Indra dev maharaj biography books
•
Hare Krishna,
There are some stories in Srimad Bhagavatam that I find extremely relevant today. Such as the story of Dhruva, who went out looking for God to seek vengeance against those who have wronged him but had a change of heart and achieve liberation as soon as he saw God (Vishnu).
One such story is the the story of Vritasura and Indra. Vritasura though an asura is a Vaishnava. Indra as the king of gods had to do something when Vritasura caused drought. Indra did act and after a long battle, he killed Vritasura. However, because of that Indra had to suffer the sins of killing a Vaishnava. It's clear that Indra was in a big dilemma here. He has to either not act against Vritasura for the fear of committing Vaishnava apradha and watch the world wither from drought or commit the unthinkable and save the world.
My question is what does this story teaches us? Is the story an illustration that sometimes, no matter hard we try, we just cannot avoid some of the things which are considered horrible, which was illustrated in Srimad Bhagavatam that souls living in the material world risk committing sins at every step, "padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām" (Srimad Bhagavatam 10:14:58), no matter how hard we try to avoid it, that our lives are like walking on eggshell
•
Books by: Acharya Indradinna Suriji
•
Lord Indra Biography with Sage Durvasa & Gautam Rishi Curse Story
King of the Gods, Devaraja Indra is also known as Swargapati (the Lord of Heaven), Vajrapani (who has thunderbolt in his hand), Surendra (Chief of deities), Vasava (Lord of Vasus), Meghavahana (Rider of the clouds), Devendra (Lord of deities). In Vedic religion, Lord Indra used to be an important God who became a major worshipable figure in Hinduism and Buddhism. The King of the Gods, Indra Dev is generally depicted as a benevolent God who is generous to his worshippers since he delivers beneficial rainstorms and ends droughts thereby, providing prosperity to mankind. Ages later, Devaraja Indra was transformed merely as a mythological figure from a worshipped God.
Indralok- the abode of Indra is a dream abode which every devotee wishes to attain after death. Seekers believe heaven is a happy abode attaining which souls will get liberated and enjoy the luxurious life the same as the King of Heaven relishes.
However, the facts narrated in Holy scriptures mention that Indra Dev always fears of losing his post of the King of Heaven, therefore, always disturbs Hindu monks with the belief that these self-realized beings ie. sages, saints due to performing austerity will gain several spiritual powers and bec