35 - The episode of Brahma 

Sri Krishna said- Narayana compassionately again started speaking to Brahma and all those present there looking at the Ganga took to be for my illusion. 

Narayana said- О four-faced Brahma get up and go to your abode You will surely meet with welfare. Taking a bath in the river Ganga you will be relieved of the curse with my command.

Sage in case your feet truthful and are puce at heart, all these sacred places including yourself are desirous of the touch of Vishnu but since you have defied the nature you have earned a sin. You will therefore be relieved of a sin. The arrogance is the seed of all the sins and misfortunes.

You immediately move on to my infallible place of Goloka. Reaching there you will achieve Sarasvati who is the form of Prakruti and always bestows welfare. 

О virtuous one, you own Prakruti, who happens to be the seed of the universe. You have performed tapas, for a kalpa. 

Because of the curse of the wicked women nobody would recite your mantra but you will be adored together with the other gods. 

Since you are the creator of the universe and always remain engrossed in your own soul, you are the form of all and are adorable by all. 

Thereafter Brahma the teacher of the universe took bath in the Ganga at my command and left for Goloka. 

Thereafter all the gods, the sages reciting my spotless glory again and again left for their respective abodes. 

On reaching Goloka Brahma achieved Sarasvati who happens to be the goddess of all the matter and had. emerged out of my lotus-like face. 

Achieving Sarasvati Brahma felt delighted, Brahma then himself permitted the god of love to short the arrows on him.

Soon thereafter Brahma returned to my place and bowed before me. Owning Sarasvati who could attract the three worlds, Brahma took her to the secluded places and enjoyed her company. 

After enjoying the love-sport with her for long, ‘the mind of Brahma felt detached and he spoke to Sarasvati, "You represent the Brahman by your action." A woman becomes chaste by her deeds, besides being adorable and possessing the everlasting youth. О beautiful one, you better select someone else who should be quite young for your purpose. 

Because a competent woman can feel happy with a competent man. Because of my old age I am unstable, old, ascetic, Vaishnava, Brahmana and am governed by others. How could I be attached to a loose woman? I have returned again to my own abode which is Brahmaloka. 

The people of Brahmaloka looked at the goddess with great interest who was quite beautiful, charming having fair complexion and wore a serene smile on her face. 

Her face resembled the moon of the winter season, the eyes resembled the lotus flowers of the winter season; the shining lips resembled the ripe wood apples; the lines of teeth resembled the jewels. The goddess was adorned with armlets, wristlets and the anklets made of gems. 

The gem-studded ear-ornaments adorned her ears and the garland of gems was shining on her breasts. 

She was clad in fine clothes sanctified by fire and was quite youthful and attractive. She had solid breasts. 

She held vina in both the hands, while the other hands were in vyakhyana-mudra. The people of Brahmaloka welcomed the goddess sacrificing various valuable on her. Thereafter both Brahma and Bharati entered Goloka. Thereafter both Brahma and Bharati were engaged in love-sports, they then delightfully engaged themselves in the love-sport This is the secret of various Puranas; what else do you want to listen from me.?. 

Narayana said- On hearing the words of her beloved, Radha curiously again asked the lord. 

Radhika said- "O lord, you tell me why did Brahma not accept the apsara of the heaven who herself arrived before him in a secluded place. The reason was not known in the land of Bharata. It is really sinful not to accept a damsel who herself arrives to seek one’s company. Brahma being well aware of this how could he disappoint Mohini?" 

Narayana said- On hearing the words of Radhika Madhusudana smiled and he narrated to her the story of Padma-kalpa. 

Sri Krishna said- О my beloved listen to me, I am going to tell you an extremely secret and untold story which delights the noble people.

Once I inspired Brahma for the creation of the universe. Thereafter the illumining mind born sons were created by him. 

 They were known as Sanaka, Sananda, the best Sanatana, Sanatkumara, Vodhu Kavi, Panchashikha, Asita, Kapila and siddha, the five siddhas who always remain or the ago of five years and were born out of my amsha were asked by Brahma to engage themselves in the creation of the universe. Those sons of Brahma always engaged themselves in my devotion. Disregarding the command of their father, the proceed on for performing tapas. 

Therefore, getting disgusted Brahma created another set of sons. They happened to be the possessing terrific bodies and were eleven in number. Since they were always crying, they came to be known as Rudras.

Entrusting the creation of the universe to the Rudras, Brahma started meditating upon me. With this yogic power and with his mind devoted in me, Brahma created more sons who have been known as Vasistha, Pulaha, Kratu, Angira, Bhrgu, Atri, Pulastya, Daksha, Kardama and Marici and entrusted them with the task of creation of the universe. Thereafter Brahma delightfully created another son and a daughter. 

Kamadeva happen to be the son of Sri Krishna and was filled with love, the girl who was created was of sixteen years’ age and was adorned with all the ornaments. 

The son who was standing before him and was born out of my amsha was quite pleasant to look at besides being illustrious. 

Brahma said- I have created both of you and you incite the men and a woman to indulge in the love sport between. By means of yogic practices you reside in the hearts of all.

You accept my arrows by which you can influence others besides charming them with force, disturbing the seed, making them hysterical, creating burning sensation, removing of senses and disturbing them because of me been you can move everywhere in the universe without any obstruction. 

The lord of the universe handing over the arrows to kama, felt extremely delighted and looking at the daughter he thought of bestowing a boon on her. In the meantime, kama in order to test the weapons provided to him by his own father, shot an arrow at Brahma. 

With the shooting of the arrow at Brahma, the creator of the universe who happens to be the lord of mantras was wounded and he lost his senses. 

On regaining his consciousness, he found the girl there and became desirous of enjoying her company. The chaste girl fled from the scene in terror. Finding her father following her she felt terrified and ran for shelter towards his ascetic brothers. 

Keeping the giri with them, the ascetics looked at; Brahma, their own father with great anger and they spoke to him the words which were according to the Vedas, quite appropriate and the best. 

The sages said- It pain us a lot that you have indulged in such an action which is to be denounced by all. О creator of universe, you have indulged in the actions which are practiced by the degraded people. 

The noble people always look at the other women like their own mother and always control their senses. Such people are adored everywhere in the universe. 

You are yourself the creator of the universe and you intend to enjoy the company of your own daughter. The daughter comes in the category of mothers which has been defined in the Vedas. 

The wife of the teacher, the wife of the king, wife of the Brahmana, the wives of the brothers and the sons, the wife of the friends and their mothers, the wives of the parents, the mother in law, one’s own daughter, the mother, co-wife, the sisters the cow, the wife of the family gods, mid-wife, the one who provides food, the one who keeps in the womb, the one who removes the danger, are all considered to be like mothers. This has been ordained in the Vedas, they are all equal in respect and no one is of lesser in importance. 

Similarly, the one who gives away the daughter, the one who gives away food, the one who gives away knowledge, the one who gives away protection, the one who gives birth, the one who gives mantra and the elder brother are considered to be like father. 

Such of the foolish people who misbehave with the mother and the father as defined above they fall into the hell and remain there till the age of Brahma.

The messengers of Yama carry them and through them in the andhakupa hell and always torture them were they have to consume refuge. 

You are the creator of the universe and also administer even the god of death and you create the three worlds. Are you going to catch hold of this girl because of the position you will going? 

O father, your mind is infested with passion and you therefore disappear from the sight of sight of we people at a long distance. Though we are competent enough to reduce you to ashes but we still do not so take you to be our father. 

Because the noble people forgive a thousand sins of the teacher. The people who are well-versed in polity destroyed the person who kill every-one, accept the teacher. 

In case a teacher takes away every-thing and then pronouncing a curse, even such a heartless teacher is not denounced by the noble people and adore him with great devotion. 

The one becomes the jealous of the teacher, who indeed in the better than the gods and denounce him they fall in the andhakupa hell and stay there till the life of the sun and the moon. 

After having been tortured by the messengers of Yama they consumed the refuge and are bitten by the snakes throughout the day and night.

Thus, speaking the sages offered their salutation at the feet of Brahma, everything is possible according to the moves of destiny. 

All the sages than engaged themselves in their respective assignment and Brahma feeling ashamed thought of ending his life. 

