Pingala, the osprey, the snake, the bee in the forest, the maker of shafts (in the story), and the maiden (in the story),-these six are my preceptors.
पिङ्गलाककुररः सर्पः सारङ्गान्वेषणं वने। इषुकारः कुमारी च षडेते गुरवो मम॥