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Kashyapa
Prajapathi was originally called as Pashyakar since he had knowledge of the
past present and future and there was nothing he couldn’t see. His name was
reversed to Kashyapar to hide his capabilities from others. Kashyapar was
approached by his wife Diti in the evening as she wished to have a son.
Kaskyapar asked Diti to wait for one muhurtham as that particular time was
dedicated to Lord Siva. Lord Siva dances during the evening (Sandhya) time and
everyone is required to stay disciplined during this period. Diti refused to
wait any longer thus Diti conceived during the evening time. When she realized
her error, she approached Kashyapar once again to find out the nature of her
child. Kashyapar, the one who has the ability to see even in to the future,
informed her that she would give birth to twin boys with evil nature who would
torment everyone. She asked Kashyapar to pardon her and to bless her with good
progeny. Kashyapar replied that even though her sons would be evil, her
grandson would stay devoted to the Lord and will see Perumal.
In the
meantime, the mind born sons of Lord Brahma known as Sanakathi munivars (Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and
Sanatkumara) went to Karya Vaikuntham to see
the Lord. Each of the four gates of Vaikuntham is guarded by two door keepers.
TheEastern Gate by Chandan and Prashnadan
The West
by Jaya and Vijaya
The South
by Badran and Subadhran
The
munivars entered via the Western Gate and they were stopped by Jaya and Vijaya
from proceeding inside. Since they were stopped from visiting the Lord, the
munivars cursed that Jaya and Vijaya should leave Vaikuntham and take birth on
Earth. At this moment, Lord Narayana arrived. The munivars felt bad that they
had cursed the Lord’s door keepers.
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The Lord replied that He was not upset with
the munivars. He offered two choices to Jaya and Vijaya. They could take 100
births on earth as the Lord’s friend or just three births as the Lord’s enemy;
the three births would be ended when the Lord Himself would kill them thus
releasing them from their births. Jaya and Vijaya couldn’t bear to be away from
the Lord for 100 births; thus they chose to take three births as the Lord’s
enemies. Jaya and Vijaya were the door keepers
of Karya Vaikuntha. The main vaikuntham is outside the prakruthi mandalam whereas
the Karya Vaikuntham is inside each Brahmandam. The Universe as we know is
Brahmandam and there are many such Universes. To explain this concept of Karya
Vaikuntham compared to the main Vaikuntham, think about the main Thirumala
temple versus the many satellite TTD Devasthan temples in every city around the
world. Just like the way in which the satelite TTD temples are a replica of the
main temple at Tirumala, the Karya Vaikunthams are a replica of the main
Vaikuntham. The sages, devas cannot travel to the main Vaikuntham but to help
them visit the Lord with ease in their Universe, the Karya Vaikuntham exists
similar to the TTD satelite temples. This is why sages are able to visit Karya
Vaikuntham and leave Karya Vaikuntham as well with ease. Incarnation is the
process of “coming down” to uplift the jeevatmas. Often the Lord makes the
Nithya Suris (the jeevatmas who are eternally liberated and who exist to serve
the Lord) to incarnate in order to teach the Badha atmas (the bonded jeevatmas
suffering in Samsara) about the way by which they can be liberated. The coming
down of Jaya and Vijaya could also be thought as an incarnation as even though
they played in negative roles, they taught us how not to live our life.
Jaya and Vijaya
took birth as Diti’s sons Hiranyakshan and Hiranyakashipu.
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