Shloka 3
Adhyāya 189: Japa—Inquiry into the Jāpaka, Method
Vidhi), and Fruit (Phala
देवदानवगन्धर्वा दैत्यासुरमहोरगा: । यक्षराक्षसनागाश्न पिशाचा मनुजास्तथा,तदनन्तर देवता, दानव, गन्धर्व, दैत्य, असुर, महान् सर्प, यक्ष, राक्षस, नाग, पिशाच और मनुष्योंको उत्पन्न किया
devadānavagandharvā daityāsuramahoragāḥ | yakṣarākṣasanāgāś ca piśācā manuṣās tathā ||
తదనంతరం దేవతలు, దానవులు, గంధర్వులు, దైత్యులు, అసురులు, మహాసర్పాలు, యక్షులు, రాక్షసులు, నాగులు, పిశాచులు మరియు మనుష్యులు—ఇవన్నీ సృష్టింపబడ్డాయి।
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma within a comprehensive cosmic hierarchy: many kinds of beings exist, each with distinct tendencies and powers, and ethical reflection must account for this broader created order rather than viewing human life in isolation.
Bharadvāja is listing the successive manifestation/creation of various classes of beings—celestials, rival divine races, spirits, serpent-beings, and humans—continuing a cosmological account that explains the populated structure of the world.