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SB 3.20.50

Devanāgarī

तेभ्य: सोऽसृजत्स्वीयं पुरं पुरुषमात्मवान् । तान् दृष्ट्वा ये पुरा सृष्टा: प्रशशंसु: प्रजापतिम् ॥ ५० ॥

Text

tebhyaḥ so ’sṛjat svīyaṁ puraṁ puruṣam ātmavān tān dṛṣṭvā ye purā sṛṣṭāḥ praśaśaṁsuḥ prajāpatim

Synonyms

tebhyaḥ—to them;saḥ—Lord Brahmā;asṛjat—gave;svīyam—his own;puram—body;puruṣam—human;ātma-vān—self-possessed;tān—them;dṛṣṭvā—on seeing;ye—those who;purā—earlier;sṛṣṭāḥ—were created (the demigods, Gandharvas, etc., who were created earlier);praśaśaṁsuḥ—applauded;prajāpatim—Brahmā (the lord of created beings).

Translation

The self-possessed creator gave them his own human form. On seeing the Manus, those who had been created earlier — the demigods, the Gandharvas and so on — applauded Brahmā, the lord of the universe.

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