बलिमन्त्रकथनम्The mantra of the bali
Verse 50
सर्वे देवाः सिद्धगणा गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः । पिशाचा मातरो यक्षा भूताश्च पितरस्तथा ॥ ५० ॥
sarvē dēvāḥ siddhagaṇā gandharvōragarākṣasāḥ | piśācā mātarō yakṣā bhūtāśca pitarastathā || 50 ||
Translation
"All the gods, the hosts of Siddhas, Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas, Piśācas, Mothers, Yakṣas, Bhūtas and likewise the ancestors,
Word by word
- sarvē
- all
- dēvāḥ
- the gods
- siddha
- of Siddhas
- gaṇā
- (gaṇāḥ) hosts
- gandharva
- Gandharvas
- uraga
- (uraga) serpents
- rākṣasāḥ
- and Rākṣasas
- piśācā
- (piśācāḥ) Piśācas
- mātarō
- (mātaraḥ) Mothers
- yakṣā
- (yakṣāḥ) Yakṣas
- bhūtāś
- (bhūtāḥ) Bhūtas
- ca
- and
- pitaras
- (pitaraḥ) the ancestors
- tathā
- likewise
Meaning
The offering mantra, which the commentary marks as these two verses. It names every order of being, high and low, because the bali is for all of them and none is to be left out and unsatisfied.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the mantra for offering the bali to all the gods, "sarve devāḥ siddhagaṇāḥ" and the rest (verses 50 and 51).