The Mukhya Upaniṣads

Aitareya · Adhyāya 1 · Khaṇḍa 3 · The Search for Food, and the Discovery of Who Asks

Passage 14

तस्मादिदन्द्रो नामेदन्द्रो ह वै नाम तमिदन्द्रं सन्तमिन्द्र इत्याचक्षते परोक्षेण ।परोक्षप्रिया इव हि देवाः परोक्षप्रिया इव हि देवाः ॥ १४ ॥

In plain words

Therefore his name is 'Idandra' — 'Idandra' indeed is his true name. Him, who is thus Idandra, they call 'Indra' indirectly — for the gods love, as it were, the indirect. Indeed, the gods love, as it were, the indirect.