaveda—supplementary to the Vedas;
nayaih—by logical conclusions; saha—along with; dharmasya—of religios-
ity ; padah—principles; catvarah—four; tatha eva—in the same way ; asrama—
social orders; vrttayah —occupations.
TRANSLATION
The four kinds of paraphernalia for conducting the fire sacrifice became
manifest: the performer [the chanter], the offerer, the fire, and the action
performed in terms of the supplementary Vedas. Also the four principles of
religiosity [truth, austerity, mercy and cleanliness] and the duties in the
four social orders, all became manifest.
PURPORT
Eating, sleeping, defending and mating are the four principles of
material bodily demands which are common to both the animals and
human society. To distinguish human society from the animals there is the
