Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.20.21
Visarga· Brahmā's creationIgnorance Leads to Destructive Behavior
“Brahmā, the head of the demigods, full of anxiety, asked them, “Do not eat me, but protect me. You are born from me and have become my sons. Therefore you are Yakṣas and Rākṣasas.””
What the purport teaches
- Brahmā anxiously asked those born from him not to eat him, but to protect him as their father.
- The purport explains the names Yakṣas and Rākṣasas through their cries that Brahmā should be eaten or should not be protected.
- These beings were born of the mode of ignorance. Their destructive behavior expressed that influence.
Try this today
Pause before one angry response today and choose words that do not harm.
Ask yourself
When have I needed to replace a harmful impulse with a protective response?
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.