Shloka 13
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
यस्मिन ब्रह्मसदश्चैव भूतात्मा चावतिष्ठते । प्रजापति: सृजन् सर्व यत् किज्चिज्जड्र्मागमम्,“इसीपर ब्रह्माजीकी सभा है, जहाँ समस्त प्राणियोंके आत्मा ब्रह्मा स्थावर-जंगम समस्त प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि करते हुए नित्य निवास करते हैं
yasmin brahmasadaś caiva bhūtātmā cāvatiṣṭhate | prajāpatiḥ sṛjan sarvaṃ yat kiñcij jaṅgamāgamam ||
সেই লোকত ব্ৰহ্মাৰ নিজস্ব সভামণ্ডপ আছে; তাত সকলো প্ৰাণীৰ অন্তৰাত্মা প্ৰজাপতি ব্ৰহ্মা চলমান-অচল যি কিছুমান আছে সকলো সৃষ্টি কৰি কৰি চিৰকাল অধিষ্ঠান কৰে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Brahmā as the abiding source and inner self of beings, emphasizing a moral-cosmic order: creation is not random but sustained by a governing intelligence, and the ideal ‘assembly’ symbolizes righteous, orderly governance aligned with that cosmic dharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes a transcendent location identified as Brahmā’s court, portraying Brahmā/Prajāpati seated there and continuously engaged in creating all forms of life—both animate (moving) and inanimate (immovable).