तन्नैच्छन्मोक्षधर्माणो वासुदेवपरायणाः ॥५॥
tÄn babhÄá¹£e svabhūḥ putrÄn
prajÄḥ sá¹›jata putrakÄḥ
tan naicchan moká¹£a-dharmÄṇo
vÄsudeva-parÄyaṇÄḥ
tÄn - unto the KumÄras, as above mentioned; babhÄá¹£e - addressed; svabhūḥ - BrahmÄ; putrÄn - unto the sons; prajÄḥ - generations; sá¹›jata - to create; putrakÄḥ - O my sons; tat - that; na - not; aicchan - desired; moká¹£a-dharmÄṇaḥ - pledged to the principles of liberation; vÄsudeva - the Personality of Godhead; parÄyaṇÄḥ - who are so devoted.
BrahmÄ spoke to his sons after generating them. “My dear sons,†he said, “now generate progeny.†But due to their being attached to VÄsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they aimed at liberation, and therefore they expressed their unwillingness.
The four sons of BrahmÄ, the KumÄras, declined to become family men even on the request of their great father, BrahmÄ. Those who are serious about gaining release from material bondage should not be entangled in the false relationship of family bondage. People may ask how the KumÄras could refuse the orders of BrahmÄ, who was their father and, above all, the creator of the universe. The reply is that one who is vÄsudeva-parÄyaṇa, or seriously engaged in the devotional service of the Personality of Godhead, VÄsudeva, need not care for any other obligation. It is enjoined in the BhÄgavatam (11.5.41):
devará¹£i-bhÅ«tÄpta-nṛṇÄá¹ pitá¹á¹‡Äá¹
na kiá¹…karo nÄyam ṛṇī ca rÄjan
sarvÄtmanÄ yaḥ Å›araṇaá¹ Å›araṇyaá¹
gato mukundaá¹ parihá¹›tya kartam
“Anyone who has completely given up all worldly relationships and has taken absolute shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, who gives us salvation and who alone is fit to be taken shelter of, is no longer a debtor or servant of anyone, including the demigods, forefathers, sages, other living entities, relatives, and members of human society.†Thus there was nothing wrong in the acts of the KumÄras when they refused their great father’s request that they become family men.
