स किन्नरान किम्पुरुषान् प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभु: । मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥ ४५ ॥
sa kinnaran kimpurusan pratyatmyenasrjat prabhuh manayann atmanatmanam atmabhasam vilokayan
- sah
- Lord Brahma
- kinnaran
- the Kinnaras
- kimpurusan
- the Kimpurusas
- pratyatmyena
- from his reflection (in water)
- asrjat
- created
- prabhuh
- the lord of the living beings (Brahma)
- manayan
- admiring
- atmana atmanam
- himself by himself
- atma-abhasam
- his reflection
- vilokayan
- seeing.
One day, Brahma, the creator of the living entities, beheld his own reflection in the water, and admiring himself, he evolved Kimpurusas as well as Kinnaras out of that reflection.