He had formerly given away to the gods all kinds of wealth over which the great celestials, the Gandharvas, the Rakshasas, ghosts, Yakshas, birds and snakes now region. Brahman, therefore, considered that youth as fully qualified to have the dominion which had been bestowed upon the gods.
ऐश्वर्याणि च सर्वाणि देवगन्धर्वरक्षसाम्। भूतयक्षविहङ्गानां पन्नगानां च सर्वशः॥ पूर्वमेवादिदेशासौ निकायेषु महात्मनाम्। समर्थं च तमैश्वर्ये महामतिरमन्यत॥