SB 3.20.50

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Canto, Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

SB 3.20.49

SB 3.20.51

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 50

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.