1380 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 32
kartrtvat sagunam brahma
purusam purusarsabham
sa samsrtya punah kale
kalenesvara-miirtina
Jate guna-vyatikare
yatha-piirvam prajayate
aisvaryam pdramesthyam ca
te pi dharma-vinirmitam
nisevya punar ayanti
guna-vyatikare sati
adyah—the creator, Lord Brahma; sthira-carindm—of the immobile and
mobile manifestations; yah—he who; veda-garbhah—the repository of the
Vedas; saha—along with; rsibhih—the sages; yoga-isvaraih—with great
mystic yogis; kuma@ra-adyaih—the Kumaras and others; siddhaih— with the
perfected living beings; yoga-pravartakaih—the authors of the yoga system;
bheda-drstya—because of independent vision; abhimanena—by miscon-
ception; nihsaigena—nonfruitive; api—although; karmana—by their
activities; kartrtvat—from the sense of being a doer; sa-gunam— possessing
spiritual qualities ; brahma— Brahman; purusam—the Personality of Godhead;
purusa-rsabham—the first purusa incarnation; sah—he; samsrtya—having
attained; punah—again; kale—at the time; kalena—by time;isvara-miurtina--
the manifestation of the Lord; jate guna-vyatikare—when the interaction of
the modes arises; yatha—as; piirvam—previously; prajayate—is born;
aisvaryam— opulence; paramesthyam—royal; ca—and; te—the sages; api—
also; dharma—by their pious activities; vinirmitam— produced; nisevya—
having enjoyed; punah—again; a@yanti—they return; guna-vyatikare sati—
when the interaction of the modes takes place.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, someone may worship the Supreme Personality of
Godhead with a special self-interest, but even demigods such as Lord
Brahma, great sages such as Sanat-kumara, and great munis such as
Marici have to come back to the material world again at the time of
creation. When the interaction of the three modes of material nature
begins, Brahma, who is the creator of this cosmic manifestation and who
is full of Vedic knowledge, and the great sages, who are the authors of the
