ग्रहभूतपिशाचाश्च यक्षगन्धर्वराक्षसाः। ब्रह्मराक्षसवेतालाः कूष्माण्डा भैरवादयः ॥ ५१ ॥
grahabhūtapiśācāśca yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ | brahmarākṣasavētālāḥ kūṣmāṇḍā bhairavādayaḥ || 51 ||
Translation
planetary spirits, ghosts and piśācas; yakṣas, gandharvas and rākṣasas; brahmarākṣasas and vetālas, kūṣmāṇḍas, bhairavas and the rest:
Word by word
- grahabhūtapiśācāḥ
- planetary spirits, ghosts and piśācas
- ca
- and
- yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ
- yakṣas, gandharvas and rākṣasas
- brahmarākṣasavētālāḥ
- brahmarākṣasas and vetālas
- kūṣmāṇḍāḥ
- kūṣmāṇḍas
- bhairavādayaḥ
- bhairavas and the rest
Meaning
The list ends with the remaining orders of spirits, from those that seize like planets to the fierce attendants of Śiva.