# SB 3.20.45 > स किन्नरान्किम्पुरुषान्प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः । > मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥४५॥ ## 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.**