पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापोऽग्निश्चन्द्रमा रवि: । कपोतोऽजगर: सिन्धु: पतङ्गो मधुकृद् गज: ॥ ३३ ॥ मधुहाहरिणो मीन: पिङ्गला कुररोऽर्भक: । कुमारी शरकृत् सर्प ऊर्णनाभि: सुपेशकृत् ॥ ३४ ॥ एते मे गुरवो राजन् चतुर्विंशतिराश्रिता: । शिक्षा वृत्तिभिरेतेषामन्वशिक्षमिहात्मन: ॥ ३५ ॥
pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo ’gniś candramā raviḥ kapoto ’jagaraḥ sindhuḥ pataṅgo madhukṛd gajaḥ madhu-hā hariṇo mīnaḥ piṅgalā kuraro ’rbhakaḥ kumārī śara-kṛt sarpa ūrṇanābhiḥ supeśakṛt ete me guravo rājan catur-viṁśatir āśritāḥ śikṣā vṛttibhir eteṣām anvaśikṣam ihātmanaḥ
- pṛthivī
- the earth
- vāyuḥ
- the air
- ākāśam
- the sky
- āpaḥ
- the water
- agniḥ
- the fire
- candramāḥ
- the moon
- raviḥ
- the sun
- kapotaḥ
- the pigeon
- ajagaraḥ
- the python
- sindhuḥ
- the sea
- pataṅgaḥ
- the moth
- madhu-kṛt
- the honeybee
- gajaḥ
- the elephant
- madhu-hā
- the honey thief
- hariṇaḥ
- the deer
- mīnaḥ
- the fish
- piṅgalā
- the prostitute named Piṅgalā
- kuraraḥ
- the kurara bird
- arbhakaḥ
- the child
- kumārī
- the young girl
- śara-kṛt
- the arrow maker
- sarpaḥ
- the serpent
- ūrṇa-nābhiḥ
- the spider
- supeśa-kṛt
- the wasp
- ete
- these
- me
- me
- guravaḥ
- spiritual masters
- rājan
- O King
- catuḥ-viṁśatiḥ
- twenty-four
- āśritāḥ
- taken shelter of
- śikṣā
- instruction
- vṛttibhiḥ
- from the activities
- eteṣām
- of them
- anvaśikṣam
- I have properly learned
- iha
- in this life
- ātmanaḥ
- about the self
O King, I have taken shelter of twenty-four gurus, who are the following: the earth, air, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the sea, moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief; the deer, the fish, the prostitute Piṅgalā, the kurara bird and the child; and the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp. My dear King, by studying their activities I have learned the science of the self.