The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.58.45

1.58.45

ityuktvā sa mahīṃ devo brahmā rājanvisṛjya ca |
ādideśa tadā sarvānvibudhānbhūtakṛtsvayam || 45 ||

"Vaisampayana continued, 'Having said so unto the Earth, O king, the divine Brahman bade her farewell. And the Creator then commanded all the gods saying, 'To ease the Earth of her burden, go ye and have your births in her according to your respective parts and seek ye strife (with the Asuras already born there)'. And the Creator of all, summoning also all the tribes of the Gandharvas and the Apsaras, spake unto them these words of deep import, 'Go ye and be born amongst men according to your respective parts in forms that ye like.'