They were like Lords of the creation and had children. Brahmavadins as they were they had, by their ascetic penances, acquired the privilege of attaining to the regions of Brahman after death.
सर्वे प्रजापतिसमाः प्रजावन्तस्तथैव च॥ ब्रह्मलोकजिताः सर्वे तपसा ब्रह्मवादिनः। तेषां त तपसा प्रीतो नियमेन दमेन च॥