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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."
} —
SB 3.20.45
स किन्नरान्किम्पुरुषान्प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः ।
मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥४५॥
Text
sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān
pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ
mānayann ātmanātmānam
ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan
Synonyms
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.
Translation
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.