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=== शक्रः || Shakra ===
=== शक्रः || Shakra ===
Indra is often called as शक्रः Shakra meaning शक्नोति दैत्यान् नाशयितुम् one who is capable of destroying the Daityas or Rakshasas.
Indra is called as शक्रः Shakra meaning शक्नोति दैत्यान् नाशयितुम् one who is capable of destroying the Daityas or Rakshasas.
इन्द्रो यातूनामभवत्पराशरो हविर्मथीनामभ्या विवासताम् | अभीदु शक्रः परशुर्यथा वनं पात्रेव भिन्दन्त्सत एति रक्षसः || (Rig Veda 7.104.21)
इन्द्रो यातूनामभवत्पराशरो हविर्मथीनामभ्या विवासताम् | अभीदु शक्रः परशुर्यथा वनं पात्रेव भिन्दन्त्सत एति रक्षसः || (Rig Veda 7.104.21)
Meaning : Indra is the destroyer, like the Paraashara, of those Rakshasas that harm the हविर्मथीनाम् who offer havishya (by performing yagnas), just like the परशु (axe) that destroys the forest is capable of smashing the earthen vessels.
Meaning : Indra is the destroyer, like the Paraashara, of those Rakshasas that harm the हविर्मथीनाम् who offer havishya (by performing yagnas), just like the परशु (axe) that destroys the forest is capable of smashing the earthen vessels.
=== मरुत्वान् || Marutvaan ===
इन्द्रः Indra is called as Marutvaan, meaning मरुतो देवाः पालनीयत्वेन because he rules the Marut devatas. Maruts are 49 in number and they are the children of Diti, the mother of Daityas. At the loss of her children in the war between devatas and asuras, Diti prays to her husband Kashyapa to grant her a son who can slay Indra, the son of Aditi. This famous legend given in Vishnupurana (Part 1, Chap 21) recounts how Indra, goes to serve Diti, when she was pregnant with a son who is capable of killing him. Her hundred years of penance gets disturbed when she falls asleep without washing her feet. Taking this impious opportunity, Indra enters her womb and cuts the embryo within into seven pieces, with his Vajrayudha. As the child is began to cry, Indra asked it not to cry by saying "Maa Ruda ". So saying he cuts each of them onto seven pieces, thus generating 49 pieces. Upon Diti's request making them subservient to Indra, Indra refrains from destroying them. Thus, they are 49 Maruts, who are Vaayus which help Indra in causing rains.
=== Yagnarakshaka or Protector of Yagnas : ===
=== Yagnarakshaka or Protector of Yagnas : ===
There are more than 250 Rk Suktas that glorify Indra. He is the deva who shines as the light in the sky of the heart of all living entities. Rig Veda describes the strength and valor of Indra and the faith if Devatas in his might, in the following mantra
There are more than 250 Rk Suktas that glorify Indra. He is the deva who shines as the light in the sky of the heart of all living entities. Rig Veda describes the strength and valor of Indra and the faith if Devatas in his might, in the following mantra