India is the birthplace of Sages and Hermits. Many divine personalities have been born on this Earth and blessed this land by their divine stages. In the holy Mythology epics Srimad Bhagwat and Shiva Purana, A story is described of a great Sage Dadichi, who donated his body to Lord Indra for the welfare of humanity and freed all the Deities from the fear of terrible Demon Vritasura.
Renunciation of Indra By Guru Vrahaspati
Once Guru Vrahaspati went to meet Lord Indra in his court. At that time, Indra and other Deities were so immersed in the songs of Gandharvas and the dance of the apsaras that they did not pay any attention to Guru Vrahaspati. At that time, neither any Deity bowed down nor gave proper respect to him.
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| Lord Indra in heaven |
Guru Vrahaspati felt very humiliated by seeing the attitude of the Deities and he abandoned the court at once. When Indra realised his blunder, he was extremely repentant. Indra thought he would apologise to Guru Vrahaspati for his blunder.
Guru Vrahaspati was very enraged by the behaviour of Indra. He abandoned the heavenly folk and became intermediated by the power of his yoga. Lord Indra made several efforts to find him but he could not find him.
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| Guru Brahaspati |
Attack On The Heaven
The Demons were very happy of Guru Vrahaspati not being in heaven. They invaded heaven by the command of their Guru Shukracharya. Due to lack of guidance from the Guru, the Deities were not able to stand in the war before the Devils and were soon defeated. The Devils had been empowered in heaven.
The desperate and loser Deities went in the shelter of Lord Brahma. They praised Lord Brahma in many manners. Lord Brahma spoke, Indra you have made a great mistake by insulting a worthy Guru like Vrahaspati. As a result of that mistake, this situation has arisen before you.
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| Lord Brahma |
Indra Urged Vishvaroopa To become his Guru
Lord Indra and all other Deities went in the shelter of Vishvaroopa. Sage Vishvaroopa was a high-quality seeker. He had three heads. He was absorbed in austerity all the time. Vishvaroopa was equally popular between Demons and Deities. The Gods praised him in many ways and urged him to become their Guru. At the insistence of the Gods and knowing the destiny effectively, he accepted the proposal of Deities.
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| Lord Indra in the shelter of Vishvaroopa |
Guru Vishvaroopa again got Indra the authority over heaven. He introduced Vaishnavi Vidya to Indra. Vaishnavi Vidya is also known as Narayan kavach. Vishvaroopa had gained Narayan kavach by harsh austerity. Lord Indra received Narayan kavach by absorbing himself in Lord Narayan. Lord Indra defeated the Devils and again empowered heaven from the energy derived from Narayan Kavach.
Slaughter Of Vishvaroopa By Indra
Even after acquiring the right to heaven, Lord Indra did not have faith in Vishvaroopa. The mother of Sage Vishvaroopa belongs to Asur clan. So whenever he used to perform Yagya, he used to give offerings to Devils from one of his mouths along with the offerings of the Deities.
Enraged with Vishvaroopa, Lord Indra cut off all three of his heads. The killing of Vishvaroopa led Indra to commit the sin of killing a Brahmin.
Lord Indra suffered the sin for one year. Thereafter, He divided the sin into four parts and paid a part to the Earth, one part to the Trees, one part to Water, and one part to Women.
Generate A Fierce Monster From Yagya
Twastha was very angry at Indra with the slaughter of his Son Vishvaroopa. He performed a sacrificial fire to slaughter Indra and originated a fierce monster from that sacrificial fire. That monster was very powerful. All the Deities fled from heaven for fear of him.
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| Demon Vritasura |
After acquiring authority over heaven, the Demon had snatched all the divine arms of the Gods and swallowed all those weapons. He swirled in all three folks to slaughter Indra. Due to his strolling around he was named Vritasura.
