Indra-the Vedic Noah? shower and sunshine ????

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Ken-knightji!

 

Wow! what a gift! the gift of vedic knowledge is the best gift of

all ! A million thanks for for all these cool showers of praise on

the Sovereign ruler Indra on a hot summer day in June !

 

 

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THE SOVEREIGNTY OF INDRA: in this poem

 

 

 

Thou, God of Thunder, satst on Meru thron'd,

 

Cloud-riding, mountain-piercing, thousand-ey'd,

 

With young PULOMAJA, thy blooming bride,

 

Whilst air and skies thy boundless empire own'd,

 

Hail, DYUPETIR, dismay to Bala's pride!

 

Or speaks PURANDER best thy martial fame,

 

Or SACRA, mystick name?

 

With various praise in odes and hallow'd story

 

Sweet bards shall hymn thy glory.

 

Thou, VA'SAVA, from this unmeasur'd height

 

Shedst pearl, shedst odours o'er the sons of light!

 

 

 

The Vedas say:

 

 

 

Vaiswanara(Indra), by his magnitude, is all men...[Thus, Vedic

theology

 

suggests resolving all the divinities in Vedic literature into

three: Fire,

 

Air, the Sun and then, all these into one, the Sun Nirukta.] Indra

 

(is)...the ancient Lord...who is the type of all...Thou art the type

of

 

the extended earth; thou art the lord of the vast God-frequented

 

(Swarga). Verily, with thy bulk thou fillest all the firmament: of a

truth,

 

there is none other such as thou! (55)

 

 

 

The Rig Veda also affirms to its readers, that

 

 

 

The circumstationed [inhabitants of the three worlds] associated with

 

{Indra], the mighty Aditya (Sun), the indestructible Agni (Fire), the

 

moving Vayu (Wind), that light that shines in the sky. (56)

 

 

 

All such epithets applying to Indra suggest an all inclusive

supremacy and sovereignty above all the other gods.

 

for he, the performer of good works hast suddenly become augmented

 

vigour, for the sake of drinking the libation [soma juice], and

[maintaining]

 

seniority (among the gods). (58)

 

 

 

And, again, as the hymnist writes:

 

 

 

for they [the soma juices] enter unto thee: may they be propitious

 

for thy [attainment of] superior intelligence. (59)

 

 

 

So that...

 

 

 

Indra may...enjoy these...viands, in which all manly properties

abide. (60)

 

 

 

Indra's 'suddenly augmented vigour' rightfully juxtaposes him as

originator of the first inhabitants of the world, succeeding his

reconstitution. For, the un-named speaker of the Rig Veda addresses

them saying,

 

 

 

Mortals, you owe your [daily] birth (to such an Indra), who, with

rays

 

of the morning (as the Sun) gives sense to the senseless, and to the

 

formless, form. (61)

 

 

again,

 

Indra, to render all things visible elevated the Sun in(to) the sky,

and

 

charged the cloud with [abundant] waters...Indra slays *Ahi* and

becomes

 

Universal Sovereignty, the Monarch of all men, comprehending all

 

things: then, Indra, the wielder of the thunder-bolt, became

sovereign

 

of all that is moveable or immovable, of hornless and horned cattle;

 

and as he abides the monarch of men, he comprehended all things

 

(within him).. (63)

 

(snip)

 

 

 

Indra as overseer is invested with all the highest attributes and

aspects of all the deities and is superior over all. In the most

ancient Vedic Period, Indra is shown to have had the titles of the

Sun, Fire, Wind and Stars, hence, his supreme seniority as the Vedic

historian has written:(70)

 

 

 

Whatever excellent praises are given to all the other divinities,

they

 

are [also the due] of Indra... (71)

 

 

 

Wherefore, Indra is that original one,

 

 

 

....who alone rules over [all] men...and over the five classes of the

 

dwellers on earth. (72)

 

 

 

And, is also that mighty Solar King who is,

 

 

 

....to be reverenced by all mankind. (73)

 

 

 

Indra is also called "Vasu", a synonym for his name which explains

his position as the original donor or cause of all habitation.(74)

....rendered all things visible, and elevated the Sun into the Sky.

(75)

 

And, even as the Sun itself, he "...animated the mountain [or world]

 

with his rays [or, political wisdom]. (76)

 

 

more on the glory of indra

 

 

Straight from sev'n winds immortal Genii flew,

 

Green Varuna, whom foamy waves obey,

 

Bright, Vahni flaming like the lamp of day,

 

Kuvera sought by all, enjoyed by few,

 

Marut, who bids the winged breezes play,

 

Stern Yama, ruthless judge, and Isa cold

 

With Nairrit mildly bold:

 

They with the ruddy flash, that points his thunder,

 

Rend his vain bands asunder.

 

Th' exulting God resumes his thousand eyes,

 

Four arms divine, and robes of changing dyes.

more on Indra's sovereignity

 

 

Thee, darter of the swift blue bolt, he sang;

 

Sprinkler of genial dews and fruitful rains

 

O'er hills and thirsty plains!

 

When through the waves of war thy charger sprang,

 

Each rock rebell'd and each forest rang,

 

Till vanquish'd Asuras felt avenging pains.

 

Send o'er their seats the snake, that never dies,

 

But waft the virtuous to thy skies!

 

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Kenji - i wish you were my teacher in high school ! i would have

been more proficient in learning Mathematics as well as learning the

Vedas for what is vedas but the 'sum' of the individual consciouness

merging with the Divine conscioueness ?

 

Going to 'sea world' with the family!

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--- adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16 wrote:

>Kenji - i wish you were my teacher in high school !

>i would have

>been more proficient in learning Mathematics as well

>as learning the

>Vedas for what is vedas but the 'sum' of the

>individual consciouness

>merging with the Divine conscioueness ?

 

Namaste Adi-ji,

 

The first lesson for a teacher is that your teacher is

always in front of you.

Example.

We were discussing law with a class of nine-year olds.

One said pupil said, 'I understand law, Sir. Truth is

like a feather.'

I asked him to explain.

'When I tell lies the words are heavy on the tongue

but when I speak the truth the words are like a

feather and I do not have to think what to say.'

Rtam/Satyam.

He had seen the secret to life as actionless action.

He was our teacher in that moment. One of those golden

moments in the classroom when the whole class are

attending as one.

The vedas speak through whom they choose at times like

that.

 

Re. maths ( or math over there). Find a little book

called 'Mr God this is Anna.' by Fynn and read it to

your grandchildren some time.

 

I must get on to the Rbhus.

 

Thanks for your further references which go into our

collection,

 

ken Knight

 

 

 

 

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‘From this Supreme Self are all these, indeed, breathed forth.’