Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening and the Varna Sankara Population

PREGNANCY OF DITI IN THE EVENING
AND THE VARNA SANKARA POPULATION

(by Mohini devi)

Varṇa-saṅkara is unwanted population which disturbs the peace of the general society. In order to check this social disturbance, there are prescribed rules and regulations by which the population can automatically become peaceful and organized for spiritual progress in life.

Good population in human society is the basic principle for peace, prosperity and spiritual progress in life. When there is increase of unwanted population, a hellish situation is created both for the family and for those who destroy the family tradition. In such corrupt families, there is no offering of oblations of food and water to the ancestors.

Children begotten under the rules and regulations of the scriptures generally become as good as the father and mother, but children born illegitimately mainly become varṇa-saṅkara. The varṇa-saṅkara population is irresponsible to the family, community and even to themselves. Formerly the varṇa-saṅkara population was checked by the observation of the reformatory method called garbhādhāna-saṁskāra, a child-begetting religious ceremony. In this verse we find that although King Purañjana had begotten so many children, they were not varṇa-saṅkara. All of them were good, well-behaved children, and they had good qualities like their father and mother.  (More…)

“When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family become corrupt, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, comes unwanted progeny.” (BG/1/40)

Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening and Varṇa-saṅkara population

“Diti, daughter of Dakṣa, being afflicted with sex desire, begged her husband, Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, to have intercourse with her in the evening in order to beget a child. The sun was setting, and the sage was sitting in trance after offering oblations to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, whose tongue is the sacrificial fire. In that place the beautiful Diti expressed her desire: O learned one, Cupid is taking his arrows and distressing me forcibly, as a mad elephant troubles a banana tree. Therefore you should be kind towards me by showing me complete mercy. I desire to have sons, and I am much distressed by seeing the opulence of my co-wives. By performing this act, you will become happy. A woman is honored in the world by the benediction of her husband, and a husband like you will become famous by having children because you are meant for the expansion of living entities. O hero [Vidura], Diti, being thus afflicted by the contamination of lust, and therefore poor and talkative, was pacified by the son of Marīci in suitable words.”

Kasyapa said: Even though it is not possible to repay you, I shall satisfy your sex desire immediately for the sake of begetting children. But you must wait for only a few seconds so that others may not reproach me. This particular time is most inauspicious because at this time the horrible-looking ghosts and constant companions of the lord of the ghosts are visible.

Kaśyapa has already told his wife Diti to wait for a while, and now he warns her that failure to consider the particular time will result in punishment from the ghosts and evil spirits who move during this time, along with their master, Lord Rudra.

Note: PUNISHMENT FROM HORRIBLE-LOOKING GHOSTS AND EVIL SPIRITS.

Lord Śiva, or Rudra, is the king of the ghosts. Ghostly characters worship Lord Śiva to be gradually guided toward a path of self-realization. Māyāvādī philosophers are mostly worshipers of Lord Śiva, and Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya is considered to be the incarnation of Lord Śiva for preaching godlessness to the Māyāvādī philosophers. Ghosts are bereft of a physical body because of their grievously sinful acts, such as suicide. The last resort of the ghostly characters in human society is to take shelter of suicide, either material or spiritual. Material suicide causes loss of the physical body, and spiritual suicide causes loss of the individual identity. Māyāvādī philosophers desire to lose their individuality and merge into the impersonal spiritual brahmajyoti existence. Lord Śiva, being very kind to the ghosts, sees that although they are condemned, they get physical bodies. He places them into the wombs of women who indulge in sexual intercourse regardless of the restrictions on time and circumstance. Kaśyapa wanted to impress this fact upon Diti so that she might wait for a while.

Note: IN KALIYUGA HARDLY ANYONE CHANTS 60 ROUNDS BEFORE BEGETTING CHILDREN. THAT IS WHY MOST EVERYBODY BORN IS A GHOSTLY CHARACTER, A GODLESS ATHEIST PLACED IN THE WOMB BY LORD SIVA.

Lord Śiva’s body is reddish, and he is unstained, but he is covered with ashes. His hair is dusty from the whirlwind dust of the burning crematorium. He is the younger brother of your husband, and he sees with his three eyes.

One of his eyes is like the sun, another is like the moon, and his third eye, which is between his eyebrows, is like fire. He can generate fire from his middle eye, and he is able to vanquish any powerful living entity, including Brahmā. Kaśyapa warned his wife that because Lord Śiva would see their sex indulgence, the time was not appropriate. Diti might argue that they would enjoy sex life in a private place, but Kaśyapa reminded her that Lord Śiva has three eyes, called the sun, moon and fire, and one cannot escape his vigilance any more than one can escape Viṣṇu. Although seen by the police, a criminal is sometimes not immediately punished; the police wait for the proper time to apprehend him. The forbidden time for sexual intercourse would be noted by Lord Śiva, and Diti would meet with proper punishment by giving birth to a child of ghostly character or a godless impersonalist. Kaśyapa foresaw this, and thus he warned his wife Diti.

