Dhritarashtra commands the gandharvas, the celestial musicians who dwell on the eastern slopes of Mount Meru, marshalling their host as part of his charge to guard the eastern quarter of the world.
The Four Heavenly Kings station themselves on the slopes of Mount Meru, each commanding one cardinal direction and its host of supernatural beings — gandharvas, kumbhandas, nagas, and yakshas — to shield the world from demonic incursion.
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