prajāpates te vacasādhīśa tantyā

prajāpates te vacasādhīśa tantyā

lokaḥ kilāyaṁ kāma-hato ’nubaddhaḥ

ahaṁ ca lokānugato vahāmi

baliṁ ca śuklānimiṣāya tubhyam

O Lord! Those controlled by material desires are bound by the ropes of instructions of Brahmā, your servant, to create progeny. O Viṣṇu! Following such people, I make an offering to you, the form of time.

“If that is so, use your intelligence. Why do not worship without desires?” Persons such as Marīci are bound by the ropes of instructions of Brahmā (prajāpateḥ), your servant (te), to create progeny. And Brahmā speaks only according to your instructions.

 

saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ |

anena prasaviṣyadhvam eṣa vo ’stv iṣṭa-kāma-dhuk ||

 

Brahmā, having created the population along with sacrifice, long ago spoke: May you prosper by this sacrifice. May it fulfill all your material desires!  BG 3.10

 

Brahmā has no fault. He only echoes your words. “Let the materialistic people be bound up! Why don’t you overcome those desires like the Kumāras?”  My intelligence follows the common people. I cannot be like Nārada and others. Like bull, I am bound by a rope and carry an offering to you. I follow your orders concerning material life. This means “I desire a wife.” The word ca indicates “I also will perform bhakti in order to attain you.” O Viṣṇu (śukla)! I make an offering to please you, the form of time.

|| 3.21.17||

lokāṁś ca lokānugatān paśūṁś ca

hitvā śritās te caraṇātapatram

parasparaṁ tvad-guṇa-vāda-sīdhu-

pīyūṣa-niryāpita-deha-dharmāḥ

Disregarding the materialists and their followers who are like animals, persons who take shelter of the umbrella of your lotus feet become free of bodily afflictions by mutually discussing topics concerning your qualities, which are sweet and intoxicating.

“The fathers, their sons and brothers who follow their instructions gain fame and happiness from following material dharma. Why do you criticize their material desires? What fame and happiness do the detached devotees have, giving sorrow to their fathers, for which you praise them?” Two verses respond.  Because the materialists are like animals, there is no fault in rejecting them. Or lokan can refer to those well versed in logic or mīmāṁsa philosophy, and their followers are those who are not well versed in scripture who follow their instructions with faith. Both are like animals because they lack bhakti. Others take shelter of the umbrella of your lotus feet. Those who are animals and do not take shelter must burn up in the heat of material existence. And those who take shelter have unlimited happiness. By drinking topics concerning your qualities which are nectar, since they are sweet and destroys death, and which are wine (sīdhu) because they make them forget material existence, they destroy the qualities of the material body consisting of infancy, boyhood and other ages, as well as hunger, thirst and other cravings.

 

|| 3.21.18||