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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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ऊर्जस्वन्तं मन्यमान आत्मानं भगवानजः साध्यान्गणान्पितृगणान्परोक्षेणासृजत्प्रभुः
ūrjasvantaṁ manyamāna ātmānaṁ bhagavān ajaḥ sādhyān gaṇān pitṛ-gaṇān parokṣeṇāsṛjat prabhuḥ
WORD BY WORD
ūrjaḥ-vantam full of energy; manyamānaḥ recognizing; ātmānam himself; bhagavān the most worshipful; ajaḥ Brahmā; sādhyān the demigods; gaṇān hosts; pitṛ-gaṇān and the Pitās; parokṣeṇa from his invisible form; asṛjat created; prabhuḥ the lord of beings;
TRANSLATION
| Recognizing himself to be full of desire and energy, the worshipful Brahmā, the creator of the living entities, evolved from his own invisible form, from his navel, the hosts of Sādhyas and Pitās.
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PURPORT
| The Sādhyas and Pitās are invisible forms of departed souls, and they are also created by Brahmā.
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