Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
जगृहुर्नैव तां दैत्या असुराश्चाभवंस्ततः / सुरा न विद्यते येषां तेनैवासुरशब्दिताः
jagṛhurnaiva tāṃ daityā asurāścābhavaṃstataḥ / surā na vidyate yeṣāṃ tenaivāsuraśabditāḥ
The Daityas and Asuras did not accept her; thus they came to be called “Asuras”. Those in whom there is no surā are, for that very reason, termed asura.