Shloka 32
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
स मासान् विभजन् काले बहुथधा पर्वसंधिषु । तथैव भगवान् सोमो नक्षत्र: सह गच्छति
sa māsān vibhajan kāle bahudhā parva-sandhiṣu | tathaiva bhagavān somo nakṣatraiḥ saha gacchati ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「かくして時の巡りにより、季節の継ぎ目において諸月はさまざまに配分される。同じく神なるソーマ、月は星宿（ナクシャトラ）とともに動き、メールを巡って周行し、それによって月々の区分を示すのである。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ṛta/dharma as cosmic regularity: time is not arbitrary but structured through observable celestial motions, especially the Moon’s progress with the nakṣatras, which underwrites the calendrical division of months and seasonal transitions.
Vaiśampāyana describes how months and seasonal junctures are determined, explaining that the Moon, moving in concert with the constellations (nakṣatras), serves as the celestial marker by which the divisions of time are recognized.