SB 3.17.15
Devanāgarī
दृष्ट्वान्यांश्च महोत्पातानतत्तत्त्वविद: प्रजा: । ब्रह्मपुत्रानृते भीता मेनिरे विश्वसम्प्लवम् ॥ १५ ॥
Text
dṛṣṭvānyāṁś ca mahotpātān atat-tattva-vidaḥ prajāḥ brahma-putrān ṛte bhītā menire viśva-samplavam
Synonyms
dṛṣṭvā—having seen;anyān—others;ca—and;mahā—great;utpātān—evil omens;a-tat-tattva-vidaḥ—not knowing the secret (of the portents);prajāḥ—people;brahma-putrān—the sons of Brahmā (the four Kumāras);ṛte—except;bhītāḥ—being fearful;menire—thought;viśva-samplavam—the dissolution of the universe.
Translation
Marking these and many other omens of evil times, everyone but the four sage sons of Brahmā, who were aware of the fall of Jaya and Vijaya and of their birth as Diti’s sons, was seized with fear. They did not know the secrets of these portents and thought that the dissolution of the universe was at hand.
Purport
To check the increase of demoniac population, the Vedic civilization enacted so many rules and regulations of social life, the most important of which is the garbhādhāna process for begetting good children. In Bhagavad-gītā Arjuna informed Kṛṣṇa that if there is unwanted population ( varṇa-saṅkara ), the entire world will appear to be hell. People are very anxious for peace in the world, but there are so many unwanted children born without the benefit of the garbhādhāna ceremony, just like the demons born from Diti. Diti was so lusty that she forced her husband to copulate at a time which was inauspicious, and therefore the demons were born to create disturbances. In having sex life to beget children, one should observe the process for begetting nice children; if each and every householder in every family observes the Vedic system, then there are nice children, not demons, and automatically there is peace in the world. If we do not follow regulations in life for social tranquillity, we cannot expect peace. Rather, we will have to undergo the stringent reactions of natural laws.
