BRAHMA: AS THE ACARYA OF OUR DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION CANNOT FALL DOWN

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BRAHMA: AS THE ACARYA OF OUR DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION CANNOT FALL DOWNTHIS FALL DOWN

OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS NOT THE ACARYA(HE WAS BLESSED BY THE LORD--"HE WOULD NEVER

BE BEWILDERED IN ANY KALPA" WHEN HE HEARDSRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM FROM THE LORD).THIS

EXTRAORDINARY IMMORTALITY ON THE PART OF BRAHMA WAS HEARD TO HAVEOCCURRED IN

SOME PARTICULAR KALPA, BUT IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE KALPA IN WHICH

BRAHMA HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD THE FOUR ESSENTIAL VERSES OF

SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM BECAUSE THE LORD BLESSED BRAHMA, AFTER GIVING HIM LESSONS ON

THE BHAGAVATAM, THAT HE WOULD NEVER BE BEWILDERED IN ANY KALPA WHATSOEVER. THIS

INDICATES THAT BEFORE THE HEARING OF SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM HE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN A

VICTIM TO SUCH SENSUALITY, BUT AFTER HEARING SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM DIRECTLY FROM

THE LORD, THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF SUCH FAILURES.SB 3.12.28O Vidura, we have

heard that Brahma had a daughter named Vak who was born from his body and who

attracted his mind toward sex, although she was not sexually inclined towards

him.PURPORTBalavan indriya-gramo vidvamsam api karsati (Bhag. 9.19.17). It is

saidthat the senses are so mad and strong that they can bewilder even the most

sensible and learned man. Therefore it is advised that one should not indulge

in living alone even with one's mother, sister or daughter.Vidvamsam api

karsati means that even the most learned also become victims of the sensuous

urge. Maitreya hesitated to state this anomaly on the part of Brahma, who was

sexually inclined to his own daughter, but still he mentioned it because

sometimes it so happens, and the living example is Brahma himself, although he

is the primeval living being and the most learned within the whole universe. If

Brahma could be a victim of the sexual urge, then what of others, who are prone

to so many mundane frailties? THIS EXTRAORDINARY IMMORTALITY ON THE PART OF

BRAHMA WAS HEARD TO HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME PARTICULAR KALPA, BUT IT COULD NOT

HAVE HAPPENED IN THE KALPA IN WHICH BRAHMA HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD THE

FOUR ESSENTIAL VERSES OF SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM BECAUSE THE LORD BLESSED BRAHMA,

AFTER GIVING HIM LESSONS ON THE BHAGAVATAM, THAT HE WOULD NEVER BE BEWILDERED

IN ANY KALPA WHATSOEVER. THIS INDICATES THAT BEFORE THE HEARING OF

SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM HE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN A VICTIM TO SUCH SENSUALITY, BUT AFTER

HEARING SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD, THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF

SUCH FAILURES.