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== व्युत्पत्तिः || Etymology ==

== व्युत्पत्तिः || Etymology ==

Vritra has been defined by Yaska as follows  <blockquote>तत्को वृत्रः। मेघ इति नैरुक्ताः । त्वाष्ट्रोऽसुर इत्यैतिहासिकाः । अपां च ज्योतिषश्च मिश्रीभावकर्मणो वर्षकर्म जायते । तत्रोपमार्थेन युद्धवर्णा भवन्ति । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote><blockquote>tatkō vr̥traḥ। mēgha iti nairuktāḥ । tvāṣṭrō'sura ityaitihāsikāḥ । apāṁ ca jyōtiṣaśca miśrībhāvakarmaṇō varṣakarma jāyatē । tatrōpamārthēna yuddhavarṇā bhavanti । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote>Meaning : Nirukta defines Vrttra as the cloud, which is a water body. From the historical perspective Vrttra is Tvaashtra (the son of Tvashtra). A combination of water and lightning (electricity) gives rise to the process of rain and this process is used as a simili to describe a war.  

Vritra has been defined by Yaska as follows  <blockquote>तत्को वृत्रः। मेघ इति नैरुक्ताः । त्वाष्ट्रोऽसुर इत्यैतिहासिकाः । अपां च ज्योतिषश्च मिश्रीभावकर्मणो वर्षकर्म जायते । तत्रोपमार्थेन युद्धवर्णा भवन्ति । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote><blockquote>tatkō vr̥traḥ। mēgha iti nairuktāḥ । tvāṣṭrō'sura ityaitihāsikāḥ । apāṁ ca jyōtiṣaśca miśrībhāvakarmaṇō varṣakarma jāyatē । tatrōpamārthēna yuddhavarṇā bhavanti । (Nirukta 2.16)</blockquote>Meaning : Nirukta defines Vrttra as the cloud, which is a water body. From the historical perspective Vrttra is Tvaashtra (the son of Tvashtra). A combination of water and lightning (electricity) gives rise to the process of rain and this process is used as a simili to describe a war.  

== इन्द्रवृत्रयोः युद्धविचारः || Indra and Vrttra War Viewpoint ==

== इन्द्रवृत्रयोः युद्धविचारः || Indra and Vrttra War Viewpoint ==

In Taitreya Samhita and Satapata Brahamana the fight between Indra and Vrttra, the cause and consequences of the battle, has been described.   

In Taitreya Samhita and Satapata Brahamana the fight between Indra and Vrttra, the cause and consequences of the battle, has been described.   

In '''Taitreya Samhita''' the story is mentioned in this way: Trashtra prajapathi had a son named Vishwarupa.   

In '''Taitreya Samhita''' the story is mentioned in this way: Trashtra prajapathi had a son named Vishwarupa.   

वि॒श्वरू॑पो॒ वै त्वा॒ष्ट्रः पु॒रोहि॑तो दे॒वाना॑मासीथ्स्व॒स्रीयोऽसु॑राणा॒न्तस्य॒ त्रीणि॑ शी॒ऱ्षाण्या॑सन्थ्सोम॒पान सुरा॒पान॑म॒न्नाद॑न॒॒ स प्र॒त्यख्षं॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ भा॒गम॑वदत्प॒रोख्ष॒मसु॑रेभ्यः॒ सर्व॑स्मै॒ वै प्र॒त्यख्ष॑म्भा॒गं व॑दन्ति॒ यस्मा॑ ए॒व प॒रोख्षं॒ वद॑न्ति॒ तस्य॑ भा॒ग उ॑दि॒तस्तस्मा॒दिन्द्रो॑ऽबिभेदी॒दृङ्वै रा॒ष्ट्रं वि प॒र्याव॑र्तय॒तीति॒ तस्य॒ वज्र॑मा॒दाय॑ शी॒ऱ्षाण्य॑च्छिन॒द्यथ्सो॑म॒पानम् [1] (Arsheya System 1.2.22.1 and Saraswat system 1.2.5.1.1)  

वि॒श्वरू॑पो॒ वै त्वा॒ष्ट्रः पु॒रोहि॑तो दे॒वाना॑मासीथ्स्व॒स्रीयोऽसु॑राणा॒न्तस्य॒ त्रीणि॑ शी॒ऱ्षाण्या॑सन्थ्सोम॒पान सुरा॒पान॑म॒न्नाद॑न॒॒ स प्र॒त्यख्षं॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ भा॒गम॑वदत्प॒रोख्ष॒मसु॑रेभ्यः॒ सर्व॑स्मै॒ वै प्र॒त्यख्ष॑म्भा॒गं व॑दन्ति॒ यस्मा॑ ए॒व प॒रोख्षं॒ वद॑न्ति॒ तस्य॑ भा॒ग उ॑दि॒तस्तस्मा॒दिन्द्रो॑ऽबिभेदी॒दृङ्वै रा॒ष्ट्रं वि प॒र्याव॑र्तय॒तीति॒ तस्य॒ वज्र॑मा॒दाय॑ शी॒ऱ्षाण्य॑च्छिन॒द्यथ्सो॑म॒पानम् [1] (Arsheya System 1.2.22.1 and Saraswat system 1.2.5.1.1)  

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|}Once the purohit of the devathas: Brihaspati, being angry, he left his priestly work and so the devathas invited Vishwarupa as their priest and Vishwarupa had some inclination towards the demons. Therefore without the devathas noticing, he would offer some of the oblations to the asuras, which was arranged by, devas.

