It seems, O powerful one, that punishment, which is highly powerful and which is present everywhere, is the foremost of all beings among either gods and Rishis and great Pitris and Yakshas and Rakshasa and Pishachas and Sadhyas, or living beings in this world. consisting of beasts and birds.
देवतानामृषीणां च पितृणां च महात्मनाम्। यक्षरक्ष:पिशाचानां साध्यानां च विशेषतः॥ सर्वेषां प्राणिनां लोके तिर्यग्योनिनिवासिनाम्। सर्वव्यापी महातेजा दण्डः श्रेयानिति प्रभो॥