### SB 3.20.45

> स किन्नरान्किम्पुरुषान्प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः ।\
> मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥४५॥

> sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān\
> pratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥ\
> mānayann ātmanātmānam\
> ātmābhāsaṁ 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.

**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.**