q3 PADMA PURANAM Chapter 110 - The Story of Jaya and Vijaya *Dharmadatta said**:*
1. I have heard that Jaya <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/jaya#purana> and Vijaya <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vijaya#purana> are Viṣṇu <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishnu#purana>’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 <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kardama#purana>, Devahūtī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/devahuti#purana>, Tṛṇabindu <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/trinabindu#purana>’s daughter, formerly gave birth to two sons, O brāhmaṇa <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/brahmana#purana>. The elder one was Jaya byname, and the younger Vijaya. On (i.e. from) the other wife was born Kapila <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kapila#purana>, a knower of yoga <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yoga#purana>, and Dharma <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dharma#purana>. Jaya and Vijaya were always engrossed in devotion to Viṣṇu. Controlling their senses, they were disposed to virtue. Everyday they both recited the eight-syllabled hymn and observed the Viṣṇu-vow. Viṣṇu always presented himself at their worship (of him). Sometime Marutta <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/marutta#purana> invited them for a sacrifice. They, skilled in performing a sacrifice, went there, being waited upon by divine sages. Jaya became the Brahmā <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/brahma#purana> 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 Viṣṇu 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: “Be an elephant”, since he, erring due to arrogance had cursed him. Seeing lord Viṣṇu at the time of the daily worship, they told him like that. They solicited Lakṣmī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/lakshmi#purana>’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 Prahlāda <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/prahlada#purana>’s words I appeared in a pillar. In the same way due to Ambarīṣa <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/ambarisha#purana>’s words I arose on the way(?). Therefore, having certainly undergone these two curses pronounced by yourselves, obtain my eternal position. Speaking like this, Viṣṇu vanished. *The** two attendants said:* Then the crocodile and the elephant were (born) on the bank of Gaṇḍakī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/gandaki#purana>. Even in that state they remembered their (former) birth, and observed Viṣṇu-vow. Some time in Kārtika <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kartika#hinduism> the elephant went to Gaṇḍakī to bathe. Just then, the crocodile remembering the cause of the curse seized him. The elephant seized by the crocodile remembered Viṣṇu. Just then Viṣṇu, 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 Vaikuṇṭha <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vaikuntha#purana>. Since then the place is known as Harikṣetra, where even (now) the stones bear the mark of the disc. Those two, O brāhmaṇa, known as Jaya and Vijaya, and dear to Viṣṇu, are his doorkeepers. Therefore, you too, O you who know piety, always observing Viṣṇu’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 Tulasī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tulasi#purana>-grove observe the Ekādaśī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/ekadashi#purana>-vow. Always worship brāhmaṇas <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/brahmana#purana>, cows, and Viṣṇu’s devotees. Do not eat masūra <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/masura#purana> (pulse), gruel made from fermentation of boiled rice and egg-plants. O Dharmadatta <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dharmadatta#purana>, by devotion to him (i.e. Viṣṇu) you too, on your death obtain that highest position of Viṣṇu, as we (have