Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33-35

Sanskrit:

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापोऽग्निश्चन्द्रमा रवि: ।कपोतोऽजगर: सिन्धु: पतङ्गो मधुकृद् गज: ॥ ३३ ॥मधुहाहरिणो मीन: पिङ्गला कुररोऽर्भक: ।कुमारी शरकृत् सर्प ऊर्णनाभि: सुपेशकृत् ॥ ३४ ॥एते मे गुरवो राजन् चतुर्विंशतिराश्रिता: ।शिक्षा वृत्तिभिरेतेषामन्वशिक्षमिहात्मन: ॥ ३५ ॥

ITRANS:

pṛthivī vāyur ākāśamāpo ’gniś candramā raviḥkapoto ’jagaraḥ sindhuḥpataṅgo madhukṛd gajaḥ

Translation:

O King, I have taken shelter of twenty-four gurus, who are the following: the earth, air, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the sea, moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief; the deer, the fish, the prostitute Piṅgalā, the kurara bird and the child; and the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp. My dear King, by studying their activities I have learned the science of the self.

Purport:

The wasp is known as supeśa-kṛt because it causes the insect that it kills to take a beautiful form in the next life.