Shloka 74
Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial
तांश्व देवगणान् सर्वास्तप:सिद्धा महर्षय: । विमानगिर्यग्रगतान् ददृशुर्नेतरे जना:,वे सब देवगण विमान और पर्वतके शिखरपर खड़े थे। उन्हें तप:सिद्ध महर्षि ही देख पाते थे, दूसरे लोग नहीं
tāṁś ca devagaṇān sarvās tapaḥsiddhā maharṣayaḥ | vimānagiryagragatān dadṛśur netare janāḥ ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—وہ تمام دیوتا وِمانوں کے آگے اور پہاڑوں کی چوٹیوں پر صفِ اوّل میں کھڑے تھے۔ انہیں صرف تپسیا سے سِدّھ مہارشی ہی دیکھ سکتے تھے؛ عام لوگ نہیں۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual perception is presented as dependent on inner qualification: those perfected by tapas can perceive divine realities that remain inaccessible to ordinary sense-bound observers.
The narrator states that the assembled gods, positioned on celestial vehicles and mountain summits, were seen by austerity-accomplished sages, while other people present could not see them.