Lusty Desires Are Predominant During the Evening Period

A concise summary of Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 20

Lord Brahma created some beings from the lower part of his body. These beings turned out to have demoniac tendencies. They were more interested in nightlife and were sexually over-passionate.

They approached Lord Brahma for sex, who was their creator. It appears here that the homosexual appetite of males for each other is created in this episode of the creation of the demons by Brahmā. In other words, the homosexual appetite of a man for another man is not an ideal quality.

Sex life is the background of material existence. Demons are very fond of sex life. The more one is free from the desire for sex, the more he becomes godly; the more one is inclined to enjoy sex, the more he is degraded to demoniac.

The Lord is always pleased to favor the devotee in the particular form in which the devotee wants to worship and render service unto Him. A devotee is attached to a particular form, and it is that form which he worships. We have just described the first appearance of the boar within this universe. There are innumerable universes, and somewhere or other the boar form is now existing. All the forms of the Lord are eternal. It is the devotee’s inclination to worship a particular form, and he engages in devotional service to that form. The Lord does not appear before the devotee because of the devotee’s imagination. He exists in millions and millions of forms. All the forms of the Lord are eternal. However, the details are different between his forms. Some forms are more conducive for a closer relationship between the devotee and God.

If anyone can completely perceive another’s distress without doubt, it is the Lord Himself. If someone is in distress and wants to get relief from his friend, sometimes it so happens that his friend does not appreciate the volume of distress he is suffering. But for the Supreme Lord it is not difficult. The Supreme Lord, as Paramātmā, is sitting within the heart of every living entity, and He directly perceives the exact causes of distress.

As early morning is the period for spiritual cultivation, the beginning of evening is the period for passion. Demoniac men are generally very fond of sex enjoyment; therefore they very much appreciate the approach of evening. The demons take the approach of the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman, and they begin to adore her in various ways. They imagine the twilight to be a very beautiful woman with tinkling bangles on her feet, a girdle on her hips, and beautiful breasts, and for their sexual satisfaction they imagined the appearance of this beautiful girl before them.

The difference between demons and gods is that a beautiful woman very easily attracts the minds of demons, but she cannot attract the mind of a godly person. A godly person is full of knowledge, and a demoniac person is full of ignorance. Just as a child is attracted by a beautiful doll, similarly a demon, who is less intelligent and full of ignorance, is attracted by material beauty and an appetite for sex. The godly person knows that this nicely dressed and ornamented attraction of high breasts, high hips, beautiful nose and fair complexion is an illusion. All the beauty a woman can display is only a combination of flesh and blood. Sripada Śaṅkarācārya has advised all persons not to be attracted by the interaction of flesh and blood; they should be attracted by the real beauty In spiritual life. The real beauty is in Radha Krishna. One who is attracted by the beauty of Radha Krishna cannot be attracted by the false beauty of this material world.

The demoniac can pay any price for the skin beauty of this material world. They work very hard all day and night, but the purpose of their hard work is to enjoy sex life. Sometimes they misrepresent themselves as karma-yogīs, not knowing the meaning of the word yoga. Yoga means to link up with the Supreme Lord. A person who works very hard, no matter what occupation, and who offers the result of the work to the service of the Supreme Lord, is called a karma-yogi.

The ritualistic performances of sacrifice are meant for material economic development; in other words, they are meant to keep the body in good condition for cultivation of spiritual knowledge. But for actual attainment of spiritual knowledge, other qualifications are needed. What is essential is vidyā, or worship of the Supreme Lord. Sometimes the word yoga is used to refer to the gymnastic performances of different bodily postures which help mental concentration. Generally, the different bodily postures in the yoga system are accepted by less intelligent men to be the end of yoga, but actually they are meant to concentrate the mind upon the Super Soul.