Once the purohit of the devathas: Brihaspati, being angry, he left his priestly work and so the devathas invited Vishwarupa as their priest and Vishwarupa had some inclination towards the demons. Therefore without the devathas noticing, he would offer some of the oblations to the asuras, which was arranged by, devas.  

When Indra got to know about this, he was furious and killed Vishwarupa. When Trashtra got to know about this, he was very upset and performed a yajna to get a son who could kill Indra. Trashtra perfomed yajna without inviting Indra. He did not invite him to drink Soma pana. Indra told Trashtra that he should invite him and Trashtra said since you have killed my son, I’ll not and he performed his yajna without Indra and Indra by force without the permission of Trashtra drank Soma pana during the conclusion of yajna.  

When Indra got to know about this, he was furious and killed Vishwarupa. When Trashtra got to know about this, he was very upset and performed a yajna to get a son who could kill Indra. But how could one do yajna without Indra. Trashtra perfomed yajna without inviting Indra. He did not invite him to drink Soma pana. Indra told Trashtra that he should invite him and Trashtra said since you have killed my son, I’ll not and he performed his yajna without Indra and Indra by force without the permission of Trashtra drank Soma pana during the conclusion of yajna.  

त्वष्टा॑ ह॒तपु॑त्रो॒ वीन्द्र॒॒ सोम॒माह॑र॒त्तस्मि॒न्निन्द्र॑ उपह॒वमैच्छत॒ तं नोपाह्वयत पु॒त्रम्मे॑ऽवधी॒रिति॒ स य॑ज्ञवेश॒सं कृ॒त्वा प्रा॒सहा॒ सोम॑मपिब॒त्तस्य॒ यद॒त्यशि॑ष्यत॒ तत्त्वष्टा॑हव॒नीय॒मुप॒ प्राव॑र्तय॒त्स्वाहेन्द्र॑शत्रुर्वर्ध॒स्वेति॒ स याव॑दू॒र्ध्वः प॑रा॒विध्य॑ति॒ ताव॑ति स्व॒यमे॒व व्य॑रमत॒ यदि॑ वा॒ ताव॑त्प्रव॒णम् [36] Arsheya System 4.5.36.1 and Saraswat system 1.2.4.12.1)  

 

Being angry with Indra, Trashtra used left over Soma and invoked Havan-agni and took that left over soma and went to ahavana agni and then he blazed the fire and performed the homa and chanted sva indra chatru vardhasya. While chanting this mantra there was some mistake in pronunciation and because of that mispronunciation, the entire meaning got changed. Instead of let there be a son who could kill indra, it became, let there be a son who will be killed by Indra.  

Instantly, Vritra was born. Indra by knowing that-- if the Yajna gets complete and if he stays there and devathas would be defeated by Vritra forever, Indra he disappeared from that place meanwhile Vritra started growing like the bow or the as the arrow leaves, he started growing to such an extent and started covering the entire universe. ishumatra mishumatra avardhatha sa vishwajana iman lokan avranoth lokan yadiman avranoth tadvra trasya vritratvam that means Vrithra means one who getows or in circles. This meaning has come in Vedas.  

Being angry with Indra, Trashtra used left over Soma and invoked Havan-agni and took that left over soma and went to ahavana agni and then he blazed the fire and performed the homa and chanted sva indra chatru vardhasya. While chanting this mantra there was some mistake in pronunciation and because of that mispronunciation, the entire meaning got changed. Instead of let there be a son who could kill indra, it became, let there be a son who will be killed by Indra. Instantly, Vritra was born and started expanding over the entire universe.  

त्वष्टा॑ ह॒तपु॑त्रो॒ वीन्द्र॒॒ सोम॒माह॑र॒त्तस्मि॒न्निन्द्र॑ उपह॒वमैच्छत॒ तं नोपाह्वयत पु॒त्रम्मे॑ऽवधी॒रिति॒ स य॑ज्ञवेश॒सं कृ॒त्वा प्रा॒सहा॒ सोम॑मपिब॒त्तस्य॒ यद॒त्यशि॑ष्यत॒ तत्त्वष्टा॑हव॒नीय॒मुप॒ प्राव॑र्तय॒त्स्वाहेन्द्र॑शत्रुर्वर्ध॒स्वेति॒ स याव॑दू॒र्ध्वः प॑रा॒विध्य॑ति॒ ताव॑ति स्व॒यमे॒व व्य॑रमत॒ यदि॑ वा॒ ताव॑त्प्रव॒णम् [36] Arsheya System 4.5.36.1 and Saraswat system 1.2.4.12.1)  

ishumatra mishumatra avardhatha sa vishwajana iman lokan avranoth lokan yadiman avranoth tadvra trasya vritratvam that means Vrithra means one who getows or in circles. This meaning has come in Vedas.  

Indra seeing this got afraid. He was finding some means and ways to control Vritra. Meanwhile Vritra’s father, Trashtra became repentant and became fearful and he gave a special thunderbolt and made it powerful by invoking certain mantras and offered it to Indra. 

Indra seeing this got afraid. He was finding some means and ways to control Vritra. Meanwhile Vritra’s father, Trashtra became repentant and became fearful and he gave a special thunderbolt and made it powerful by invoking certain mantras and offered it to Indra.