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As per the Vedas, the most ancient of Indian holy texts, the king of gods took his vow to defeat all evil and was declared the sworn protector of all the gods and men of all realms.
So say the Vedas:
Rig Veda, Mandala 8, Sukta 45:
"As soon as the slayer of Vrtra was born, he seized an arrow and asked his mother "who are the wicked and who are the noble?" "
Rig Veda Mandala 8, Sukta 97:
"As soon as you were born o Indra, you were an enemy to those seven whom none had dared to be an enemy of; you recovered the heavens and the earth concealed in darkness and caused joy to the mighty worlds"
Samaveda, part 1, book 3, chapter 2:
"O Indra, If a hundred heavens and if a hundred earths were you; No, not even a hundred suns could match you at your birth, not the both wolrds, o wielder of the Thunderbolt! "
Rig-Veda Mandala 2, Sukta 12:
"He who, as soon as born, chief God of lofty spirit by power and might became the Godsβ protector,
Before whose breath through greatness of his valour the two worlds trembled, He, O men, is Indra!"
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And molee bhai is back with another epic illustration of yet another epic god with , guess what...an epic backstory.Say molee where do you learn all this stuff from(i think I asked you before but I cant seem to find the comment again,deviantart has no history function) , where do I start reading all the Vedas,Puranas and all of our hindu mythology and in what order?Β And does all of this badassery comes from these only?Β
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Read the Vedas first I'd suggest, followed by Upanishads, followed by the epics and lastly the Puranas.
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Thanks for the order advice.I also mean to ask where to read them.Does any website upload them for free(most religious texts are open for all right?)
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You can get free PDFs too. And they can be viewed online for free.
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Why is he so AWESOMELY ADORABLE as a CHILD??
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Sir, I just admire your work and the study behind each art.
Keep it up !!Β
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Can anyone explain the third eye??? I'm really curious how he got it??
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Indra, Agni, Varuna and Rudra are thousand eyed in the Vedas, denoting omniscience, but for the sake of convenience a simple third eye is used. The other meaning is the third eye is the eye of Atman, basically the eye that sees what our eyes see or the eye of the eye you can say.Β
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When the Greek gods were born they were pretty much helpless. Indra, the guy grabbed an arrow and is ready to smite some bad guys the moment he pop out of the womb.Β
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gorgeous work...i love all of your stuff!!!
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I just wanted to know who exactly is Indra... Caz in most stories I've read, he's stalking ladies n all... Like the ahalya incidence in Ramayana... Also at many instances he goes to any extent to save his chair.... So... Is that Indra a different one??
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Same Indra, but who's moral character has been demeaned for political reasons.
Why Ahalya story is false:
Indra is praised as the beloved/lover of Ahalya, but nowhere is Ahalya mentioned in the earlier texts as the wife of Gautama. The funny thing is, Gautama's son Vamadeva has praised Indra throughout the Vedas.
The term "Ahalya" means "unploughed",
Indra beings the God of rain and thunder is seen here as the lover of the unploughed land.
Similarly in Rig-Veda he is also referred to as the husband of Seetha; Seetha means "furrow" and Indra being the God of rain is her husband as he puts life into the furrow. This doesn't mean Indra is a deity who has an affair with Rama's wife.
The story about him and Gautama's wife was mostly concocted by opposing clans to demean the deity.
In fact even if Ahalya is wife of Gautama and Indra has an affair with her, it's still not wrong; here's why:
There is a story in the Vedas of how Kusika wanted a son like Indra and so Indra himself was born as his son Kausika.
Now considering that in Rig-Veda, Indra is referred to as Kausika, and in the Vedic text called Satapatha Brahmana, Gautama is suggested as another name for Kausika/Indra.
And also considering that the Sadvimsha Brahmana shows that Kausika is Ahalya's husband.
Kausika is clearly an avatar or Indra himself and so the idea of a separate Indra coming in a disguise to seduce Ahalya is surely written by someone who is not well read or is written by an individual who is taking advantage of people's ignorance.
Indra alone is not victim of such politics.
If you notice Shaivite texts, Vishnu is demeaned like anything and if you read Vaishnava texts, Shiva is again demeaned and portrayed as an inferior deity.
This is the reason I advise everyone to read the older texts first before proceeding to the newer ones, so we can witness how so many changes have occurred and also so that we don't have a biased view on the legends.
The Sathapata Brahmana says:
"'Come, O Indra!' Come, O lord of the bay steeds(Hari)! Ram of MedhΓ’tithi! Wife of Vrishanasva! Bestriding buffalo! Lover of Ahalya!. O Kausika Brahmana, thou who is also called Gautama"
The Sadvimsha Brahmana has anΒ explanationΒ to the above passage:
the Gods and Asuras were at war with each other and Indra requested Gautama to infiltrate as a spy, to which Gautama refused and so Indra himself had to take the form of Gautama and infiltrated as a Spy. Even though Indra assumes the form of Gautama, this story again has nothing to with the false episode of him being an adulterer.
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Note: Vedas and Brahmanas are older than Ramayana and way older than the Puranas.
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That was really interesting!
Also I read something about Indra and Krishna in the book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell (he quoted "Myths of the Hindu and Buddhists" byΒ Sister Nivedita Β andΒ Ananda K. Coomaraswamy ). When Krishna told his fellow shepherds to stop worship Indra and start worship the mountain (govardhan) Indra got mad and made rain for seven days. Krishna held the mountain itself with his small finger and shielded under it all the community. Afterwards Indra realized this kid must be the avatar of the primordial deity (Vishnu) and landed riding his huge white elephant, Airavata, bowed before the boy and declared his defeat.
Just a fun story I know about Indra I wanted to share
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Pretty long... But at least confusion cleared... So Indra is basically strong n manly guy... There r even stories that he's always too much worried abt his position n can do anything to protect it.. (Like in one of the stories he slashed a Brahmin's head while he was in penance Caz his penance was powerful enough to shake Indra's seat) but after what uve written,I guess this is also wrong... So.. If I gotta start reading texts which one do I start with??
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Rig Veda, the first and oldest of the Hindu scriptures.
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You know you're destined for greatness when you are born with three eyes and catch thunder and lightning with your bare hands a mere two minutes after you're born
AND you can speak perfectly
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May I ask you a question? I really don't know anything about the Hindu religion, but have always been curious.
I was wondering what or who were they referring to when they said seven?
From the quote above..... "you were an enemy to those seven whom none had dared to be an enemy of"
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oh! the seven were the seven demonsΒ :Β
Krishna(Not the heroic god Krishna), Sambara, Namuchi, Vrtra, Sushna, Bala, Pipru Β
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This is beautiful! You did a wonderful job!
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