The Story of Jay a and Vijaya

Dharmadatta said:

1. I have heard that Jaya and Vijaya are Vishnu's doorkeepers. (But I do not know) what they did due to which they had these forms. The two attendants said:

2-14. Due to just being seen by Kardama, DevahutI, Trnabindu's daughter, formerly gave birth to two sons, O brahmana. The elder one was Jaya by name, and the younger Vijaya. On (i.e. from) the other wife was born Kapila, a knower of yoga, and Dharma. Jaya and Vijaya were always engrossed in devotion to Vishnu. Controlling their senses, they were disposed to virtue. Everyday they both recited the eight-syllabled hymn and observed the Vishnu-vow. Vishnu always presented himself at their worship (of him). Sometime Marutta invited them for a sacrifice. They, skilled in performing a sacrifice, went there, being waited upon by divine sages. Jaya became the Brahma priest and Vijaya the sacrificing priest. Then they fully accomplished the sacrificial rite. Marutta, after having bathed at the end of the sacrifice, gave them much wealth. Taking that wealth they went to their hermitage. O sage, then for worshipping and gratifying Vishnu they vied with each other and they divided the wealth. Jaya said: " Let it be divided into equal parts." Vijaya said: " Whatever is received by one is one's (share)." Then Jaya angrily and with his mind agitated, cursed Vijaya; " Since having received (the wealth) you are not giving it, therefore, be a crocodile." Vijaya too, having heard that curse of (i.e. pronounced by) him, cursed him: " Bean elephant", since he, erring due to arrogance had cursed him. Seeing lord Vishnu at the time of the daily worship, they told him like that. They solicited Laksml's lord for rendering the curse ineffective. " O god, how shall we, your devotees, go to the stock of a crocodile and an elephant? O ocean of kindness, turn away that curse." The lord said:

15-29. The words of my devotees shall never be untrue. I too can never change it. Formerly due to Prahlada's words I appeared in a pillar. In the same way due to Ambarisa's words I arose on the way(? ). Therefore, having certainly undergone these two curses pronounced by yourselves, obtain my eternal position. Speaking like this, Vishnu vanished. The two attendants said: Then the crocodile and the elephant were (born) on the bank of Gandakl. Even in that state they remembered their (former) birth, and observed Vishnu-vow. Some time in Kartika the elephant went to Gandakl to bathe. Just then, the crocodile remembering the cause of the curse seized him. The elephant

2702 Padma Purana seized by the crocodile remembered Vishnu. Just then Vishnu, holding a conch, a disc, a mace appeared (there). Then the lord, throwing his disc, emancipated the crocodile and the elephant, and absorbing them into himself, took them to Vaikuntha. Since then the place is known as Hariksetra, where even (now) the stones bear the mark of the disc. Those two, O brahmana, known as Jaya and Vijaya, and dear to Vishnu, are his doorkeepers. Therefore, you too, O you who know piety, always observing Vishnu's vow and having given up jealousy and hypocrisy, view all equally. Always bathe in the morning (when the Sun is) in (the signs of) Libra, Capricornus and Aries, and maintaining a Tulasl-grove observe the Ekadashi-vow. Always worship brahmanas, cows, and Vishnu's devotees. Do not eat masura (pulse), gruel made from fermentation of boiled rice and egg-plants. O Dharmadatta, by devotion to him (i.e. Vishnu) you too, on your death obtain that highest position of Vishnu, as we (have obtained). Sacrifices, gifts and (visits to holy places) are not superior to your vow (commenced) from birth and pleasing Vishnu. O best brahmana, you are lucky that you have observed this vow which gratifies the lord of the world, having got the fruit of which this meritorious one is taken by us to the world of Vishnu. Narada said:

30-32. Having thus instructed that Dharmadatta, the two, getting into the aeroplane, went with Kalaha to Vishnu's abode. Dharmadatta also, being convinced, observed the vow and on his death went, accompanied by his two wives, to that place of the lord. One who duly listens to his account which took place in ancient times, his mind, by the favour of the lord of the world, becomes disposed to reach Vishnu's proximity.

 

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