LET'S THANK LORD INDRA AND VARUNA

WHILE DRINKING WATER

INTRODUCTION
Similar to thanking Ma Annapoorna while eating
our daily food, we also must thank to Lord Indra
and Varuna while drinking water. While Lord Indra
is the god of rain, Varuna is the god of oceans,
and both of them are related with water. Apart
from thanking these celestial deities, we must also
perform Homams in the temples in order to please
these deities. Similar to food, water is also
considered as an essential thing in order to sustain
in our life. But most of us forget to worship these
deities, by considering them as minor gods.
Lord Indra and Varuna are praised in the Vedas,
Puranas and in other Holy Texts of Hinduism, and
many hymns are also dedicated to them in the
Vedas. While Lord Indra is considered to be the
brother of Lord Vamana, the powerful Vishnu
Avatar, Lord Varuna is considered to be an aspect
of Lord Vishnu itself. But Lord Indra contains more
powers than that of Lord Varuna, since Indra is the
one who controls the 33 Crores of Devas,
including Lord Varuna. Similar to worshipping the
major deities like Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, we
have to give much importance to these deities
also, since without their grace, we couldn’t able to
drink even a single drop of water.
During drought times, ancient people used to
worship Lord Varuna and Indra by performing
special puja to them, and some of them have got
the divine vision of those deities also. But now
these deities are almost forgotten by the people,
and even most of the aged people are not showing
their interest to worship these wonderful gods.
Even for Lord Rama, Varuna had shown his divine
appearance, only after Rama performed penance
on him for a period of three days by lying down in
the bed of Darbha Grass. Even the Holy Rivers
like Ganges, Yamuna, Narmada and Godavari
worships the ocean god Lord Varuna, by
considering him as their immediate boss. But
without considering all these aspects, simply we
are ignoring the ancient Vedic gods. Both Indra
and Varuna are capable of granting various boons
to us, and if we show our sincere faith and bhakti
on them, during our succeeding births, we could
get an opportunity to live either in the Indra Loka
or in the Varuna Loka in a comfortable manner.
Hence let us worship Lord Indra and Varuna, and
let us be blessed.
“OM SRI INDRAVARUNA DEVAYA NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR