Acharya Prashant explains that the various gods, such as Indra, are powers within oneself. When one prays, one is essentially asking oneself to bestow well-being upon oneself, to be good to oneself. He notes that people often want others to be good to them but rarely want themselves to be good to themselves. The Upanishads fill this gap by encouraging self-responsibility and self-help before seeking help from others. He elaborates on this concept using Brihaspati as an example. Brihaspati is not a planet or a faraway god, but one's own potential for wisdom and learning. Since no deity can learn on one's behalf, when a person is truly devoted to learning, they themselves become Brihaspati. The teacher exists within, as the faculty to say yes to learning from books, life, people, and one's own experiences. This ability to consent to learning is Brihaspati within you. Similarly, Tarkshya, also known as Arishtanemi, is the inner power that prevents bad things from happening to you. This refers to preventing inner harm, as no one can harm your inner self or spirit without your consent, even though external harm is still possible. The speaker explains the process of deification, where poets and artists give a face and a name to abstract virtues that are deemed worthy of worship. For instance, if one decides that fearlessness is a great quality, one can give it a face and a name, and that becomes a god to be worshipped. Therefore, the gods mentioned are names for virtuous qualities that reside within. The entire process involves first establishing a value system (e.g., strength is good, weakness is bad), then giving that value a face and a name, which becomes a deity. These gods do not exist externally but are names for something virtuous within.