कथं स्रक्ष्याम्यहं लोकान्समवेतान्यथा पुरा ॥३४॥
kadÄcid dhyÄyataḥ sraá¹£á¹ur
vedÄ ÄsamÅ› catur-mukhÄt
kathaá¹ sraká¹£yÄmy ahaá¹ lokÄn
samavetÄn yathÄ purÄ
kadÄcit - once upon a time; dhyÄyataḥ - while contemplating; sraá¹£á¹uḥ - of BrahmÄ; vedÄḥ - the Vedic literature; Äsan - became manifested; catuḥ-mukhÄt - from the four mouths; katham sraká¹£yÄmi - how shall I create; aham - myself; lokÄn - all these worlds; samavetÄn - assembled; yathÄ - as they were; purÄ - in the past.
Once upon a time, when BrahmÄ was thinking of how to create the worlds as in the past millennium, the four Vedas, which contain all varieties of knowledge, became manifested from his four mouths.
As a fire can consume anything and everything without being contaminated, so, by the grace of the Lord, the fire of BrahmÄ’s greatness consumed his desire for the sinful act of sex with his daughter. The Vedas are the source of all knowledge, and they were first revealed to BrahmÄ by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead while BrahmÄ was thinking of re-creating the material world. BrahmÄ is powerful by dint of his devotional service unto the Lord, and the Lord is always ready to forgive His devotee if by chance he falls down from the noble path of devotional service. The ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.5.42) confirms this as follows:
sva-pÄda-mÅ«laá¹ bhajataḥ priyasya
tyaktvÄnya-bhÄvasya hariḥ pareÅ›aḥ
vikarma yac cotpatitaṠkathañ-cid
dhunoti sarvaá¹ há¹›di sannviá¹£á¹aḥ
“Any person who is engaged one hundred percent in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, at His lotus feet, is very dear to the Personality of Godhead Hari, and the Lord, being situated in the heart of the devotee, excuses all kinds of sins committed by chance.†It was never expected that a great personality like BrahmÄ would ever think of sex indulgence with his daughter. The example shown by BrahmÄ only suggests that the power of material nature is so strong that it can act upon everyone, even BrahmÄ. BrahmÄ was saved by the mercy of the Lord with a little punishment, but by the grace of the Lord he did not lose his prestige as the great BrahmÄ.
