Texts 37-40] Bhagavatam is the Answer 593
kinnarapsaraso nagan
sarpan kimpurusan naran
matf raksah pisacams ca
preta-bhitta-vinadyakan
kiismandonmada-ve talan
yatudhanan grahan api
khagan mrgan pasiin urksan
girin nrpa sarisrpan
dvi-vidhas catur-vidha ye’nye
Jala-sthala-nabhaukasah
kusalakusala misrah
karmanam gatayas tv imah
praja-patin—Brahma and his sons like Dakga and others; maniin—the peri-
odical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, etc.; devan—like Indra, Candra, Varuna,
etc.; rsin—like Bhrgu, Vasistha, etc.; pitrganan—the inhabitants of the
Pita planets; prthak—separately; siddha—the inhabitants of the Siddha
planet; cdrana—inhabitants of the Carana planet; gandharvan—inhabitants
of the Gandharva planets; vidyddhra—inhabitants of the same planet;
asura—the atheists; guhyakan—the inhabitants of the Yaksa planet;
kinnara—the inhabitants of the Kinnara planet; apsarasah—the beautiful
angels of the Apsara planet; nagan—the inhabitants of the Nagaloka
(serpentine); sarpan—inhabitants of the Sarpaloka (snakes); kimpurusan—
monkey-shaped inhabitants of the Kimpurusa planet; naran—inhabitants
of the earth; matr—inhabitants of the Matrloka; raksah—inhabitants of the
demoniac planet; pisdcan—inhabitants of the Pisacaloka; ca—also; preta—
inhabitants of Pretaloka; bhita—the evil spirits; vindyakan—the goblins;
kiismanda—will o’ the wisp; unmada—lunatics; vetalan—the jinn; yatu-
dhanan—a particular type of evil spirit; grahdn—the good and evil stars;
api—also; khagan—the birds; mrgan—the forest animals; pasitn—the house-
hold animals; urksan—the ghosts; girin—the mountains; nrpa—O King;
sansrpan—reptiles; dvi-vidhah—the moving and the standing living entities;
catur-vidhah—living entities born in the embryo, in eggs, in perspiration
and in seeds; ye—others; anye—all; jala— water; sthala—land; nabhaukasah—
birds; kusala—in happiness; akusalah—in distress; migrah—in mixed happi-
ness and distress; karmanam—according to one’s own past deeds; gatayah—
as result of; tu—but; imah—all of them.
TRANSLATION
O King, know from me that Brahma and his sons, like Daksa, and
the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, etc., demigods like
