Shanti Parva 302.26
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 302 · Verse 26
Sanskrit Original
एतद् देहं समाख्यातं त्रैलोक्ये सर्वदेहिषु। वेदितव्यं नरश्रेष्ठ सदेवनरदानवे॥ सयक्षभूतगन्धर्वे सकिन्नरमहोरगे। सचारणपिशाचे वै सदेवर्षिनिशाचरे॥ सदंशकीटमशके सपूतिकृमिमूषिके। शुनि श्वपाके चैणे ये सचाण्डाले सपुल्कसे॥ हस्त्यश्वखरशार्दूले सवृक्षे गवि चैव ह। यच्च मूर्तिमयं किंचित् सर्वत्रैतन्निदर्शनम्॥ जले भुवि तथाऽऽकाशे नान्यत्रेति विनिश्चयः। स्थानं देहवतामासीदित्येवमनुशुश्रुम॥
In the three worlds a combination of these, called body, is possessed by all embodied Creatures. Indeed, O king, a combination of those is known as such in gods and men and Danavas, in Yakshas and spirits and Gandharvas, and Kinnaras and great snakes, and Charanas and Pishachas, in celestial Rishis and Rakshasas, in biting flies, and worins, and gnats, and vermin born of filth and rats, and dogs and Shvapakas and Chaineyas and Chandalas and Pukkasas, in elephants and horse and asses and tigers, and trees, and kine. Whatever other creatures exist in water or ether or on earth, for there is on other place in which creatures exist as we have heard, have this combination.