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अध्याय-४
bodyguards (ātmarakṣa), the police (lokapāla), the army (anīka), the citizens (prakīrņaka), the servants (ābhiyogya) and the menials (kilvişika).
The indra are those who are powerful, being endowed with extraordinary occult powers, not possessed by the others. Those who are equal to the indra in respect of duration of life, energy, attendants, enjoyment, etc., but not with regard to authority and splendour, are the sāmānika. They are great ones like fathers, teachers or preceptors. The trāyastrimśa are like advisors or priests. They are thirty-three, and hence called 'trāyastrimśa'. The parisada are like friends and companions in the court. The ātmaraksa are like bodyguards. The lokapāla are like the police who protect people and property. The anīka constitute the army of seven divisions, such as infantry. The prakīrņaka are like the citizens, such as townsfolk and peasants. The ābhiyogya are like servants engaged in serving others in several ways. The kiluisika are of the lowest rank; those who possess demerit.
The general rule would imply that these ten grades exist in all classes (nikāya) of celestial beings. The exceptions are given below.
त्रायस्त्रिंशलोकपालवा व्यन्तरज्योतिष्काः ॥५॥
ऊपर जो दस भेद कहे हैं उनमें से ये भेद - त्रायस्त्रिंश और लोकपाल - व्यन्तर और ज्योतिषी देवों में नहीं होते अर्थात् उनमें इन दो भेदों को छोड़कर बाकी के आठ भेद होते हैं।
The peripatetic (vyantara) and the stellar (jyotişka) deva are without the ministers (trāyastriņśa) and the police (lokapāla).
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