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 ||
阿周那说：“当甘露（amṛta）被搅出之时，安吉罗娑（Aṅgiras）之子布里哈斯帕提（Bṛhaspati）担任首席祭官。及至他欲以净水行阿遮摩那（ācamana，啜水净身）之礼，诸水据说并不澄清。布里哈斯帕提遂对水大怒，宣言：‘我以手触汝以行啜水之净礼，汝仍浑浊不清，不肯归于清净；故自今日起，汝当为水族所染——鱼、摩伽罗（makara）、龟鳖之属，皆使汝不净。’自此以后，天下之水皆与水中生灵相杂而行。”
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.