Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
त्रय एव गणाः प्रोक्ता देवानां तु स्वयंभुवा / ब्रह्मणो मानसाः पुत्रास्ते हि सर्वे महात्मनः
traya eva gaṇāḥ proktā devānāṃ tu svayaṃbhuvā / brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrāste hi sarve mahātmanaḥ
Svayambhū has declared that the devas have only three hosts. They are Brahmā’s mind-born sons; all of them are great-souled.