obtained). Sacrifices, gifts and (visits to holy places) are not superior to your vow (commenced) from birth and pleasing Viṣṇu. O best brāhmaṇa, 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 Viṣṇu. *Nārada said**:* 30-32. Having thus instructed that Dharmadatta, the two, getting into the aeroplane, went with Kalahā <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kalaha#purana>. to Viṣṇu’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 Viṣṇu’s proximity. *dharmadatta uvāca* | *jayaśca vijayaścaiva viṣṇordvāsthau mayā śrutau* | *kiṃtu tābhyāṃ purā cīrṇaṃ yasmāttadrūpadhāriṇau* || 1 || *gaṇāvūcatuḥ* | *tṛṇabiṃdostu kanyāyāṃ devahūtyāṃ purā dvija* | *kardamasya tu dṛṣṭyaiva putrau dvau saṃbabhūvatuḥ* || 2 || *jyeṣṭho jayaḥ kaniṣṭho'bhūdvijayaśceti nāmataḥ* | *anyasyāmabhavatpaścātkapilo yogadharmavit* || 3 || *jayaśca vijayaścaiva viṣṇubhaktiratau sadā* | *saṃniyamyeṃdriyagrāmaṃ dharmaśīlau babhūvatuḥ* || 4 || *nityamaṣṭākṣarī jāpyau viṣṇuvratakarāvubhau* | *sākṣātkāraṃ dadau viṣṇustayornityārcane sadā* || 5 || *maruttena kadācittāvāhūtau yajñakarmaṇi* | *jagmaturyajñakuśalau devarṣigaṇasevitau* || 6 || *jayastatrābhavadbrahmā yājako vijayo'bhavat* | *tato yajñavidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca cakratuḥ* || 7 || *maruto'vabhṛthasnātastābhyāṃ vittaṃ dadau bahu* | *tatsamādāya tau vittaṃ jagmatuḥ svāśramaṃ prati* || 8 || *yajanāya tadā viṣṇostuṣṭyarthaṃ tau tadā mune* | *taddhanaṃ vibhajaṃto vai pasparddhāte parasparam* || 9 || *jayo'bravītsamo bhāgaḥ kriyatāmiti tatra saḥ* | *vijayaścābravīttatra yallabdhaṃ yena tasya tat* || 10 || *tato jayo'śapatkrodhādvijayaṃ kṣubdhamānasaḥ* | *gṛhītvā na dadāsyetattasmādgrāho bhaveti tam* || 11 || *vijayastasya taṃ śāpaṃ śrutvā so'pyaśapacca tam* | *madabhrāṃtośapadyasmāttasmānmātaṃgatāṃ vraja* || 12 || *tau tathā cakhyaturviṣṇuṃ dṛṣṭvā nityārcane vibhum* | *śāpayostunivṛttiṃ tau yayācāte ramāpatim* || 13 || *bhaktāvāvāṃ kathaṃ deva grāhamāṃtagayonigau* | *bhaviṣyāvaḥ kṛpāsiṃdho tacchāpo vinivartyatām* || 14 || *śrībhagavānuvāca* | *madbhaktayorvaco'satyaṃ na kadācidbhaviṣyati* | *mayāpi nānyathā kartuṃ śakyate tatkadācana* || 15 || *prahlādavacanātstaṃbha'pyāvirbhūto hyahaṃ purā* | *tathāṃbarīṣavākyena jāto mārge svayaṃ kila* || 16 ||] *tasmāddhruvamimau śāpāvanubhūya svayaṃkṛtau* | *labhetāṃ matpadaṃ nityamityuktvāṃtardadhe hariḥ* || 17 ||] *gaṇāvūcatuḥ* | *tatastau grāhamātaṃgā babhūtāṃ gaṃḍakī taṭe* | *jātismarau ca tadyonyāmapi viṣṇuvrate sthitau* || 18 ||] *kadācitsa gajaḥ snātuṃ kārtike gaṃḍakīṃ gataḥ* | *tāvajjagrāha ca grāhaḥ saṃsmarañchāpakāraṇam* || 19 ||] *grāhagṛhīto'sau nāgaḥ saṃsmāra śrīpatiṃ tadā* | *tāvadāvirabhūdviṣṇuḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ* || 20 ||] *tṝtastau grāhamātaṃgau cakraṃ kṣiptvā samuddhṛtau* | *dattvā ca nijasārūpyaṃ vaikuṃṭhamanayadvibhuḥ* || 21 ||] *tadāprabhṛti tatsthānaṃ harikṣetramiti śrutam* | *cakrasaṃgharṣaṇādyasminpāṣāṇo'pi hi lāṃchitaḥ* || 22 ||] *tāvimau viśrutau loke jayaśca vijayaśca ha* | *nityaṃ viṣṇupriyau dvāḥsthau pṛṣṭau yau hi tvayā dvija* || 23 ||] *atastvamapi dharmajña nityaṃ viṣṇuvrate sthitaḥ* | *tyaktamātsaryadaṃbho hi bhava svasamadarśanaḥ* || 24 ||] *tulāmakarameṣeṣu prātaḥsnāyī sadā bhava* | *ekādaśīvrate tiṣṭha tulasīvanapālakaḥ* || 25 ||] *brāhmaṇānapi gāścāpi vaiṣṇavāṃśca sadā bhaja* | *masūrāścāranālāśca vṛṃtākānapi khāda mā* || 26 ||] *evaṃ tvamapi dehāṃte tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam* | *prāpnoṣi dharmadatta tvaṃ tadbhaktyaiva yathā vayam* || 27 ||] *tavājanmavratāttasmādviṣṇusaṃtuṣṭikārakāt* | *na yajñā na ca dānāni na tīrthānyadhikāni vai* || 28 ||] *dhanyo'si viprāgrya yatastvayaitadvrataṃ kṛtaṃ tuṣṭikaraṃ jagadguroḥ* | *yatpuṇyabhāgāptaphalaṃ murāreḥ praṇīyatesmābhiriyaṃ salokatām* || 29 ||] *nārada uvāca* | *itthaṃ tau dharmadattaṃ tamupadiśya vimānagau* | *tayā kalahayā sārddhaṃ vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ gatau* || 30 || *dharmadattopyasau jātapratyayastadvrate sthitaḥ* | *dehāṃte tadvibhoḥ sthānaṃ bhāryābhyāmanvito'bhyagāt* || 31 || *itihāsamimaṃ purābhavaṃ śṛṇute