visasarja tanuṁ tāṁ vai
visasarja tanuṁ tāṁ vai
jyotsnāṁ kāntimatīṁ priyām
ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā
viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ
Brahmā gave up that body of beauty which became moon light, and the Gandharvas headed by Viśvāvasu accepted it
|| 3.20.40||
sṛṣṭvā bhūta-piśācāṁś ca
bhagavān ātma-tandriṇā
dig-vāsaso mukta-keśān
vīkṣya cāmīlayad dṛśau
Creating the Bhūtas and Piśācas from laziness, and seeing them naked and with loosened hair, Brahmā closed his eyes.
One time Brahmā felt lazy. From that the Bhūtas and Piśācas appeared. That laziness became yawning and sleep. The Bhūtas accepted that. The effect of laziness (tandrā) is called tandri.
|| 3.20.41||
jagṛhus tad-visṛṣṭāṁ tāṁ
jṛmbhaṇākhyāṁ tanuṁ prabhoḥ
nidrām indriya-vikledo
yayā bhūteṣu dṛśyate
yenocchiṣṭān dharṣayanti
tam unmādaṁ pracakṣate
When Brahmā gave up his body called laziness, the Bhūtas and Piśācas accepted it. O Vidura! That body in which the senses become contaminated is called sleep and by that contamination, Bhūtas attack the contaminated persons. That condition is called madness.
By sleep moistening of the mouth and other senses takes place. By that, the Bhūtas attack contaminated persons. That attack is called madness. In others people are called mad when attacked by the Bhūtas.
|| 3.20.42||
ūrjasvantaṁ manyamāna
ātmānaṁ bhagavān ajaḥ
sādhyān gaṇān pitṛ-gaṇān
parokṣeṇāsṛjat prabhuḥ
Then Brahmā, thinking himself powerful, created the Sādhyas and then, by his invisibility, he created the Pitṛs.
One time, Brahmā’s power and invisibility appeared. They became the Sādhyas and Pitṛs. Their oblations also appeared. This is explained in two verses. From his strength appeared the Sādhyas. From his invisibility appeared the Pitṛs.
|| 3.20.43||
ta ātma-sargaṁ taṁ kāyaṁ
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