Shloka 7

अगस्त्य-वातापि-उपाख्यानम्

Agastya and Vātāpi: Ilvala’s stratagem; Lopāmudrā’s emergence

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

tīrthāni devā viviśur nāviśan bhāratāsurāḥ | tān adharmakṛto darpaḥ pūrvam eva samāviśat, bharatanandana ||

Translation

The gods entered the sacred fords to bathe, but the Asuras did not enter them. For pride born of unrighteousness had already taken hold of those Asuras beforehand, O delight of the Bharatas. The verse contrasts reverent approach to holy places with the moral blindness that keeps the arrogant from seeking purification.

Word by Word

तीर्थानिholy places (tirthas)

देवाःthe gods

विविशुःentered

नnot

अविशन्entered

भारतO Bharata

असुराःthe asuras

तान्them

अधर्मकृतःproduced by unrighteousness

दर्पःpride, arrogance

पूर्वम्formerly, beforehand

एवindeed, just

समाविशत्entered, pervaded

भरतनन्दनO delight of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Devas

Asuras

Tirthas (sacred bathing places)

Bharatanandana (addressee)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes