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  "name":"SB 3.20.40",
  "h1":"SB 3.20.40",
  "label":"Text 40",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.40",
  "description":"The glorious Brahmā next evolved from his sloth the ghosts and fiends, but he closed his eyes when he saw them stand naked with their hair scattered."

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SB 3.20.40

सृष्ट्वा भूतपिशाचांश्च भगवानात्मतन्द्रिणा ।
दिग्वाससो मुक्तकेशान्वीक्ष्य चामीलयद्दृशौ ॥४०॥

Text

sṛṣṭvā bhūta-piśācāṁś ca
bhagavān ātma-tandriṇā
dig-vāsaso mukta-keśān
vīkṣya cāmīlayad dṛśau

Synonyms

sṛṣṭvā—having created; bhūta—ghosts; piśācān—fiends; ca—and; bhagavān—Lord Brahmā; ātma—his; tandriṇā—from laziness; dik-vāsasaḥ—naked; mukta—disheveled; keśān—hair; vīkṣya—seeing; ca—and; amīlayat—closed; dṛśau—two eyes.

Translation

The glorious Brahmā next evolved from his sloth the ghosts and fiends, but he closed his eyes when he saw them stand naked with their hair scattered.

Purport

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.