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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.49
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 49
- tato 'parām upādāya
- sa sargāya mano dadhe
tataḥthereafter — thereafter; aparāmanother — another; upādāyahaving accepted — having accepted; saḥhe — he; sargāyain the matter of creation — in the matter of creation; manaḥmind — mind; dadhegave attention — gave attention.
Thereafter Brahmā accepted another body, in which sex life was not forbidden, and thus he engaged himself in the matter of further creation.
In his former body, which was transcendental, affection for sex life was forbidden, and Brahmā therefore had to accept another body to allow himself to be connected with sex. He thus engaged himself in the matter of creation. His former body transformed into fog, as previously described.