Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 299
SuB-Footnote Number Three 299 by all, may these juices of the ever-spreading Soma be absorbed by you, and may they be auspicious for you in acquiring better insight. Whatever types of excellent praise can be offered to other gods, Indra deserves them too. Those who turn to Indra —whether [seeking help] in war or for having children— as well as the seekers of wisdom who want to acquire under- standing, they all find the fulfilment of their desires. The belly of Indra, on account of drinking the juice of the Soma in abundance, swells like the sea, and is always wet, like the fluid of the palate. Indra surpasses all gods in power and is superior to all of them. Salutations to the great gods, salutations to the small gods, salutations to the young gods, and salutations to the old gods. We worship all gods. Come quickly, O Indra, son of the Rishi Kusika , grant me, who am a Rishi, an abun- dance of wealth. (It is stated in all the genealogies of Purans that the son of Kusika is Vishwamtar. In order to explain how Indra could be the son of Kusika, Sayana, the commentator of the Vedas, quotes the legend given in the Index, Anukramanika, which states that Kusika, the son of Ishiratha, being desirous of a son, by the blessings of the attention of Indra, adopted a life of continence, in requital of which Indra himself chose to be born in his household and thereby became his son. ) Indra, who is praised by many men, attended by the mov- ing winds, assaulted the Dasyus (cruel men) and the Samyus (poisonous ones), that is, the Rakshas (all those belonging to demons). He murdered them with his thunderbolt. He then divided the fields among his white companions, and freed the sun and the water. (Here, the white companions, according to the metaphorical language of the Vedas, means drops of water. What this shurt i means is that, due to the effect of the cold layer of the atmosphere, drops of water, which seemed to be white,