Chapter 492: Four Rogue Indra
The center of the demon has passed, the further east the demon is fewer, the three of them move forward cautiously, when they encounter a demon, they can hide, and if they can't hide, they will attack and kill with all their might, but they have not encountered any major danger again.
Su Mo saw that the two of them were strong and their personalities were quite compatible, and their vigilance gradually disappeared, and they gradually had the intention of winning over, so many words were no longer taboo. Excellence is flattery, and at this time, they deliberately made friends, and the more they chatted along the way, the more speculative they became, and they had become good friends who talked about everything before they reached the Vedic god realm.
From the conversation, it was learned that the caste system in India had been formed at this time, forming four different social classes, and the four classes had strict rules in terms of status, rights, occupations, obligations, etc.:
The first class of Brahmins, mainly monks and aristocrats, served as priests of different ranks, with the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and worshipping gods, and some of them also participated in politics and enjoyed great political power.
The second estate, the Kshatriyas, were mainly military and administrative aristocrats, whose basic occupation was to act as warriors. Kings generally remained Kshatriyas, but Kshatriyas were not limited to royal families, they controlled the military and politics, and they had the privilege of collecting various taxes.
The third estate, Vaishyas, were mainly free commoners, mostly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and commerce, and had no political privileges, and had to provide for the first two classes in the form of alms and taxes. However, because the Vaishyas were free people, they were allowed to participate in religious ceremonies.
The fourth class of Shudras, who were overwhelmingly conquered inhabitants, engaged in farming, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting, and other occupations that were considered lowly at the time. Since they are unable to participate in religious ceremonies, they lose their rights to political, legal, and religious protection.
In fact, although the Shudras suffered from their low status, they were still human beings after all, and the status of the Dalits was even lower than that of the Shudras, and they were called "untouchables" by the upper castes, that is, untouchables, and they themselves called themselves "oppressed people".
Excellence sighed secretly when he heard it, this is the consequence of class solidification, to paraphrase the words of the previous life: Lao Tzu is a hero, Lao Tzu is a reactionary bastard, and the dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and the son of a mouse will make a hole.
I thought of some stupid birds in my previous life who talked about aristocrats on the Internet with a look of admiration, and said that if you are the second generation of red and the second generation of officials yearning for aristocrats, forget it, after all, they can get permanent rights in the past, and a bunch of rich second generations and small people also yearn for mud legs, it is funny, and they are all the third and fourth classes in India, and once they go bankrupt, they will become Dalits that everyone does not want to touch.
The three of them talked for a while, and said with a smile: "Brother Sumo, I see that when you talk about the god king Indra, you don't seem to have much respect. ”
"Hmph, I don't respect him, and few of the other gods respect him from the bottom of their hearts, but they are just afraid of his might. Su Mo sneered.
"What did he do that made you all hate him so much?" Hearing this, Zhuo Zhuo immediately became interested, he knew that the Buddha kingdom of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and the Buddha was bound to rise, and perhaps Indra's poor popularity was one of the reasons for the success of other gods and Buddhas.
"That guy is a scoundrel, and he's, moody, and reckless. Su Mo was not taboo, and told the reason again, and then he knew what was going on.
It turns out that before Indra rose to become the god-king, there was a terrifying Naga Buddha who was in trouble. Originally, Naga was the protector of springs, wells, and rivers, but this great devil blocked the world's water sources and caused a great drought in the world. The gods and its enemies were defeated and retreated, and finally had to call for help from the mighty Indra.
Speaking of which, Indra was also a monster, and he had been drinking suma wine since he was born, and as a result, he had gained great and unparalleled power. Seeing that the gods were desperate, he took the opportunity to make a condition: the gods would lend him half of their power and recognize him as the king of the gods. The gods were forced to agree. Thus Indra received half the power of the gods and the title of "King of the Gods".
However, this guy is not ambiguous, he first obtained the weapon vajra from the craftsman god Buddha Shita, asked Vishnu, who can travel all over the world in three steps, to make Vishnu take three steps to form a battlefield, and finally drank three spura wine in a row to increase his strength, took the weapon vajra, and fought valiantly against Naga Buddha Lita.
Indra defeated the ninety-nine fortresses of Ferrido, and although two of his jaws were shattered, he then grabbed the monster and threw it to death, earning him the prestigious name of "the one who killed Ferrido".
The gods were delighted and acknowledged him as the king of the gods and praised him for his supreme deeds. However, when the gods asked for their borrowed power, they were refused, and Indra began to play scoundrels - today to postpone tomorrow, tomorrow to the day after tomorrow, that is, there is no promise of when it will be returned.
As the saying goes, "Tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much", now it is the uncle who owes the debt, Indra is the most powerful, and the gods have no choice but to swallow their anger. After that, Indra himself ruled the Middle Void Realm, his nephew Yama ruled the Hades, and his brother Varuna ruled the Heavenly Realm, although he could not fully control the human realm, but neither could Agni, so Indra's position as the "King of the Gods" gradually stabilized.
"I'm dizzy, what this guy does is so classic, it's just a model of a political family, and he will definitely be able to mix well among humans in later generations. Excellence laughed darkly, it was the first time he had heard of such a scoundrel god king, three points thicker than Zeus's skin.
Later, Su Mo talked about the feud between Indra and Asura, it turned out that Asura was originally a family of gods, and the Asura King Vimala married the beautiful Ganda woman as his wife, and the daughter he gave birth to was also amorous and beautiful. Indra fell in love at first sight and married her as a concubine. It's a pity that this guy is a master who likes the new and hates the old, and not long after marriage, he got tired of this beauty again, so the asura woman told her father about the promise.
The asura king Vimala did not like Indra, and when he heard that his daughter had been insulted by this, he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately led all the asuras to settle accounts with Indra, which led to an unprecedented great battle and besieged Indra on a mountain.
At the critical moment, Varuna led the gods of the Celestial Realm, Rudra and the Wind God Vayu to lead the gods of the Void to help in the battle, and the battle greatly damaged the vitality of the Asura, and the Asura King Vimala escaped into the lotus hole to avoid this difficulty. However, although it was difficult to take revenge for a while, the Asura formed an undying grudge with the gods, and since then he has often fought in great battles.
And after this battle, the gods also saw the true strength of Indra, and their respect for him became lower and lower, and now not only the gods of the heavenly and earthly realms hated him, but also the Loudra and Vayu of the empty realm became more and more disgusted with him.