Shloka 40
Secondary Creation Begins: Brahmā’s Productions, the Guṇas, and the Emergence of Orders of Beings
सृष्ट्वा भूतपिशाचांश्च भगवानात्मतन्द्रिणा । दिग्वाससो मुक्तकेशान् वीक्ष्य चामीलयद् दृशौ ॥ ४० ॥
sṛṣṭvā bhūta-piśācāṁś ca bhagavān ātma-tandriṇā dig-vāsaso mukta-keśān vīkṣya cāmīlayad dṛśau
এরপর ভগবান ব্রহ্মা নিজের তন্দ্রা থেকে ভূত-পিশাচ সৃষ্টি করলেন; তাদের নগ্ন ও এলোমেলো কেশধারী দেখে তিনি চোখ বুজে ফেললেন।
Ghosts and mischievous hobgoblins are also the creation of Brahmā; they are not false. All of them are meant for putting the conditioned soul into various miseries. They are understood to be the creation of Brahmā under the direction of the Supreme Lord.
FAQs
Because those beings manifested in a tamasic, unsettling form—naked and with disheveled hair—and Brahmā, momentarily influenced by the creative inertia (tandrī), withdrew his gaze by closing his eyes.
They are categories of subtle, ghostly beings associated with the mode of ignorance (tamas), appearing as part of the graded varieties of creation described in Canto 3.
It suggests discerning withdrawal from degrading influences—choosing not to dwell on what increases tamas—and instead cultivating clarity through sattvic habits, prayer, and devotional remembrance.