Shloka 26
सौम्या रौद्रा गणाश्वैव योगभूतगणास्तथा । ज्योतींषि सरितो व्योम सुपर्ण: पतगेश्वर:
saumyā raudrā gaṇāś caiva yogabhūta-gaṇās tathā | jyotīṁṣi sarito vyoma suparṇaḥ patageśvaraḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“有温和之众，也有威猛之众；亦有与瑜伽之力相合的众部。天上的光辉、诸河、苍穹本身，以及苏帕尔那——群鸟之主——（皆摄于此等宇宙秩序之中）。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies existence into diverse orders—benign and fierce hosts, yogically empowered beings, and even cosmic elements like luminaries, rivers, and the sky—suggesting a dharmic vision where the universe is an ordered totality of interrelated powers and beings.
Bhīṣma continues an enumerative description of various classes of beings and cosmic constituents, naming different gaṇas and prominent entities like Suparṇa (Garuḍa), as part of a broader instruction on sacred cosmology and the structure of the world.