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-vimśatiḥ - 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.