He stopped his Prana Vayu (wind of life) and broke the Satchakra with the yogic practices and pushing it through the Brahmarandhra, his soul was about to leave his body. 

At that point of time he remembers the name of lord Hari and offered his salutation to him saying, О lord my mind should not get attracted even slightly towards the riches of others. For the graceful people, the denouncement is verse than death. Completely devoting his mind towards the lord, he merged into the Brahman. 

Finding her father dead, the daughter felt extremely grieved and lamented for long. Thereafter she ending her life by yogic practices merged into the body of Brahman. 

The best of sages also thinking of their father and the sister who had met with their end, lamented for long in anger and started reciting the name of Hari. 

Thereafter, Narayana who happens to be my amsha arrived there at once and with the application of his divine knowledge he brought back to life Brahma and his daughter.

Brahma on finding Hari standing before him asked for a desired boon, "My mind should remain devoted at your feet always. And I should have and everlasting and deep devotion at your feet.". 

Finding Brahma disturbed in his brain, the compassionate lord spoke to him to enlighten him with the words which were truthful, appropriate and pleasant. 

Narayana said- О Brahman, О lord of the universe, you shed away the shame and the burning of their heart. Raise up your head and listen to me whatever I am speaking to you. 

Credit or discredit, reputation or denouncement, one gets according to his own deeds either he is a great or insignificant. 

One's own deeds are always powerful for a person. By availing of the reward of the one's deeds, one consumes them. 

Someone has to face the result of his own deed by devoting his mind at the lotus-like feet of the lord. 

One gets denouncement by indulging in misdeeds which results in shame. With the noble deeds, one attains glory and nobility. 

О Brahman, the body attains old age because of the time. Besides the strength, beauty, good and bad deeds, the three types of glory, illusion and denouncement, indebtedness, wounds and black spot are earned by people according to their deeds but the noble people are free from all these. 

The blemish resides in the riches of others as well as the wives of others. Therefore, the noble people do not aspire for the same because they are always troublesome.

Therefore, reciting my name in your mind, you devote yourself to me. In that case the mind is not attracted towards other things, my illusion in the form of damsels influenced everyone, my illusion also attracts playfully the noble people. 

The passionate people depending upon the beauty of their limbs always feel attracted towards them. As for example their breasts, the developed part of the body and those which are impure, lips and other parts of the body are always the source of attraction for them. Therefore, the such of the people who are devoted to religion never look at the buttocks, the face, the breasts and the pelvic region of the woman. 

The one whose mind is engrossed in the ladies, his dharma, glory, tapas, intelligence, knowledge and charities become infructuous. 

He has to face miseries in this world and have fall into the hell after death where many types of insects bite him. 

The foolish people as a move of destiny get attracted towards the wives of others delightfully taking it to be a real pleasure. 

But the best of the people always devotes their mind at my feet performing good deeds and the degraded people delightfully enjoy the company of the wives of others. 

The one who feels attracted towards the wives of others, the gold of other and the land of others, he has always to face the miseries. 

The one who on coming across anthers wife recites the name of Hari in his mind and by coming across the riches of others he neglects them such a person is sanctified, the people suffering from ailments, people without knowledge and some of the people afraid of public denouncement never indulge themselves in approaching the wives of others.

 The ascetics engage themselves in performing tapas, the learned people engage themselves in the study of scriptures, the yogis engage themselves in yogic practices, the Vedic people spend their time in the study of the Vedas, the auspicious serving the husbands attend to the household affairs, the passionate people engage themselves in the evil deeds and the devotees always remain devoted to me. 

Those, who are engaged in such type of works follow the path of the Vedas and are praised in the assembly of intellectuals, such of the people who act against the Vedas are always denounced.

О Brahman, the one who follows the right path is praised by everyone and those who follow the wrong path are denounced even by those ploughing the fields.

Because of the boon pronounced by me your mind will never feel attracted at the wives of others besides others riches. You follow the discourse given by me out-worldly and in worldly you devote your mind towards my lotus like feet. 

О Brahman, your daughter would become the wife of Kamadeva and will be known by the name of Rati. She would be known as the goddess of love. You disown her. 

Thus, speaking assuring Brahma and Radha Krishna moved on to Vaikuntha.