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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.45
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 45
- sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān
- pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ
- mānayann ātmanātmānam
- ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan
saḥLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; kinnarānthe Kinnaras — the Kinnaras; kimpuruṣānthe Kimpuruṣas — the Kimpuruṣas; pratyātmyenafrom his reflection (in water) — from his reflection (in water); asṛjatcreated — created; prabhuḥthe lord of the living beings (Brahmā) — the lord of the living beings (Brahmā); mānayanadmiring — admiring; ātmanāhimself by himself ātmānamhimself by himself — himself by himself; ātmahis reflection-ābhāsamhis reflection — his reflection; vilokayanseeing — seeing.
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.