Note: THE PROPER PUNISHMENT FOR THIS UNRESTRICTED SEX LIFE IS TO GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN OF GHOSTLY CHARACTER OR GODLESS ATHEISTS. THUS VARṆA-SAṄKARA OR UNWANTED POPULATION IS CREATED.

“Now let me describe the sons of Diti, who were begotten by Kaśyapa but who became demons. In this demoniac family the great devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja appeared, and Bali Mahārāja also appeared in that family. The demons are technically known as Daityas because they proceeded from the womb of Diti.” (SB/6/18/10)

Maitreya said: Diti was thus informed by her husband, but she was pressed by Cupid for sexual satisfaction. She caught hold of the clothing of the great brāhmaṇa sage, just like a shameless public prostitute. Understanding his wife’s purpose, he was obliged to perform the forbidden act, and thus after offering his obeisances unto worshipable fate, he lay with her in a secluded place.

It appears from the talks of Kaśyapa with his wife that he was a worshiper of Lord Śiva, and although he knew that Lord Śiva would not be pleased with him for such a forbidden act, he was obliged to act by his wife’s desire, and thus he offered his obeisances unto fate. He knew that the child born of such untimely sexual intercourse would certainly not be a good child, but could not protect himself because he was too obligated to his wife.

O son of the Bharata family, Diti, after this, went nearer to her husband, her face lowered because of her faulty action. She spoke as follows.

When one is ashamed of an abominable action, one naturally becomes down-faced. Diti came to her senses after the abominable sexual intercourse with her husband. Such sexual intercourse is condemned as prostitution. In other words, sex life with one’s wife is equal to prostitution if the regulations are not properly followed.

The beautiful Diti said: My dear brāhmaṇa, kindly see that my embryo is not killed by Lord Śiva, the lord of all living entities, because of the great offense I have committed against him.

Note: DITI AND KASYAPA WERE FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THEIR FORBIDDEN ACT AS OPPOSED TO TODAYS IGNORANT KALIYUGA UNWANTED POPULATION.

The learned Kaśyapa said: Because of your mind’s being polluted, because of defilement of the particular time, because of your negligence of my directions, and because of your being apathetic to the demigods, everything was inauspicious.

Note: The punishment for creating unwanted ghostlike children is that when grown up they become big demons, ghostly characters and cruel atheists creating inauspiciousness all over. It sets rolling a chain reaction of inauspicious situations one after the other until all is a huge ball of inauspiciousness engulfing the earth at this moment. This creates as punishment a society of big ghostly commanders  and small ghostlike followers, all godless atheists.

The conditions for having good progeny in society are that the husband should be disciplined in religious and regulative principles and the wife should be faithful to the husband.

In Bhagavad-gītā (7.11) it is said that sexual intercourse according to religious principles is a representation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Before engaging in sexual intercourse, both the husband and the wife must consider their mental condition, the particular time, the husband’s direction, and obedience to the demigods. According to Vedic society, there is a suitable auspicious time for sex life, which is called the time for garbhādhāna. Diti neglected all the principles of scriptural injunction, and therefore, although she was very anxious for auspicious children, she was informed that her children would not be worthy to be the sons of a brāhmaṇa. There is a clear indication herein that a brāhmaṇa’s son is not always a brāhmaṇa. Personalities like Rāvaṇa and Hiraṇyakaśipu were actually born of brāhmaṇas, but they were not accepted as brāhmaṇas because their fathers did not follow the regulative principles for their birth. Such children are called demons, or Rākṣasas. There were only one or two Rākṣasas in the previous ages due to negligence of the disciplinary methods, but during the age of Kali there is no discipline in sex life. How, then, can one expect good children? Certainly unwanted children cannot be a source of happiness in society, but through the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement they can be raised to the human standard by chanting the holy name of God. That is the unique contribution of Lord Caitanya to human society.

Note: SUCH CHILDREN ARE CALLED DEMONS OR RAKSASAS.

O haughty one, you will have two contemptuous sons born of your condemned womb. Unlucky woman, they will cause constant lamentation to all the three worlds!

Contemptuous sons are born of the condemned womb of their mother. In Bhagavad-gītā (1.40) it is said, “When there is deliberate negligence of the regulative principles of religious life, the women as a class become polluted, and as a result there are unwanted children.” This is especially true for boys; if the mother is not good, there cannot be good sons. The learned Kaśyapa could foresee the character of the sons who would be born of the condemned womb of Diti. The womb was condemned because of the mother’s being too sexually inclined and thus transgressing all the laws and injunctions of the scriptures. In a society where such women are predominant, one should not expect good children.

Note: THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR BOYS IF THE MOTHER IS NOT GOOD, THERE CANNOT BE GOOD SONS. IN KALIYUGA DUE TO POLLUTED MINDS, OF BOTH MEN AND WOMAN, MOST WOMBS OF THE MOTHERS ARE CONDEMNED AND AS A PUNISHMENT MOST CHILDREN BORN ARE CONTEMPTUOUS ASURAS, CONDEMNED DEMONS, GODLESS ATHEISTS. THEY WILL CAUSE CONSTANT LAMENTATION.

