INTRODUCTION
As per ancient puranas, Jaya and Vijaya are the two divine gatekeepers of Vaikunda, the divine abode of Lord Vishnu. Due to the curse, they were born in the earth as enemies of Lord Vishnu, and killed by their master Vishnu, finally reached their place and serving the Lord again in the Vaikunda as divine gate keepers. Once the child sages,SanatKumaras, sons of Lord Brahma went to Vaikunda, to worship Lord Vishnu. But they were stopped from entering the Vaikunda by Jaya and Vijaya. Due to that they got angry with them and cursed them to take birth in the earth for several millions of years and to be killed by Lord Vishnu during their births. They were born as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu in Satya Yuga, Ravana and Kumbhakarna in Treta Yuga, and finally Shishupala and Dantavakra in Dvapara Yuga.
They were killed by Lord Varaha and Narasimha in the Krita yuga or Satya Yuga, during the Treta Yuga, they were killed by Lord Rama, and finally at the previous Dwapara yuga, they were killed by Lord Krishna. After their death in the dwapara yuga, they reached Vaikunda , continued doing their service of guarding the divine gates of Vaikunda. Their statues can be seen in Vishnu temples.
Let us worship the divine attendants of Lord Vishnu and be blessed.
“OM SRI JAYANE NAMAHA”
“OM SRI VIJAYANE NAMAHA”
“OM NAMO NARAYANAYA NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR
