When Indra
disappeared, the Devas made Nahusha their King.
Nahusha too became arrogant and fell into bad ways. As
a result the rishis cursed him to become a serpent.
The Devas was once again kingless.
God, pleased at last with Indra’s tapas, pardoned him of his sins, and Indra became
once again the King of the Devas.
Even Indra had to suffer untold misery for swerving from the path of truth.
The word Vritra means cloud and Indra is also the rain God.
So this story is sometimes said to be an allegory, a story having a hidden meaning. |
