nātmānaṁ bahv amanyata
dṛṣṭvā pāpīyasīṁ sṛṣṭiṁ
nātmānaṁ bahv amanyata
bhagavad-dhyāna-pūtena
manasānyāṁ tato ’sṛjat
Seeing the sinful nature of this creation, Brahmā was not satisfied with himself. He again carried out creation by a mind purified with meditation on the Lord.
This and the following verses show who the functions of vidyā appeared in the form of the Kumāras and others from Brahmā, in order to show that knowledge or vidyā destroys ignorance or avidyā. Brahma and others who live for the whole of Brahmā’s life entered into the Supreme Lord at the end of the first half of Brahmā’s life (first parardha). Just as Brahmā appears from a lotus on the first day in the second half of his life as he did in the Pādma-kalpa (the previous day), Brahmā made the Kumāras and others appear at this time (though they actually live for Brahmā’s one hundred years.)
|| 3.12.4 ||
sanakaṁ ca sanandaṁ ca
sanātanam athātmabhūḥ
sanat-kumāraṁ ca munīn
niṣkriyān ūrdhva-retasaḥ
Brahmā created Sanaka, Sanātana, Sananda, and Sanatkumāra, who were free of material actions and strict in brahmacarya.
The four aspects of vidyā are sāṅkhya, yoga, vairāgya and tapas. These appeared in the form of the four Kumāras. Since vidyā is useless without bhakti, bhakti also is present in these four items as a secondary item. Thus, even the Kumāras also have bhakti. Bhakti as the principal element takes the form of Nārada.
|| 3.12.5 ||
tān babhāṣe svabhūḥ putrān
prajāḥ sṛjata putrakāḥ
tan naicchan mokṣa-dharmāṇo
vāsudeva-parāyaṇāḥ
Brahmā said to his sons, “Create progeny.” Being devoted to the Supreme Lord and intent on liberation, they did not agree to do so.
They were not inclined to produce progeny because karma-yoga, producing ignorance, destroys knowledge.
|| 3.12.6 ||
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