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 ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, sa bundok na iyon ang mga pangkat ng mga diyos—kasama ang mga Gandharva, Asura, at Rākṣasa—na sinasamahan ng mga pangkat ng Apsara, ay walang humpay na naglalaro at nagsasaya.”
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.