All the luminaries in the sky, all the gods, the Nagas, and the Rakshasas, as also the Sun and the Moon and the Winds, have acquired their high status by evolution from man's status, by dint of their own action.
ज्योतींषि त्रिदशा नागा यक्षाश्चन्द्राकमारुताः। सर्वे पुरुषकारेण मानुष्याद् देवतां गताः॥