Text 41] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 789

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THR AT AMSAT SAMY o
srstvuad bhiita-pisacams ca
bhagavan atma-tandrina

dig-vasaso mukta-kesan
viksya camilayad drsau

srstvud—having created; bhita—ghosts; pisacan—fiends; ca—and; bhagavan
—Lord Brahma; adtma—his; tandrind—from laziness; dis-vdsasah—naked;
mukta—disheveled; kesan—hair; viksya—seeing; ca—and; amilayat—closed;
drsau—two eyes.

TRANSLATION

The glorious Brahma next evolved from his sloth the ghosts and fiends,
but he closed his eyes when he saw them stand naked with their hair
scattered.

PURPORT

Ghosts and mischievous hobgoblins are also the creation of Brahma;
they are not false. All of them are meant for putting the conditioned soul
into various miseries. They are understood to be the creation of Bralima
under the direction of the Supreme Lord.

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jagrhus tad-visrstam tari

jrmbhanakhyam tanum prabhoh
nidram indriya-vikledo

yaya bhiitesu drsyate
yenocchistan dharsayanti

tam unmadam pracaksate
