Devanagari
स किन्नरान किम्पुरुषान् प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभु: ।
मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥ ४५ ॥
Verse text
sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān
pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ
mānayann ātmanātmānam
ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan
Synonyms
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Looking at his reflection in a mirror and thinking it beautiful, he created the Kinnara and Kimpuruṣas from his reflection.
His reflection appeared. From that the Kinnaras and Kimpuruṣas appeared. Pratyātmyena means reflection. He thought “I am beautiful” (ātmanā ātmānam mānayan). Ātmā-bhāsam means a mirror.