The highest of the high, and without change or destruction himself, he created the departed manes, the gods, the Rishis, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Nagas, the Asuras, and mankind.
पितृन देवानृषीश्चैव तथा वै यक्षराक्षसान्। नागासुरमनुष्यांश्च सृजते परमोऽव्ययः॥