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Srimad Bhagavatam 3.20.52

3.20.52

तपसा विद्यया युक्तो योगेन सुसमाधिना । ऋषीनृषिर्हृषीकेश: ससर्जाभिमता: प्रजा: ॥ ५२ ॥

tapasa vidyaya yukto yogena susamadhina rsin rsir hrsikesah sasarjabhimatah prajah

tapasa
by penance
vidyaya
by worship
yuktah
being engaged
yogena
by concentration of the mind in devotion
su-samadhina
by nice meditation
rsin
the sages
rsih
the first seer (Brahma)
hrsikesah
the controller of his senses
sasarja
created
abhimatah
beloved
prajah
sons.

Having equipped himself with austere penance, adoration, mental concentration and absorption in devotion, accompanied by dispassion, and having controlled his senses, Brahma, the self-born living creature, evolved great sages as his beloved sons.