Shloka 27
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
अमृतोत्पादने पुरश्षरणतामुपगतस्याड्रिससो बृहस्यतेरुपस्पृशतो न ॒प्रसादं गतवत्य: किलाप:
arjunā uvāca | amṛtotpādane puraḥsaraṇatām upagatasya aṅgirasaḥ putro bṛhaspatiḥ teṣām apām upaspṛśato na prasādaṃ gatavatyāḥ kila āpaḥ | atha bṛhaspatir apāṃ cukrodha | yasmān mama upaspṛśataḥ kaluṣībhūtā na ca prasādam upagatās tasmād adyaprabhṛti jhaṣa-makara-kacchapa-jantubhiḥ kaluṣībhavateti | tadāprabhṛty āpo yādobhiḥ saṃkīrṇāḥ sampravṛttāḥ ||
アルジュナは言った。「甘露（amṛta）が生み出されていたとき、アンギラス（Aṅgiras）の子ブリハスパティ（Bṛhaspati）は、先導する祭官としての役を担っていた。彼が浄めのためにアーチャマナ（ācamana、啜水）を行おうとして水に触れたところ、その水は清澄とならなかったという。そこでブリハスパティは水に怒り、こう宣した。『我が啜水のために触れてもなお汝らは濁り、清浄に至らぬ。ゆえに今日より、魚・マカラ（makara）・亀などの水の生きものによって、常に汚されるがよい。』それ以来、あらゆる水は水棲の生類と交じり満ちるようになった。」
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage uses a mythic cause-and-effect: disrespecting or failing to meet the standard of ritual purity before a revered priestly authority results in a lasting condition (waters becoming ‘impure’ through aquatic life). It underscores the cultural weight given to purity norms and the potency of a brahminical pronouncement.
During the production of amṛta, Bṛhaspati attempts ritual sipping of water, but the waters do not become clear. He becomes angry and pronounces that henceforth waters will be made turbid by fish, makaras, turtles, and other aquatic beings; from then on, bodies of water are said to be filled with such creatures.