Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.20.19
Visarga· Brahmā's creationBrahmā Rejects the Body of Ignorance
“Out of disgust, Brahmā threw off the body of ignorance, and taking this opportunity, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas sprang for possession of the body, which continued to exist in the form of night. Night is the source of hunger and thirst.”
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā was disgusted with the body of ignorance and threw it off.
- Yakṣas and Rākṣasas took the opportunity to possess that discarded body.
- The body continued to exist in the form of night. The verse describes night as the source of hunger and thirst.
Try this today
Identify one point in this verse you do not understand and write it down for further study.
Ask yourself
What can I learn from Brahmā’s unwillingness to welcome ignorance?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.