kinds of Verses and Songs; various Commentaries with arguments;--all in
their personified forms, O king, and various Dramas and Poems and Stories
and abridged Glosses--these also, and many others wait upon the Supreme
Deity in that Sabha, Kshanas, Lavas, Muhurtas, Day, Night, Fortnights,
Months, the six Seasons, O Bharata, Years, Yugas, the four kinds of Days
and Nights (viz., appearing to man, to the Pitris, to the gods, and to
Brahma) and that eternal, indestructible, undeteriorating, excellent Wheel
of Time and also the Wheel of Virtue,--these always wait there, O
Yudhishthira; and Aditi, Diti, Danu, Surasa, Vinata, Ira, Kalika, Suravi,
Devi, Sarama, Gautami and the goddesses Pradha, and Kadru;--these mothers
of the celestials, and Rudrani, Sree, Lakshmi, Bhadra, Shashthi, the Earth,
Ganga, Hri, Swaha, Kriti, the goddess Sura, Sachi Pushti, Arundhati,
Samvritti, Asa, Niyati, Srishti, Rati,--these and many other goddesses
wait upon the Creator of all. The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Marutas, Aswinas,
the Viswadevas Sadhyas, and the Pitris gifted with the speed of the mind;
these all wait there upon the Grandsire. And, O bull amongst men,
know thou that there are seven classes of Pitris, of which four
classes have embodied forms and the remaining three without embodied
forms. It is well known that the illustrious Vairajas and Agniswattas
and Garhapattyas (three classes of Pitris) range in heaven.
And those amongst the Pitris that are called the Somapas, the
Ekasringras, the Chaturvedas, and the Kalas, are ever worshipped
amongst the four orders of men. Gratified with the Soma (juice), first,
these gratify Soma afterwards. All these tribes of Pitris wait upon
the Lord of the creation and cheerfully worship the Supreme Deity of
immeasurable energy. And Rakshasas, Pisachas, the Danavas and Guhyakas;
Nagas, Birds, and various animals; and all mobile and immobile great
beings;--all worship the Grandsire. And Purandara the chief of the
celestials, and Varuna and Kuvera and Yama, and Mahadeva accompanied by
Uma, always repair thither. And, O king of kings, Mahasena (Kartikeya)