prithivi -- the earth; vayuh -- the air; akasam -- the sky; apah -- the water; agnih -- the fire; candramah -- the moon; ravih -- the sun; kapotah -- the pigeon; ajagarah -- the python; sindhuh -- the sea; patangah -- the moth; madhu-krit -- the honeybee; gajah -- the elephant; madhu-ha -- the honey thief; harinah -- the deer; minah -- the fish; pingala -- the prostitute named Pingala; kurarah -- the kurara bird; arbhakah -- the child; kumari -- the young girl; sara-krit -- the arrow maker; sarpah -- the serpent; urna-nabhih -- the spider; supesa-krit -- the wasp; ete -- these; me -- me; guravah -- spiritual masters; rajan -- O King; catuh-vimsatih -- twenty-four; asritah -- taken shelter of; siksha -- instruction; vrittibhih -- from the activities; etesham -- of them; anvasiksham -- I have properly learned; iha -- in this life; atmanah -- 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 Pingala, 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.