Jai - Your answers - 2

[Guest guest]

Indra is not considered an Avatara of Vishnu.

Ramayana and the Bhagwad Purana have instances of Rama and

Krishna interacting with Indra. Krishna is supposed to

have lifted the Govardhan mountain to save the people

from incessant rains, brought about by

Indra.<br><br>Lord Rama came before Mahabharata. <br><br>I am not

sure who Gurunay is, I have heard about Lord Datta and

I am not sure about him either. I had seen Lord

Datta being worshiped when I was in Pune, but that is

it.

[Guest guest]

Ref: 698<br><br>Dear Sir/Madam, and also

Baburoy,<br><br>Re: “Indra is not considered an Avatara…”<br>Was

Narad the son of Brahma?<br>Could Indra also be the son

of Brahma, since he is not a Vishnu avatar?<br>Could

you tell me the stories of the interaction of Indra

with Rama and Krishna?<br>Why had Indra caused the

incessant rain/calamity?<br><br>Re: “Lord Rama came before

Mahabharata”<br>Thank you for this information. But could you tell me

why is it so?<br><br>All I know of Datta is that he

is “Three in One”, Brahma, Vishnu and

Mahesh.<br><br>Thank you, and with regards,<br>Jai.

[Guest guest]

Narada is supposed to be the son of Brahma.<br>I

think Indra is the son of Rishi Kashyap.<br>In

Mahabharata, Arjuna was the son of Indra. In Ramayana, Rama's

great grandfather, Raghu, had fought and won a war

against Indra. Rama was given a chariot by Indra and a

set of weapons to fight Ravana.<br><br>Dear

Jai,<br>These are stories and legends which have been handed

out - generations after generations? Who was Narada?

Who was Indra? Were they just fragments of

imagination? Maybe, maybe not.<br>There is a difference

between Mythology and Spirituality. Practicing

spirituality does not necessarily mean delving in Mythology.

Stories glorify and make the hero come out as Supreme.

But then if we lift the veil of mythology, we try to

see the person as it is.<br>What is the significance

of the three heads of Datta or the four hands of

Vishnu? Narada is supposed to have written the Narada

Bhakti Sutras. Wouldnt reading and understanding those

texts give us a broader insight into the

personalities?<br>I believe Ramayana came before Mahabharata, that is

because I have heard so. As far as proof is concerened -

sorry, I do not have any.<br>Why did Indra cause rain? I

have no idea what Indra was thinking then. But then,

why does it rain? Maybe there was meteorological

phenomenom that occured, causing Krishna to lead people into

a shelter below the mountains. That itself could

have caused poets to write that Krishna lifted the

Govardhan mountain on one finger.