
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: Murder and justice in Indian scriptures
The Times Of India Podcast
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The Rig Vaid and the Asuras
When you read the Rig Vaid the asuras are really classed together with the gods with devas then gradually as the azure way that starts to appear you start seeing this othering of asuras and devas but it's very complex for example I was reading the story of the gods have a Brahmin called Brahaspati the devas have see the word English gods is wrong word but devas have Brahaspati. The asuras have sukra charia so they are both of them seem to have Brahmins both of them seems to be having this equal power. Then in there goes seduces that Brahmin on his side and therefore the asuras become vulnerable
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