The reason why Indra lives in a constant fear

Indra, the king of gods, lives in his abode Amravati with all luxuriant. He has Chintamani (stone), Kalpvriksh (tree) and Kaamdhenu cow (wish fulfilling cow). In Amravati, whatever one wishes can get instantaneously without putting any effort with the help of above-mentioned facilities.

Is it amazing to have all the luxuries of the universe without any toil? Just Imagine or desire something and in the next moment, it would be in front of you.

The elegant nymphs dance with the music of Gandharvas, the best musician, to entertain him. The Sura or Madira(the divine wine) is served to him with the hands of gorgeous damsels. The ambrosia of immortality (Amrut) helps in maintaining the gods of Amravati their virility and ever-young look. Due to the Amrut, the name of Indra`s abode is Amravati. 

His wife is Sachi (a form of Laxmi). He mounts on Airavat, a seven trunked elephant, which is the symbol of splendor. He is stuffed with divine weapons, the symbol of power.  He has everything that one can imagine to have in the form of luxury and power. Of course, everybody wants to have all the facility and luxury as Indra has. Who would not like to live such kind of life?

Despite all luxury, power, splendor, army, divine weapons, Amrut, Chintamani (stone), Kalpvriksh (tree) and Kaamdhenu, nymph, Gandharvas and Laxmi(Sachi), he is not happy, he lives in constant fear. Whenever any Asura or Rishis (Sages) perform any severe penance, no matter for what, the throne of Indra starts trembling. Instantly, he gets the fear of losing his throne and kingdom. He becomes nervous and restless.

In order to disturb the penance of that person, immediately, he consigns some nymph to seduce that person. And he also tries to disrupt his penance in various different ways. Despite the Indra`s effort to interrupt the penance of Asura or Rishis, many Asuras or Rishis have succeeded in getting the boon from the trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva)  by their unwavering determination, and thrown Indra from Amravati by defeating him.

On defeat, Indra approaches trinity to grant help to get back his lost stature.  With the help of the trinity, he regains his lost stature and Amravati.  He enjoys the victory and takes all the credits of it. Again, he starts the same debauchery lifestyle. Again, someone conquers Indra. This cycle goes on.

Indra or Indana represents our five Indriyas (sense organs e.g. hear, see, smell, taste and touch). Due to the influence of Indra, a person invariably craves for the sense gratification, and takes the credit for everything good happens in his life and incriminate others in case of misfortune. Indra is a king for him.

Making Indra a king means the ownership of the life has been given to the Indriyas, the sense organs. The majority never thinks beyond the sense gratification. They have given the thread of life in the hands of sense organs. They have made Indriyas the king to be ruled. The life driven by Indriyas brings the miseries, nothing else.

To have the glimpse of the soul, the Indriyas should be controlled by the mind. And the mind should be directed by the intellect. The initial biggest obstruction in the self-realization is the uncontrolled Indriyas.  And whatever is done in the influence of the Indriyas brings arrogance and ostentation. Indriyas are very elusive. They do not come into control very easily.

The one who try to control Indriya, he gets the attacks of various stuff of sense gratification in front of him. Metaphorically, Indra sends nymph to disrupt the penance who tries to conquer Indra. The perfection in the penance cannot be achieved without conquering Indriyas. One who does not get diverted by the plotting of Indra, he rules over Indra and Amravati. 

After losing his stature, in desperation, Indra approaches the trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva), means, accepting the defeat and submitting to the trinity. In trinity- Braham is the skill, Vishnu is the mental power and Shiva is the soul. Keeping his arrogance aside, he contemplates on skill, mental power, and soul. He regains his lost stature after getting the blessings and support of trinity. But he lives in a constant fear of losing his position of king and Amravati. The fear and the bliss cannot be co-existent.

The person, who always hankers for the sense gratification, lives in a constant fear like Indra. Only those people can live in bliss in any situation who have conquered Indra  (Indriyas).