686 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 17

TRANSLATION

Marking these and many other omens of evil times, everyone but the
four sage sons of Brahma, who were aware of the fall of Jaya and Vijaya
and of their births as Diti’s sons, was seized with fear. They did not know
the secrets of these portents and thought that the dissolution of the universe

was at hand.
PURPORT ‘

According to Bhagavad-gita, Seventh Chapter, the laws of nature are so
stringent that it is impossible for the living entity to surpass their enforce-
ment. It is also explained that only those who are fully surrendered to
Krsna in Krsna consciousness can be saved. We can learn from the descrip-
tion of the Srimad-Bhagavatam that it is because of the birth of two great
demons that there were so many natural disturbances. It is to be indirectly
understood, as previously described, that when there are constant distur-
bances on the earth, that is an omen that some demoniac people have been
born or that the demoniac population has increased. In former days there
were only two demons, those born of Diti, yet there were so many
disturbances. At the present day, especially in this age of Kali, these
disturbances are always visible, which indicates that the demoniac popu-
lation has certainly increased.

To check the increase of demoniac population, the Vedic civilization
enacted so many rules and regulations of social life, the most important of
which is the garbhadana process for begetting good children. In Bhagavad-
gita Arjuna informed Krsna that if there is unwanted population (varna-
sankara), the entire world will appear to be hell. People are very anxious
for peace in the world, but there are so many unwanted children born
without the benefit of the garbhadana ceremony, just like the demons born
from Diti. Diti was so lusty that she forced her husband to copulate at a
time which was inauspicious, and therefore the demons were born to
create disturbances. In having sex life to beget children, one should observe
the process for begetting nice children; if each and every householder in
every family observes the Vedic system, then there are nice children, not
demons, and automatically there is peace in the world. If we do not follow
regulations in life for social tranquility, we cannot expect peace. Rather,
we will have to undergo the stringent reactions of natural laws.

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