Gods Vs Asuras

Lomasa to Yudhistira

The gods practised virtue, while the Asuras abandoned it. The gods visited the tirthas, while the Asuras did not visit them.

1. And at first the sinful Asuras were possessed with pride. 
2. And pride begat vanity and 
3. vanity begat wrath. 
4. And from wrath arose every kind of evil propensities, and 
5. from these latter sprang shamelessness. 
6. And in consequence of shamelessness, good behaviour disappeared from among them. 
7. And because they had become shameless and destitute of virtuous propensities and good conduct and virtuous vows, forgiveness and prosperity and morality forsook them in no time. 

And prosperity then, O king, sought the gods, while adversity sought the Asuras. And when the Daityas and the Danavas, deprived of sense by pride, were possessed by adversity. Kali also sought to possess them. And, O son of Kunti, overwhelmed with pride, and destitute of rites and sacrifices, and devoid of reason and feeling, and their hearts full of vanity, destruction overtook them soon. And covered with infamy, the Daityas were soon exterminated. 

 

The gods, however, 

1. who were virtuous in their practices, 
2. going to 
1. the seas, 
2. the rivers, 
3. the lakes and 
4. the holy spots, cleansed themselves of all sins,
3. By means of 
1. ascetic penances and 
2. sacrifices and 
3. gifts and 
4. blessings, and obtained prosperity and the consequence. 
4. And because the gods always performed sacrifices and holy deeds abandoning every practice that was evil, and visited the tirthas, as the consequence thereof they acquired great good fortune.

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