yaśca pumānyathāvidhi* | *iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttara* | *khaṇḍe kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde kalahopākhyāne gaṇapūrvapuṇyavarṇanonāma daśādhiśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ* || 110 K RAJARAM IRS 17 9 23 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q4 Many repetitions On Sun, 17 Sept 2023 at 19:22, Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: 'N Sekar' via iyer123 <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 5:41 PM > > > > Thanks Sri G K. > > Re Q 3 > > What I read was that Jaya and Vijaya told the Rishis that they can't allow > anyone inside Vaikunta without His permission and hence asked them to wait. > > I thought this is their duty, like any security guard will do. > > So when I heard this story for the first time several years ago that they > were cursed for doing their duty I was wondering why it was so. > > May be there is more to the story than this mere reason. I don't think > the Rishis are egoistic to take offense to someone doing his duty. > > N Sekar > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 5:24 PM, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > *CULTURAL QA 09-2023-17A* > > *All the below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 17-09-2023.* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers.* > > *Compiled and posted by** R. Gopala Krishnan, 79, on 17-09-2023.* > > > > *Q1 What are some amazing facts about the Indian Railways?* > > *A1 Selvi Selvan, Workes in Indian Railways8h* > > *1. The total distance covered by the 14,300 trains on the Indian Railways > every day, equals three & half times the distance to moon.* > > *2. The first train on Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on the > 16th of April 1853.* > > *3. IR has about 65,436 route kms. of track.* > > *4. IR employs about 1.307 million people.* > > *5. It carries over 23 million passengers & 1.3 million tones of freight > every day.* > > *6. It runs about 14,300 trains daily.* > > *7. IR has about 7,172 railway stations.* > > *8. The longest platform in the world is at Sri Siddhaarooda in Hubballi > and is 1.5 kilometres in length.* > > *9. Nehru Setu on Sone River is the longest Railway bridge.* > > *10. 42 Railway companies operated in the country before independence.* > > *11. Electric Locomotives are manufactured at Chittaranjan Locomotive > Works, Chittaranjan.* > > *12. Coaches are manufactured at ICF/Chennai, RCF/Kapurthala and > BEML/Bangaluru.* > > *13. The national Rail Museum at New Delhi was set-up in 1977.* > > *14. Classes of travel on Indian Railway: Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair > Car, IInd sleeper & IInd ordinary.* > > *Additional Facts :* > > *First Passenger Train Ran On : 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)* > > *First Railway Bridge : Dapoorie Viaduct on the** Mumbai-Thane route* > > *First Rail Tunnel : Parsik Tunnel* > > *First Ghats Covered by the Rail lines : Thal and** Bhore Ghats* > > *First Underground Railway : Calcutta METRO* > > *First Computerized Reservation System started in : New Delhi (1986)* > > *First Electric Train ran on : 3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)* > > *Toilets on Trains were introduced in : 1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower > classes)* > > *Shortest Station Name : Ib (Orissa)* > > *Longest Station Name : Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Andhra Pradesh)* > > *Busiest Railway Station : Lucknow (64 trains everyday)* > > *Longest Run (Time) : Vivek Express (3,715 km in Approx 71 hrs)* > > *Shortest Run : Route between Nagpur to Ajni (3km)* > > *Longest Run for Daily Train : Kerala Express (3,054 km in 42.5 hrs)* > > *Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance) : Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)* > > *Longest Railway Platform in the World : Sri Siddhaarooda railway station > in Hubballi in the Indian state of Karnataka(1 .5 km)* > > *Longest Railway Bridge : Nehru Setu on Sone River (10,044 ft in length)* > > *Longest Tunnel : Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel ( 11.2 km )* > > *Oldest Preserved Locomotive : Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order* > > *Indian Railway's Fastest Train : Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to > 140 Km/ph)* > > *Train with Maximum Number of Halts :Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)* > > *Q2 Why is Kedarnath famous?