Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32624156-20170721153715/@comment-25122992-20170728183504

C`mon, the latter part is already an exuse. He said "power" in both cases, no reason to believe these weren't one and the same "power". For example, his words for Sasuke during the meeting in subconsciousness were something like "This time, my power will also belong to you, Indra's reincarnate". As for the first part:
 * Hagoromo mentioned Indra and Asura matching each other naturally during his own lifetime, he made no mention about the balance of their strengh after Asura becoming the successor and after his, Hagoromo's death. I mean, these two and their reincarnates weren't necessary equal all the time, even naturally, with Hashi/Madara being the prime example of one reincarnate appearing superior to the other one (i.e. Hashi > Madara), though roughly on the same level.
 * Agreed, but it doesn't exclude the possibility of Hagoromo giving Asura power as well.
 * It's not like Hagoromo is above using power at all, especially if it's necessary, like it was in case of Naruto/Sasuke. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given them powers either. Plus, Hagoromo was sure that even a great power wouldn't ever corrupt Naruto, which opens the possibility of him having the same opinion on Asura in the past.