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loka palakas ( guardian deities ) : INDRA

Indra is the king of the gods and was one of the major
deities of the Rig Veda. A quarter of the hymns of the
Rig Veda are dedicated to him and he is the national
god of the Vedic people. 



His most lauded activity was the destroying of the demon Vrtra
 who had imprisoned the cows in the mountainous cave.
 Using his famed vajra — diamond thunderbolt. 
Vrtra means the obscurer or the “one who conceals.” 
The cows represents the streams of light or consciousness.

Indra represents the all pervading electric energy
(vidyut śakti), he is the ruler of the storm but also the
cause of fertility.

The devas represent various aspects of our psychology
and Indra is the king of all the senses and as such
represents the mind. 

Indra assumes manifold forms and
shape-shifts as he will. He has all the exuberance of
youth and is addicted to pleasure and intoxicants. He
has numerous love-affairs and sends Apsaras to disturb
the meditation of sages.

The famous stories of asuras attacking Indra in the devaloka ( in various puranas ) is actually about you.
Indra is your mind who is been attacked daily by the asuras ( anger ,greed ,jealousy ,lust etc)
so if you keep yourself addicted to pleasures you will lose your devaloka ( the realm of devas ) which represents peace ,
happiness and joy around you and in order to save yourself from attacks of asuras you need bhakti ( devotion)
 to the supreme { shiva /vishnu/shakti whatever name you call} as well as vajra in form of gnana ( spiritual wisdom).


Indra lives in the city of Amarāvati (immortality) with his wife is Śaci — (Divine Grace) and by
her he has 3 sons: Jayanta (victory)  r̥ṣabha (excellence) and Mīḍhuṣa (liberality).

Indra has two vehicles – an elephant with four tusks names Airāvata (born-of-the-ocean) and a
horse named Ucchaiśravas (loud-neighing).

Accoutrements 
Vajra (thunderbolt) —
 represents diamond like wisdom which destroys ignorance in the form of
the demon-who-conceals.

Aṅkuśa (elephant goad)
Incentive to continue in spiritual practice and the
application of the teachings. Also the control of anger.

Pāśā (noose)
The 3 bonds that bind us to the cycle of rebirth – avidya
(ignorance) karma (action) vasana (habital patterns).

 It also has three other meanings attracting oneself to the
Dharma, tying onself by the constraints of Dharma and
destroying all obstacles to one's spiritual evolution.

 Dhanuṣ (bow)
Concentration and focussing of the mind upon the goals
of overcoming lower nature and achieving
transformation, enlightenment and Liberation.

 Khaḍga (sword)
Sword of wisdom which cuts through illusion and
destroys all ignorance- hidden within all of us like a
scabbard - needs to be withdrawn with skill and used with
care and precision.
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