Shloka 15
Nahuṣa Abhiṣeka and the Crisis of Restraint (नहुषाभिषेकः—दमभ्रंशः)
विश्वावसुनरिदश्न गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणा: । ऋतव: षट् च देवेन्द्रं मूर्तिमन्त उपस्थिता:,विश्वावसु, नारद, गन्धर्वों और अप्सराओंके समुदाय तथा छहों ऋतुएँ शरीर धारण करके देवेन्द्रकी सेवामें उपस्थित होती थीं
Viśvāvasur Nāradaś ca gandharvāpsarasāṁ gaṇāḥ | ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ ca devendraṁ mūrtimanta upasthitāḥ ||
Śalya said: “Viśvāvasu and Nārada, the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases, and even the six seasons—assuming embodied form—stood in attendance upon Indra.”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents ideal sovereignty as alignment with cosmic order: when authority is truly established, even time’s cycles (the seasons) are imagined as harmoniously ‘attending’ the ruler. It implies that rightful power is sustained by dharma and ordered relationships, not by coercion alone.
Śalya is describing Indra’s grandeur by listing those who attend him—Viśvāvasu, Nārada, hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases, and the six seasons personified—creating a vivid image of Indra’s celestial court and eminence.