प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 70
व्याघ्रा भूताः पिशाचाश्च गन्धर्वाः सिद्धचारणाः । यक्षा नागाश्च वेतालाः लोकपाला महर्षयः ॥ ७० ॥
vyāghrā bhūtāḥ piśācāśca gandharvāḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ | yakṣā nāgāśca vētālāḥ lōkapālā maharṣayaḥ || 70 ||
Translation
"Tigers, Bhūtas and Piśācas, Gandharvas, Siddhas and Cāraṇas, Yakṣas and Nāgas, Vetālas, guardians of the world and great sages,
Word by word
- vyāghrā
- (vyāghrāḥ) tigers
- bhūtāḥ
- Bhūtas
- piśācāś
- (piśācāḥ) Piśācas
- ca
- and
- gandharvāḥ
- Gandharvas
- siddha
- Siddhas
- cāraṇāḥ
- and Cāraṇas
- yakṣā
- (yakṣāḥ) Yakṣas
- nāgāś
- (nāgāḥ) Nāgas
- vētālāḥ
- Vetālas
- lōka
- of the world
- pālā
- (pālāḥ) guardians
- maharṣayaḥ
- great sages
Meaning
The commentary marks verses 70 to 74 as answering "what should he recite?". The company round the throne is listed first, from wild beasts up to the great gods.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
What should he recite? In answer to that he says "vyāghrā bhūtāḥ" and the rest (verses 70 to 74).