Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.40
సృష్ట్వా భూతపిశాచాంశ్చ భగవానాత్మతన్ద్రిణా ।
దిగ్వాససో ముక్తకేశాన్ వీక్ష్య చామీలయద్ దృశౌ ॥ ౪౦ ॥
sṛṣṭvā bhūta-piśācāṁś ca
[srishtvaa bhoota-pishaachaamsh cha]
bhagavān ātma-tandriṇā
[bhagavaan aatma-tandrinaa]
dig-vāsaso mukta-keśān
[dig-vaasaso mukta-keshaan]
vīkṣya cāmīlayad dṛśau
[veekshya chaameelayad drishau]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sṛṣṭvā bhūta-piśācāṁś ca
sṛṣṭvā
having created
bhūta
ghosts
piśācān
fiends
ca
and
bhagavān ātma-tandriṇā
bhagavān
Lord Brahmā
ātma
his
tandriṇā
from laziness
dig-vāsaso mukta-keśān
dik-vāsasaḥ
naked
mukta
disheveled
keśān
hair
vīkṣya cāmīlayad dṛśau
vīkṣya
seeing
ca
and
amīlayat
closed
dṛśau
two eyes.
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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Creating the Bhūtas and Piśācas from laziness, and seeing them naked and with loosened hair, Brahmā closed his eyes.
One time Brahmā felt lazy. From that the Bhūtas and Piśācas appeared. That laziness became yawning and sleep. The Bhūtas accepted that. The effect of laziness (tandrā) is called tandri.
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