Markandeyapurana 47.24

47.24

tasmin sarge 'bhavat prītirniṣpanne brahmaṇastadā /
tato 'nyaṃ sa tadā dadhyau sādhakaṃ sargamuttamam //

He thought even that creation was incapable of causation, and while he meditated, another came into existence; now this, the third, was the group of beings in which the stream of life passed upwards;[14] it was characterized chiefly by goodness. Those beings abound in pleasure and affection; they are uncircumscribed outwardly and inwardly; and possess light[6] externally and internally; they originated from an upward stream of life. Now that third creation of the Supreme Being who was satisfied in soul thereat is known as the creation of the gods. When that creation came into being, Brahmā was pleased.

Then he meditated further on another creation which should he capable of causation and be the highest. While he meditated so, and meditated on truth, the group of beings in which the stream of life passes downwards,[15] and which is capable of causation,[16] next became manifest out of the Imperceptible. Since the streams of life in them moved downwards, hence they[17] are “arvāk-srotasand they possess light[18] copiously; they are characterized chiefly by ignorance and passion. Hence they have abundance of suffering, and are continuously engaged in action; and they possess light externally and internally. They are mankind and are capable of causation.