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Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Verse 50 of 53
SB 3.20.50

तेभ्यः सो ऽसृजत्स्वीयं पुरं पुरुषमात्मवान् तान्दृष्ट्वा ये पुरा सृष्टाः प्रशशंसुः प्रजापतिम्

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

Synonyms

tebhyaḥto them; saḥLord Brahmā; asṛjatgave; svīyamhis own; purambody; puruṣamhuman; ātmavānself-possessed; tānthem; dṛṣṭvāon seeing; yethose who; purāearlier; sṛṣṭāḥwere created (the demigods, Gandharvas, etc., who were created earlier); praśaśaṁsuḥapplauded; prajāpatimBrahmā (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.

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