### SB 4.22.61

> कन्दर्प इव सौन्दर्ये मनस्वी मृगराडिव ।\
> वात्सल्ये मनुवन्नृणां प्रभुत्वे भगवानजः ॥६१॥

> kandarpa iva saundarye\
> manasvī mṛga-rāḍ iva\
> vātsalye manuvan nṛṇāṁ\
> prabhutve bhagavān ajaḥ

*kandarpaḥ*—Cupid; *iva*—like; *saundarye*—in beauty; *manasvī*—in thoughtfulness; *mṛga-rāṭ iva*—like the king of the animals, the lion; *vātsalye*—in affection; *manu-vat*—like Svāyambhuva Manu; *nṛṇām*—of human society; *prabhutve*—in the matter of controlling; *bhagavān*—the lord; *ajaḥ*—Brahmā.

**In his bodily beauty he was just like Cupid, and in his thoughtfulness he was like a lion. In his affection he was just like Svāyambhuva Manu, and in his ability to control he was like Lord Brahmā.**