There many deities. They beget (offspring) by thought alone. By word, by sight, by touch, and by sexual union, also, they beget children. These are the five methods.
सन्ति देवनिकायाश्च संकल्पाज्जनयन्ति ये। वाचा दृष्ट्या तथा स्पर्शात् संघर्षेणेति पञ्चधा।॥