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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- sa itthaṁ gṛṇataḥ putrān
- puro dṛṣṭvā prajāpatīn
- prajāpati-patis tanvaṁ
- tatyāja vrīḍitas tadā
- tāṁ diśo jagṛhur ghorāṁ
- nīhāraṁ yad vidus tamaḥ
saḥhe (Brahmā) — he (Brahmā); itthamthus — thus; gṛṇataḥspeaking — speaking; putrānsons — sons; puraḥbefore — before; dṛṣṭvāseeing — seeing; prajāall the progenitors of living entities-patīnall the progenitors of living entities — all the progenitors of living entities; prajāpatithe father of them (Brahmā)-patiḥthe father of them (Brahmā) — the father of them (Brahmā); tanvambody — body; tatyājaquit — quit; vrīḍitaḥashamed — ashamed; tadāat that time — at that time; tāmthat body — that body; diśaḥall directions — all directions; jagṛhuḥaccepted — accepted; ghorāmblamable — blamable; nīhāramfog — fog; yatwhich — which; viduḥthey know as — they know as; tamaḥdarkness — darkness.
The father of all Prajāpatis, Brahmā, thus seeing all his Prajāpati sons speaking in that way, became very much ashamed and at once gave up the body he had accepted. Later that body appeared in all directions as the dangerous fog in darkness.
The best way to compensate for one's sinful acts is to give up one's body at once, and Brahmā, the leader of the living entities, showed this by his personal example. Brahmā has a fabulous duration of life, but he was obliged to give up his body due to his grievous sin, even though he had merely contemplated it in his mind without having actually done it.
This is a lesson for the living entities, showing how sinful an act it is to indulge in unrestricted sex life. Even to think of abominable sex life is sinful, and to compensate for such acts, one has to give up his body. In other words, one's duration of life, blessings, opulence, etc., are decreased by sinful acts, and the most dangerous type of sinful act is unrestricted sex.
Ignorance is the cause of sinful life, or sinful life is the cause of gross ignorance. The feature of ignorance is darkness or fog. Darkness or fog still covers the whole universe, and the sun is the only counteracting principle. One who takes shelter of the Lord, the perpetual light, has no fear of being annihilated in the darkness of fog or ignorance.