Once Indra, the king of heaven, was sitting with his wife Sachidevi, surrounded by demigods who praised him. However, Indra failed to notice his spiritual master Brihaspati's arrival due to his preoccupation with material opulence. Consequently, Brihaspati felt offended and disappeared from the assembly. Realizing his mistake, Indra immediately began searching for Brihaspati to seek forgiveness but couldn't locate him.
Due to his offense against his spiritual master, Indra faced a great war with the demons and lost all his opulence. Desperate, Indra and the demigods sought refuge with Lord Brahma, who reprimanded them for disrespecting their spiritual master. Lord Brahma then instructed them to accept Viswarupa, the son of Twashta, as their new priest. Under Viswarupa's guidance, they performed a fire sacrifice and learned the Narayana-kavacha mantra, which enabled Indra to defeat the demons and regain his position as the ruler of the three worlds.
Despite his accomplishments, Indra discovered that Viswarupa was favoring the demons by sharing the remnants of the sacrifices with them. Out of anger, Indra beheaded Viswarupa, but this act resulted in him incurring the sin of killing a brahmana. Although Indra possessed the means to nullify this sin, he chose to distribute it among the land, trees, water, and women. As a consequence, a portion of the land transformed into a desert, trees oozed unfit sap, and water became infested with sinful reactions, rendering it unusable.
Following the death of Viswarupa, his father conducted a yajna to avenge his son's murder. However, he mistakenly chanted a mantra that summoned a demon whose enemy was Indra. The demon emerged from the sacrificial fire and posed a significant threat to the demigods. Unable to defeat the demon, the demigods sought Lord Vishnu's assistance. Pleased by their devotion, Lord Vishnu advised them to approach Dadhichi Muni and request the bones of his body. Vishwakarma, the divine architect, used these bones to forge a thunderbolt infused with the supreme lord's power, which allowed them to vanquish Vritrasura.
During the transition from Satya-yuga to Treta-yuga, a mighty war unfolded between the demigods and the demons. Witnessing the demons retreat in the face of the demigods' power, Vritrasura, their commander-in-chief, chose to fight alone. He urged the demons to recognize the significance of fighting and dying on the battlefield, but they ignored his advice. Vritrasura confronted the demigods, overpowering them with his strength. In an attempt to stop him, Indra hurled his club, which Vritrasura caught effortlessly, using it to strike down Airavata, Indra's elephant.
Vritrasura, a devoted follower of Lord Vishnu, reminded Indra of his envy-driven act of killing Viswarupa and enlightened him about the supreme lord's preference for granting devotion over material opulence. Undeterred by Indra's resistance, Vritrasura attacked him with a trident. Indra retaliated, shattering the trident with his thunderbolt and severing Vritrasura's arm. However, Vritrasura persisted, assaulting Indra with an iron mace that caused him to drop the thunderbolt. Ashamed, Indra hesitated to retrieve the weapon, but Vritrasura encouraged him to pick it up and continue the fight. Engaging in philosophical discussions alongside their battle, both warriors displayed extraordinary prowess. Indra regained his confidence, reclaimed his thunderbolt, and exerted all his strength, severing Vritrasura's other arm. Vritrasura then grew in size and swallowed Indra, along with Airavata. However, protected by the Narayana-kavacha, Indra emerged unharmed by piercing Vritrasura's abdomen and ultimately decapitated him with his thunderbolt.
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