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Jun 28 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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STORY OF KING RAJI

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King Raji had five hundred brave sons. Once during a war of devas and asuras, both the devas and the asuras went to Brahma and asked who would win the war; Brahma replied that the side for which King Raji fought would win. Image
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King Raji agreed to fight from their side if they make him Indra, Asuras rejected saying that Prahlada will be their Indra and hence King Raji refused to fight for them

The gods too came to Raji and asked him to fight on their side. King Raja presented the same condition
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that he gave to Asuras and Devas agreed to his condition.

Raji fought on the side of the gods and defeated Asuras. After the war, Lord Indra reached King Raji and said “You have protected us, so you are like my father.
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And since I am Indra, my father is obviously the supreme ruler of the world.” Although Raji saw through flattery, he permitted Indra to continue as the king of the gods and returned to his capital.

After Raji died his sons demanded that Indra hand over the kingdom to them
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This Indra refused. Raji’s sons defeated Indra and assumed title of Indra.

After many years, Indra went to Brihaspati and prayed that his kingdom might be returned to him. Brihaspati performed sacrifices so that Indra’s powers might increase & slowly weaned Raji’s sons
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away from the path of righteousness. He made them do evil deeds and turned their minds against the Vedas and the Brahmanas. Indra could now easily defeat and kill the sons of Raji. He assumed the title of Indra.

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