Four children of Brahma [Sankadik, Sat, Sanathan, Sthonam] visit the abode of God. But dwarpaalaks (Gate-keepers) Jaya and Vijaya stop them, saying Vishnu was taking rest. However much the children ask for entry, they are refused. They are devotees and they wish to see Vishnu. But they are refused again and again. The children become angry, and give ‘shaapa’ (curse) to the 2 to become Rakshasas!
The gate-keepers are stunned. Commotion brings Vishnu to the scene. Gatekeepers complain that they were just doing their duty. But Vishnu had heard it all.
He says they deserve the curse, because they were overdoing their duty - misusing their power and being proud of it. They thought they were bigger than the 4 children-sages. No one can keep devotees away from him, and gatekeepers were exercising non-existent and out-of-boundary powers. This was a crime. Hence, there has to be a punishment. So he rejects the withdrawal of the curse, instead asks the 4 children the details of the curse, meaning, the duration, the forms and their eventual end.
Thus say the 4 children: Jaya and Vijaya have to be Rakshas for 3 births. And in each birth, Vishnu should kill them.
1) In the I birth, the 2 will be born as Hiranyaaksha and HiranyaKashipu (death by Varaha avatar and Narasimha avatar respectively)
2) In the II birth, the 2 will be born as Kumbhakarna and Ravana (death by Rama avatar)
3) In the III birth, the 2 will be born as Kansa and Shishupaala (death by Krishna avatar)
After this, they will attain salvation.
Jaya and Vijaya, although baffled, accept the curse as a way of punishment to their wrong deed. With that, the 4 children move off and Vishnu looks on to the Future with interest.
The gate-keepers are stunned. Commotion brings Vishnu to the scene. Gatekeepers complain that they were just doing their duty. But Vishnu had heard it all.
He says they deserve the curse, because they were overdoing their duty - misusing their power and being proud of it. They thought they were bigger than the 4 children-sages. No one can keep devotees away from him, and gatekeepers were exercising non-existent and out-of-boundary powers. This was a crime. Hence, there has to be a punishment. So he rejects the withdrawal of the curse, instead asks the 4 children the details of the curse, meaning, the duration, the forms and their eventual end.
Thus say the 4 children: Jaya and Vijaya have to be Rakshas for 3 births. And in each birth, Vishnu should kill them.
1) In the I birth, the 2 will be born as Hiranyaaksha and HiranyaKashipu (death by Varaha avatar and Narasimha avatar respectively)
2) In the II birth, the 2 will be born as Kumbhakarna and Ravana (death by Rama avatar)
3) In the III birth, the 2 will be born as Kansa and Shishupaala (death by Krishna avatar)
After this, they will attain salvation.
Jaya and Vijaya, although baffled, accept the curse as a way of punishment to their wrong deed. With that, the 4 children move off and Vishnu looks on to the Future with interest.
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