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Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Verse 45 of 53
SB 3.20.45

स किन्नरान्किम्पुरुषान्प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन्

sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ mānayann ātmanātmānam ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan

Synonyms

saḥLord Brahmā; kinnarānthe Kinnaras; kimpuruṣānthe Kimpuruṣas; pratyātmyenafrom his reflection (in water); asṛjatcreated; prabhuḥthe lord of the living beings (Brahmā); mānayanadmiring; ātmanā ātmānamhimself by himself; ātma-ābhāsamhis reflection; vilokayanseeing..

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.

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