* > > *A2 Sushil Kumar,Former Assistant Manager at IOCL PETROL > (2007–2019)May 5* > > *Kedarnath is famous primarily for the Kedarnath** Temple, which is one > of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage sites dedicated to Lord Shiva.* > > *The Kedarnath Temple is situated at an altitude of 3,583 meters (11,755 > feet) above sea level,** amidst the scenic and rugged Himalayan mountain > range. It is believed to have been built by the Pandavas from the Hindu > epic, Mahabharata, and is considered one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, which > are the most sacred shrines of Lord Shiva in India.* > > *Every year, thousands of devotees make the arduous trek to the Kedarnath > Temple to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva. The temple is also a part of > the Char Dham Yatra, which is a pilgrimage circuit that includes the four > holy shrines of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath.* > > *Apart from its religious significance, Kedarnath also offers breathtaking > views of the surrounding** mountains, glaciers, and valleys, making it a > popular destination for adventure enthusiasts and nature lovers.* > > *Q3 What did Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers of Lord Vishnu, do > that they got cursed to take birth as demons?* > > *A3 Satyarth Nayak,Screenwriter at Mythoverse (2022–present)2h* > > *They disrespected the four sons of Lord Brahma.** When Brahma began > creation, the first to emerge from his mind were four boys, the first sons > of Brahma. Having emerged from his mind, they were called Manasputras and > being four in number, they were called Chatursana. * > > *Brahma wanted them to procreate and populate the earth but they chose the > spiritual path and were blessed to forever remain in their child-like > state. Hence, when they approached Vaikuntha to pay their respects to Lord > Vishnu, the gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya barred them. * > > *Unable to comprehend the true nature of these four boys they refused them > entry into Vaikuntha and were hence cursed.* > > *Q4 What are some of the most mind-blowing facts?* > > *A4 Priyanka Shrivastava, Project Manager at Quatrro > (2015–present)Updated 5y* > > *The “World War 1” ended at 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of > 1918* > > *Iceland is the only country without mosquitoes, snakes or other reptiles.* > > *Iceland has one of the largest gun ownership rates in the world and > lowest crime rates as well.* > > *Researchers testing insects repellents used** Victoria Secret’s > Bombshell perfume as a standard and accidentally discovered that it repels > mosquitoes better than any repellents in the market.* > > *Bruce Lee was so fast, they actually had to run his films slower so that > you can see his moves.* > > *A tiger’s roar can be heard as far as 1.8 miles (3 km) away.* > > *The first colgate toothpaste – Colgate’s Antiseptic dental powder.* > > *The world’s deepest, darkest, oldest and quietest model room is 220 feet > underground, at Grand Canyon Caverns, in a 65 million-year-old cave.* > > *This is how baby elephants drink water. They don’t know how to use their > trunks to drink until they are nine months.* > > *Harry Potter was first rejected by 12 different book publishers.* > > *Germany’s passport is the world’s most powerful. It grants visa-free > access to 158 countries out of 218.* > > *The first Apple computer – Apple I* > > *The Lamborghini Gallardo is capable of going from 0-45 mph in 2.8 > seconds. 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