They will kill poor, faultless living entities, torture women and enrage the great souls.

Demoniac activities are predominant when innocent, faultless living entities are killed, women are tortured, and the great souls engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are enraged. In a demoniac society, innocent animals are killed to satisfy the tongue, and women are tortured by unnecessary sexual indulgence. Where there are women and meat, there must be liquor and sex indulgence. When these are prominent in society, by God’s grace one can expect a change in the social order by the Lord Himself or by His bona fide representative.

Note: WHEN WOMAN, MEAT, LIQUOR AND SEX INDULGENCE ARE PROMINENT, BY GODS GRACE ONE CAN EXPECT A CHANGE IN THE SOCIAL ORDER BY THE LORD HIMSELF OR HIS BONA FIDE REPRESENTATIVE.

A practical example of a condemned species of life is the dog. Dogs are so condemned that they never show any sympathy to their contemporaries.

Note: GHOSTLY SO-CALLED LEADERS AND GODLESS ATHEISTS ARE A CONDEMNED SPECIES OF LIFE. THESE EVIL SPIRITED CHARACTERS ARE SO CONDEMNED THAT THEY NEVER SHOW SYMPATHY TO THEIR FELLOW GHOST CONTEMPORARIES. THUS HUMAN SOCIETY IN KALIYUGA HAS CREATED THEIR OWN PUNISHMENT BY ABANDONING THE PATH OF THE VEDAS AND OFFENDING THE PURE DEVOTEES OF THE LORD.

Prabhupāda: Varṇa-saṅkara. There is no varṇāśrama; therefore all the children, they are varṇa-saṅkara. And as soon as there is varṇa-saṅkara population, the world becomes hell. Therefore we are trying to check—”No illicit sex”—to stop this varṇa-saṅkara. Now the varṇa-saṅkara has come to such an extent that they are killing children, and that is legal. They have come down to such a extreme position. (More…)

Good population in human society is the basic principle for peace, prosperity and spiritual progress in life. The varṇāśrama religion’s principles were so designed that the good population would prevail in society for the general spiritual progress of state and community. Such population depends on the chastity and faithfulness of its womanhood. As children are very prone to be misled, women are similarly very prone to degradation. Therefore, both children and women require protection by the elder members of the family. By being engaged in various religious practices, women will not be misled into adultery. According to Cāṇakya Paṇḍit, women are generally not very intelligent and therefore not trustworthy. So, the different family traditions of religious activities should always engage them, and thus their chastity and devotion will give birth to a good population eligible for participating in the varṇāśrama system. On the failure of such varṇāśrama-dharma, naturally the women become free to act and mix with men, and thus adultery is indulged in at the risk of unwanted population. Irresponsible men also provoke adultery in society, and thus unwanted children flood the human race at the risk of war and pestilence. (BG/1/40)

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.

Some Conclusions:

By consulting Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad Bhagavatam we find answers. In this particular situation we can understand that it clearly says that demons, raksasas, evil spirits and godless atheists are always creating  punishment. What is the difference between an enemy and a friend? It’s a difference in behaviour. Looking at the behaviour, what one eats, what one drinks, what one says and does and what kind of people one is associated with, that is how one will know if someone is an enemy or a friend.

Srimad Bhagavatam teaches us on the basis transcendental knowledge how to navigate through the whirlpool of material perplexities. Great sages, saints and pure devotees have tested this transcendental wisdom by practical application, are following the given procedure and approved of it as genuine. In this way we can safely assume that if we follow the Srimad Bhagavatam we will similarly benefit.

As Kaliyuga progresses humanity, mostly, in the shape of evil spirited, ghostlike characters and godless atheists, unwanted varnasankara population, created through unrestricted sexual indulgence, is degrading more and more with every passing day. Indulging in inexplicably degraded activities, as only evil spirited characters could do, it comes as no surprise looking through the eyes of scripture, where it is heading right at this moment. It cannot go any other way. The disgusting flesh eating, mating, intoxicating and defending practices of the raksasas are bearing the fruits right now. The Srimad Bhagavatam tells us that this is the punishment for unrestricted sense enjoyment. Human society has created it’s own destruction by giving birth, through unrestricted sense enjoyment, to ghostlike raksasa children. It has created it’s own downfall.

On can compare the present situation to a wildfire raging out of control around earth. Following to the maximum the dictates of the senses is willingly, wrongfully and unjustifiably setting fire to ones own body and soul. This act or crime can be compared to arson. To encourage everybody to follow the dictates of the senses is to commit arson by which, as a result, ones property and ones life are destroyed. When a fire is out of control it will burn everything to ashes.

Srila Prabhupada said that when all this degradation is reduced to rubble than preaching will be very nice.