Text 41] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 789
TEXT 40
SR GENE WATAAT AT |
THR NET AMSAT TAMU oll
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; dtma—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.
TEXT 41
ATER at aeaTETt Ts TA: |
faatfitxafeat vat yag cea |
Wifoeratata qT TAT lez
jagrhus tad-visrstam tari
jrmbhanakhyam tanum prabhoh
nidram indriya-vikledo
yaya bhiitesu drsyate
yenocchistan dharsayanti
tam unmadam pracaksate
