Indra's forgotten kindness - The rescue of Paravrja | Rigveda lore

Описание: Every Hindu and mythology aficionado has heard the accusations - the “cruel Indra” who sent storms on Krishna’s devotees for worshipping Govardhana instead of him, who sinned with Ahalyā and was nothing more than a jealous celestial king. But that’s only the shadow - not the Vedic reality.

Chapters:
00:00 - The assumptions of Indra as a cruel God
00:23 - Indra as an uplifter of the oppressed
01:05 - Indra's rescue of the ostracized child
02:23 - Rig Veda 4.30.16 recitation proclaiming the elevation of Paravrja to a Rishi-sage by Indra

📜 In this tale of the rescue of Parāvr̥jā, I present to you the forgotten side of Indra: the healer, the uplifter of the shunned, the God of Light who rescues an abandoned blind child and transforms him into a sage, a tale mentioned in the same breath as his slaying of Vrtra.

👁️ This is the tale of Parāvr̥jā - a disabled boy born to an unwed mother, left to be eaten alive in an anthill - until a radiant Lord intervenes. A hymn of compassion, a God of kindness as he always was in the Rishis' mind. This lore video and its accompanying artwork unveils the lost Vedic vision - the Indra who shatters not only demons, but the darkness of human neglect. This artwork is part of my 𝙑𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 illustration series, reviving the proto-tales of the Devas through detailed illustration and research-driven storytelling. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭?

Credits:
↯ Focal artwork: Indra, Uplifter of the Shunned by Achintya Venkatesh   / achintya.venkatesh  
↯ Indra slays Vrtra, excerpts from Namuci-Vadha and Indra as Prana/Brahman artwork also featured - by Achintya Venkatesh

External credits:
↯ Rigveda 4.30.16 rendition from the Site of Sri Aurobindo
↯ Background music by the maestro Dr. L. Subramaniam - Fantasy On Vedic Chants in E Major, Ls 232 II. Lento
↯ Indra-Govardhana Krishna episode painting from Indian miniature painting, specifically from the Pahari Hills, Kangra School, dating to around 1780-1790. Artist unknown.
↯ Indra with Ahalya, contemporary Pattachitra painting by Sayan Sunny.