Shloka 18
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
तत्र देवगणा राजन् गन्धर्वासुरराक्षसा: | अप्सरोगणसंयुक्ता: शैले क्रीडन्ति सर्वदा,राजन्! उस पर्वतपर देवता, गन्धर्व, असुर, राक्षस तथा अप्सराएँ सदा क्रीड़ा करती रहती हैं
tatra devagaṇā rājan gandharvāsurarākṣasāḥ | apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śaile krīḍanti sarvadā ||
సంజయుడు పలికెను— రాజా! ఆ పర్వతంపై దేవగణములు, గంధర్వులు, అసురులు, రాక్షసులు—అప్సరాగణములతో కూడి—సదా క్రీడించుచుంటారు।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a cosmic hierarchy where various classes of beings inhabit distinct realms and follow their natures—here, perpetual celestial sport—implicitly setting a backdrop of ordered worlds against the moral turbulence of human warfare.
Sañjaya describes to the king a wondrous mountain where gods and other supernatural beings, along with Apsarases, are said to play continually, adding mythic atmosphere and scale to the surrounding account.