sa itthaṁ gṛṇataḥ putrān
sa itthaṁ gṛṇataḥ putrān
puro dṛṣṭvā prajāpatīn
prajāpati-patis tanvaṁ
tatyāja vrīḍitas tadā
tāṁ diśo jagṛhur ghorāṁ
nīhāraṁ yad vidus tamaḥ
Seeing his sons, the Prajāpatis, speak before him in this way, Brahmā, their father, gave up his previous disposition in shame. The directions accepted that disposition, a terrible fog, which is known as darkness.
Giving up his body indicates that the chief remedial measure for great sin is death. Since it is impossible for Brahmā to die before his life span of two parardhas is complete, “giving up his body” means “giving up a disposition.” The directions are covered with darkness even today.
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kadācid dhyāyataḥ sraṣṭur
vedā āsaṁś catur-mukhāt
kathaṁ srakṣyāmy ahaṁ lokān
samavetān yathā purā
At one time, when Brahmā was meditating on how to create all the worlds as he had done previously, the Vedas appeared from the four mouths of Brahmā.
It is said:
dharma-vyatikramo dṛṣṭa īśvarāṇāṁ ca sāhasam
tejīyasāṁ na doṣāya vahneḥ sarva-bhujo yathā
The status of powerful controllers is not harmed by any apparently audacious transgression of morality we may see in them, for they are just like fire, which devours everything fed into it and remains unpolluted. SB 10.33.29
Thus one should not worry that Brahmā was contaminated for being attracted to his daughter. To express this, the power of Brahmā is described in this verse. His position will be described later in the chapter:
śabda-brahmātmanas tasya vyaktāvyaktātmanaḥ paraḥ
brahmāvabhāti vitato nānā-śakty-upabṛṁhitaḥ
The Supreme Lord who is impersonal Brahman and the personal Lord filled with various śaktis, makes his appearance as Brahmā, whose body is composed of the Vedas, which is audible sound as vaikhari and inaudible as oṁ.. SB 3.12.48
Thus, meditating on how to create as he had done previously, the Vedas appeared. This means that the complete method of creation exists in the Vedas. By consulting the Vedas, he could follow the order of the Lord to carry out creation with ease.
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