Shloka 7
अगस्त्य-वातापि-उपाख्यानम्
Agastya and Vātāpi: Ilvala’s stratagem; Lopāmudrā’s emergence
तीर्थानि देवा विविशुर्नाविशन् भारतासुरा: । तानधर्मकृतो दर्प: पूर्वमेव समाविशत्,भरतनन्दन! देवताओंने स्नानके लिये तीर्थोमें प्रवेश किया, परंतु असुर उनमें नहीं गये। अधर्मजनित दर्प असुरोंमें पहलेसे ही समा गया था
tīrthāni devā viviśur nāviśan bhāratāsurāḥ | tān adharmakṛto darpaḥ pūrvam eva samāviśat, bharatanandana ||
Los dioses entraron en los tīrtha, los vados sagrados, para bañarse; pero los Asuras no entraron en ellos. Pues el orgullo nacido del adharma ya se había apoderado de aquellos Asuras desde antes, oh deleite de los Bharata.
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Approaching sacred means of purification requires humility and dharmic disposition; arrogance born of adharma blocks one from entering spaces (and practices) meant to cleanse and elevate.
A contrast is drawn: the Devas enter the tīrthas for bathing, while the Asuras refrain; the reason given is that the Asuras are already possessed by adharma-born pride, which prevents their participation in purificatory rites.