Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect c8.33

c8.33

“His mother inquired of the mighty Indra, ‘have these deities deserted thee, my son?’ Then Indra said, ‘Viṣṇu, my friend, (if thou) purpose slaying Vṛitra, exert thy greatest prowess.’”¹ Viṣṇu strode his three steps by the energy of Indra.²