# 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.**