Indra

'That evil-minded one harasses the three worlds, hates the exalted, and desires to overpower Śakra, the king of the thirty gods.

'Therefore, deliver us from that haughty Rāvaṇa, blazing with splendour, swollen with pride, hostile to the lord of the thirty gods, ever-shrieking, truly a thorn to the ascetics — that fearsome one.

Kausalyā shone with that son of boundless radiance as Aditi of the gods shines with Indra the Thunderbolt-bearer.

You, O Bṛhaspati, and Soma, and Indra — together with Dakṣiṇā guard that mortal from distress.

Come now, O Indra of the Kuśika clan, exhilarated, and drink the pressed Soma;

O Indra and Varuṇa, may the perfect praise which I call upon reach you — the joint hymn of praise at which you two rejoice.

The sorcery-maker, the one armed with a staff, the one possessed of root-magic, the one subject to the curse — may Indra slay them all with the seven-slaying weapon, as though howling wolves.

If this one has been seized by a grāhī-demon, from that, O Indra and Agni, release him.

When the cows, embracing the tree, do reverence to the quiverless, unquivering, skillfully-wrought arrow — drive the shooting shaft away from us, O Indra;

Having thus duly offered the oblation, he should offer a *bali*-offering in all directions, moving clockwise, to Indra, Antaka, Ap-pati, and Indu, along with their attendants.

for they are always in the state of Indra and have become one with Brahma.

Having drawn forth eternal particles from Indra, the Wind, Yama, the Sun, from Agni and Varuṇa, and from the Moon and the Lord of Wealth (Kubera).

Whether you are in the far region or in the near, O Vṛtra-slayer, O Śakra — even from there the soma-presser seeks you with hymns, O long-maned Indra, day by day.

The Āyus who first drank the soma have praised you, O Indra, with hymns;

Come, O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, come to our side — the great one with great aids.

Arising here from the high mountain-like lineage of the enemy of Jambha (Indra), he is a bringer of bright dawns.

By the excellence of his various austerities—palaces, lakes, gifts of elephants, gems, and land—the realms of Indra, Candra, Varuṇa, Brahmā, Īśa, and Viṣṇu have been conquered.

While Vīrasiṃha, an Indra to the entire circle of the earth, was making the supplicant free from the need to ask and his adversary free from his wealth in a single moment, the wish-fulfilling cow could only contemplate desire in her mind, the wish-fulfilling tree was but a mere concept, and the wish-granting gem, its purpose rendered futile, fell to contemplating its own mine.

And the "divine" (adhidaivata):

"Indra [is] the king of the gods"—[such] verbal [testimony] is the means of cognition [i.

the divine (daiva), the demonic (paiśāca), the rākṣasa, likewise the gandharva, the [realm] of Indra (aindra), the brāhma, the saumya, and the brāhmya—[these] eight.

He ascended to Indra's heaven, gazing upon the beautiful eight abodes.

His name is none other than Pūrṇavijaya, an equal in heaven to the god Indra.

He felt it would be better to proceed directly to the mountain, Lest he arrive in Indra's heaven and be delayed from setting out on his ascetic path.

from Soma, Agni, the Sun, the Wind, Indra, the Lord of Wealth, the Lord of Waters, and Yama.

A king who thus carries out the enforcement of a decision as declared in the sacred treatises, spreads his fame here in the world and becomes like Indra.

" It is a person who has enjoyed pleasure in heaven and then falls from the realm of Indra.

That is likened to the holy god Indra.

The holy god Indra is exceedingly fickle;

Indra, too, having violated the chastity of Ahalya, was made to suffer for it.

Thus we see the Bali was raised to the throne of Indra by destiny, and was also put down by the same power, and it is destiny only that can re-instate him.

" If the woman listens with a favourable ear, then on the following day the go-between, having observed marks of good spirits in her face, in her eyes, and in her manner of conversation, should again converse with her on the subject of the man, and should tell her the stories of Ahalya and Indra, of Sakoontala and Dushyanti, and such others as may be fitted for the occasion.

Then the all-pervading Blessed One would say to Vajrapāṇi:

like Indra's pillar, he does not tremble;

The recitation of the *Somasūkta* (सोमसूक्त) for Indra and the meal—this threefold procedure has been properly stated.

When a *śrāddha* (श्राद्ध) is obstructed, by reciting the *Somasūkta* (सोमसूक्त) for Indra, and by the meal for Agni and others, the *śrāddha* (श्राद्ध) is indeed complete.

Through this, a king attains the state of Indra and kingship again and again.

Kings who are established in their own sacred duty attain the state of Indra.

The lord of the gods, having fallen from heaven, abides in the form of a king.

The seven sages, having come together for the sake of a lotus, swore an oath to Indra, without agitation, for their mutual purification.

He who has an umbrella, a horse, and the splendor of riding an elephant, attains the station of Indra.

Kriyāśakti means He creates the entire world, and moreover all the hosts of deities.

Many thousands of Indras and myriads of Daitya-lords Have been destroyed by time;

The sands of the Ganges and the drops of rain when Vāsava (Indra) showers, Can be counted in this world, but not the Grandfathers (Brahmas) who have passed.

If he goes on a pleasure trip to the celestial realms, he is able to command Brahma, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Sūrya in their heavens, and even more so the entire host of gods.

> If he always goes to the realms of Brahma, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Sūrya, > for the sake of devotion favorable to the gods, the name *īśitva* is spoken.