Sūta said:: The Vasus, the Devas, the birds, the cows, the Nāgas (Serpents, elephants), the Daityas and the Dānavas, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras as well as other species were born of Vaivasvata Manu, the seventh among Manus, who was Prajāpati (a patriarch or Lord of the Subjects). It was only after that, that the subjects were born of sexual copulation. The creation of the former subjects, it is said, was through thought, (will), sight, and touch.