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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.50
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 50
- tebhyaḥ so 'sṛjat svīyaṁ
- puraṁ puruṣam ātmavān
- tān dṛṣṭvā ye purā sṛṣṭāḥ
- praśaśaṁsuḥ prajāpatim
tebhyaḥto them — to them; saḥLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; asṛjatgave — gave; svīyamhis own — his own; purambody — body; puruṣamhuman — human; ātmaself-possessed-vānself-possessed — self-possessed; tānthem — them; dṛṣṭvāon seeing — on seeing; yethose who — those who; purāearlier — earlier; sṛṣṭāḥwere created (the demigods, Gandharvas, etc., who were created earlier) — were created (the demigods, Gandharvas, etc., who were created earlier); praśaśaṁsuḥapplauded — applauded; prajāpatimBrahmā (the lord of created beings) — Brahmā (the lord of created beings).
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.