Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45


Sanskrit:

स किन्नरान किम्पुरुषान् प्रत्यात्म्येनासृजत्प्रभु: ।मानयन्नात्मनात्मानमात्माभासं विलोकयन् ॥ ४५ ॥

ITRANS:

sa kinnarān kimpuruṣānpratyātmyenāsṛjat prabhuḥmānayann ātmanātmānamātmābhāsaṁ vilokayan

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.

Purport: