Originally posted by: koolsadhu1000
Indra was worshipped a lot before the advent of Sri Krishna
He taught the people to focus on the supreme being as a whole and not to worship just one aspect ...Indra respresented just an aspect
Krishna taught sadguru worship .total surrender to the supreme being , no appeasement policies , no vows , he introduced a new kind of worship ...work or karma . No need to worship with flowers and rituals , just do ur work honestly and offer it to God . To prove it , he performed a miracle ...the lifting of the Govardhan mountain . He taught the simple cow herds who appeased an aspect of nature that worship the tools of ur work instead , those that give u ur dailybread and butter .
In the case of the cow herds it were the cows .
With the advent of this thought process the worship of Indra and Brahma declined in the kaliyuga .
Indra has a colourful personality . He was adept at politics . He represented shrewd ness ...what they called as koot neeti . It was a science to be mastered .
He has asked a brahmin [ this is a tale from bengali devotional literature] who craftily said ' All Indra's work' when he beat a cow to death inspite of being a brahmin ...he tricked him into confessing to his crime and accepting responsibility for his mistake by flattering his ego and making him accept the exquisite workmanship of his garden .
He imparted a valuable lesson ... each one is responsible for his karma , cleverly shirking it by suddenly surrendering to god is crafty and god knows craftiness .
We see him blessing Karna . He had gone there to ensure life for his son but was impressed by Karna's generosity and noble nature [ karna gifted him the kavach kundals although he recognised him as Arjun's biological father] and gave him the usage of his thunderbolt for one day [ this weapon was later used to kill Ghatotkacha...Karna was saving it for Arjun but the Kauravas requested him when Ghatotkacha created havoc in their camp]
It shows an appreciation of virtues by the shrewd master of politics .
He was a very good friend to his friends . His friendship with Pururava is legendary and he advised him not to get emotional about a mere woman ...if u appreciate beauty i will give u some of the most beautiful apsaras in my court, he said . But Pururava pined for Urvashi and when he saw that it was love not lust ...he set Urvashi free from being an apsara at his court .
He has slain Vrtra and been a blessing to the gods .
I believe that the greeks called him Zeus as Zeus has exactly the same personality and is picturised with his weapon the thunderbolt and he was the king of the gods .
He was fair and extremely good looking and could be a superb ascetic when he chose to . The portrayal of Indra in all the serials is all wrong . Sure he has made mistakes and has his share of curses but they were all spiritual mistakes that he rectified after a second thought .
I could go on and on about Parshuram but i will stop as i gotta go and this is not the thread .😆
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