Indra Went In The Shelter Of Lord Vishnu
Indra and other Deities were very nervous from the power of Demon Vritasura. All of them went in the shelter of Lord Vishnu. They praised Lord Vishnu in many manners. Lord Vishnu was very happy with the Deities and said, that Vritasura had originated from Yagya so it is impossible to slaughter him with any weapon or arms.
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| Lord Indra in the shelter of Lord Vishnu |
Lord Vishnu said, "If sage Dadichi donates his body and a weapon is made of his bones, only then the slaughter of Vritasura is possible."
Indra inspired Sage Dadichi To Sacrifices His Body
Lord indra went in the ashram of Sage Dadichi. Sage Dadichi was the great devotee of Lord Shiva. Very hesitantly, Lord Indra described him as the purpose of his arrival. Indra told him that the slaughter of Vritasura is possible only through arms made of his bones. So he asked him to donate his body for the welfare of the World.
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| Lord Indra and Sage Dadiche |
Sage Dadiche had completely attained the spiritual element. He gladly accepted Indra's invitation. He sacrificed his body by practising yoga for public welfare.
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| Sage Dadiche sacrificies his body |
Formation Of Vajraa By Artisan Vishvakarma
Indra became very grateful by the sacrifice of Sage Dadichi. The Gods rained flowers from the Sky. Craftsman of Gods, Vishvakarma produced a terrifying weapon "Vajraa" from the bones of Sage Dadiche. He also contained the powers of all the Gods into that "Vajraa". Thereafter, he gave the "Vajraa" to Lord Indra.
The War Of Lord Indra And Vritasura
After receiving the "Vajraa", Lord Indra challenged Vritasura for War. The terrible war started between Lord Indra and Vritasura.
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| Lord Indra and Vritasura |
While fighting with Indra, devotion to Lord Narayan was awakened in the mind of Vritasura. In the middle of the war. he praised Narayan in many manners. He was battling a fierce war with Lord Indra while glorifying Lord Narayana.
Lord Indra used many divine weapons on the Vritasura, but all of them were destroyed by him. Vritasura formed the form of a Python and swallowed Indra. Watching this, All the Deities became very nervous. With the influence of Narayan Kavach, Lord Indra came out from python's mouth.
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| Vritasura, in the form of a Python and Lord Indra |
Lord Indra and Vritasura had an extremely horrible and awe-inspiring war. Lord Indra cut both the arms of Vritasura from "Vajraa". Then Indra soon cut the throat of Vritasura and killed him.
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| Lord Indra |
Councillor of Lord Vishnu came to take the subtle body of Vritasura. Vritasura went to Narayan Lok on their divine chariot with his subtle body.
The Sin Of Brahmin Murder On Lord Indra
Being born in a sacrificial fire by a Brahmin Twastha, his Son Vritasura was a Brahmin. The slaughter of Vritrasura led to the sin of killing another Brahmin on Indra. Lord Indra was extremely restless due to the sin of killing Brahmin. His mind was always full of fear and apprehension of unwelcomed events all the time.
After the slaughter of Vritasura, Lord Indra became so frustrated that he hid in the divine Mansarovar lake. He remained hidden in that lake for many years.
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| Lord Indra, hiding in Mansarover lake |
Goddess Lakshmi helped Lord Indra to liberate from this sin. Lord Shiva nullified his sin. Thereafter, the Brahmins of heaven made a sacrificial fire named "Ashvmeg Yagya" for Lord Indra. With the virtuous effect of that sacrificial fire, the fear of Indra was abolished and all his sins were eliminated.
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| Brahmins, performing Ashvmeg Yagya |
Thus, Lord Indra was freed from the sin of killing a Brahmin. With Indra's virtuous rise, Guru Vrahaspati forgave him and again accepted to be his Guru.
Sage Shukdev spoke, "O Parikshit, the story of Vritasura is very divine. Hearing this divine story, experiences immense peace in the minds of both the speaker and the listeners. "
।। OM NAMO NARAYANA।।
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