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  "name":"SB 3.20.50",
  "h1":"SB 3.20.50",
  "label":"Text 50",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.50",
  "description":"The self-possessed creator gave them his own human form. On seeing the Manus, those who had been created earlier—the demigods, the Gandharvas and so on—applauded Brahmā, the lord of the universe."

} —

SB 3.20.50

तेभ्यः सोऽसृजत्स्वीयं पुरं पुरुषमात्मवान् ।
तान्दृष्ट्वा ये पुरा सृष्टाः प्रशशंसुः प्रजापतिम् ॥५०॥

Text

tebhyaḥ so 'sṛjat svīyaṁ
puraṁ puruṣam ātmavān
tān dṛṣṭvā ye purā sṛṣṭāḥ
praśaśaṁsuḥ prajāpatim

Synonyms

tebhyaḥ—to them; saḥ—Lord Brahmā; asṛjat—gave; svīyam—his own; puram—body; puruṣam—human; ātma-vān—self-possessed; tān—them; dṛṣṭvā—on seeing; ye—those who; purā—earlier; sṛṣṭāḥ—were created (the demigods, Gandharvas, etc., who were created earlier); praśaśaṁsuḥ—applauded; prajāpatim—Brahmā (the lord of created beings).

Translation

The self-possessed creator gave them his own human form. On seeing the Manus, those who had been created earlier—the demigods, the Gandharvas and so on—applauded Brahmā, the lord of the universe.