Shloka 15
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
अन्रैव प्रतितिष्ठन्ति पुनरेवोदयन्ति च । सप्त देवर्षयस्तात वसिष्ठप्रमुखा: सदा,“तात! वसिष्ठ आदि सात देवर्षि इन्हीं प्रजापतिमें लीन होते और पुनः इन्हींसे प्रकट होते हैं
anraiva pratitiṣṭhanti punarevodayanti ca | sapta devarṣayastāta vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sadā ||
താതാ! വസിഷ്ഠപ്രമുഖരായ ഏഴ് ദേവർഷിമാർ ഇവിടെ തന്നേ (ആ പ്രജാപതിയിലേയ്ക്കു) ലയിച്ചു നിലകൊള്ളുകയും, പിന്നെയും ഇവിടെ നിന്നുതന്നെ പുനഃ ഉദയം ചെയ്യുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cosmological principle: even the highest sages have a cyclical relation to the cosmic progenitor (Prajāpati)—they dissolve into the source and re-emerge from it—highlighting periodic creation and dissolution rather than a one-time origin.
Vaiśampāyana explains to his listener that the seven divine sages, led by Vasiṣṭha, repeatedly enter into (become absorbed in) Prajāpati and then manifest again from him, describing their continual cosmic rhythm of withdrawal and reappearance.