Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Indra

इन्द्र · indra

King of the gods; wielder of the thunderbolt; father of Arjuna

Arjuna is the son of the king of heaven, and it does not spare him his crisis.

Indra rules the gods in heaven and brings the rains. When Kunti called him with her mantra he fathered Arjuna. Later he hosted his son in heaven and had him trained in divine weapons. He also came to Karna disguised as a beggar and asked for the armour that made him unkillable, to protect Arjuna. The Sanskrit of the Gita calls him Vasava, 'lord of the Vasus'.