रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या
विश्वेऽश्िवनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च।
गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा
वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे।।11.22।।
।।11.22।।जो ग्यारह रुद्र? बारह आदित्य? आठ वसु? बारह साध्यगण? दस विश्वेदेव और दो अश्विनीकुमार? उनचास मरुद्गण? सात पितृगण तथा गन्धर्व? यक्ष? असुर और सिद्धोंके समुदाय हैं? वे सभी चकित होकर आपको देख रहे हैं।
The cosmapas equals ca and usmapah meaning the forefathers which belong to group of beings known as the pitris or the deified ancestors. The Taittirya Upanisad I.X beginning usma-bhagahi pitarah meaning the forefathers belong to the deified ancestors confirms this. Manu Samhita CCLXXXIV states that the deceased fathers are called Vasus, the deceased grandfathers are called Rudras and the deceased great-grandfathers are called Adityas.
