Text 46] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
793
TRANSLATION
Then Lord Brahmā, by his ability to be hidden from vision, created the Siddhas and Vidyādharas, and gave them that wonderful form of his known as the Antardhāna.
PURPORT
Antardhāna means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision.
TEXT 45
स किन्नरान् किम्पुरुषान् प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभुः । मानयन्नात्मनाऽऽत्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् । ४५ ।
sa kinnarān kimpuruṣān pratyātmyenāsrjat prabhuḥ mānayann ātmanātmānam ātmābhāsam vilokayan
saḥ—Lord Brahmā; kinnarān—the Kinnaras; kimpuruṣān—the Kimpuruṣas; pratyātmyena—from his reflection (in water); asrjat—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.
TEXT 46
ते तु तजगृह् रूपं त्यक्तं यत्परमेष्ठिना । मिथुनीभूय गायन्तस्तमेवोषसि कर्मभिः ॥४६॥
te tu taj jagrhū rūpam tyaktam yat parameṣṭhinā mithunībhūya gāyantas tam evoṣasi karmabhiḥ