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"name":"SB 3.20.45", "h1":"SB 3.20.45", "label":"Text 45", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.45", "description":"One day, Brahmā, the creator of the living entities, beheld his own reflection in the water, and admiring himself, he evolved Kimpuruṣas as well as Kinnaras out of that reflection."
} —
स किन्नरान्किम्पुरुषान्प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः ।
मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥४५॥
sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān
pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ
mānayann ātmanātmānam
ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan
saḥ—Lord Brahmā; kinnarān—the Kinnaras; kimpuruṣān—the Kimpuruṣas; pratyātmyena—from his reflection (in water); asṛjat—created; prabhuḥ—the lord of the living beings (Brahmā); mānayan—admiring; ātmanā ātmānam—himself by himself; ātma-ābhāsam—his reflection; vilokayan—seeing.
One day, Brahmā, the creator of the living entities, beheld his own reflection in the water, and admiring himself, he evolved Kimpuruṣas as well as Kinnaras out of that reflection.