Canto 3, Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Verse 45 (SB 3.20.45)
SB 3.20.45 • मूल श्लोक

स किन्नरान किम्पुरुषान् प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभु: । मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ mānayann ātmanātmānam ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda