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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.45

స కిన్నరాన కిమ్పురుషాన్ ప్రత్యాత్మ్యేనాసృజత్ప్రభు: । మానయన్నాత్మనాత్మానమాత్మాభాసం విలోకయన్ ॥ ౪౫ ॥
sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān
[sa kinnaraan kimpurushaan]
pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ
[pratyaatmyenaasrijat prabhuh]
mānayann ātmanātmānam
[maanayann aatmanaatmaanam]
ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan
[aatmaabhaasam vilokayan]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān
saḥ
Lord Brahmā
kinnarān
the Kinnaras
kimpuruṣān
the Kimpuruṣas
pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ
pratyātmyena
from his reflection (in water)
asṛjat
created
prabhuḥ
the lord of the living beings (Brahmā)
mānayann ātmanātmānam
mānayan
admiring
ātmanā ātmānam
himself by himself
ātma-ābhāsam
his reflection
ātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan
vilokayan
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
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.
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