Jaya-Vijaya, Vaikuntha ke Dvaarpaal

Vaikuntha, Vishnu ke divya dhaam ke dvaaron par mahaan tej ke do dvaarpaal khade the: Jaya aur Vijaya, jinka kartavya un saat dvaaron ki raksha tha jo prabhu ki upasthiti tak le jaate the. Ve samarpit sevak the, apni nishtha mein prachand, aur ve apne kartavya ko itni gambheerta se lete the ki unki anumati ke bina koi nahin ja sakta tha.

Ek din dvaaron par chaar Kumar aaye, Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatan aur Sanatkumar, Brahma ke maanas-putr, jo ganana se pare praacheen hote hue bhi paanch varsh ke baalakon ke roop mein the, kyonki unhone bade hone se inkaar kar diya tha, swayam ko poornatah param ke chintan mein samarpit karte hue. Ve Vishnu ke darshan ko aaye the, aur chhah dvaaron se nirvirodh gaye, kintu saptam dvaar par Jaya-Vijaya ne apne dandon se unka maarg roka, ghoshit karte hue ki prabhu vishraam kar rahe hain aur koi unhein vichalit nahin kar sakta.

Mahaan rishi Kumar saadhaaran aagantukon ki bhaanti roke jaane par kruddh hue. Apne krodh mein unhone bhayaanak shaap diya: kyonki dvaarpaalon ne unhein saadhaaran manushya samjha tha aur apne pad ka garv dikhaaya tha, ve Vaikuntha se girenge aur nashvaron ke roop mein janmenge, usi prabhu ke shatru bankar jiski ve seva karte the. Kumar swayam duhkhi hue jab unka krodh shaant hua, kyonki ve jaante the ki Jaya-Vijaya ne keval apna kartavya nibhaaya tha. Kintu rishi ka shaap, ek baar uchchaarit, vaapas nahin liya ja sakta, aur rishiyon ne bhaagya ki kaarya-pranaali ke saamne naman kiya jabki unhone dvaarpaalon ko aashirvaad diya, vachan dete hue ki unka patan gauravshaali hoga aur vaapsi nishchit. Drishya ke saakshi devta vismit hue ki krodh bhi divya yojana ka saadhan kaise ban sakta hai.

Jaya-Vijaya aatank se rishiyon ke charnon mein gire, kshama maangte hue, aur usi kshan swayam Vishnu prakat hue, kyonki unke dvaaron par jo hota hai vah unse chhipa nahin hai.

Prabhu ne rote dvaarpaalon ko shaant kiya aur shaap ki kaarya-pranaali samjhaayi: vah poornatah nahin mit sakta tha, kyonki rishi ka vachan phalna chaahiye, kintu uska roop chuna ja sakta tha. Ve Vishnu ke bhakton ke roop mein saat baar janm sakte the, ya unke shatruon ke roop mein teen baar, aur apne janm poorna karke ve Vaikuntha lautenge. Jaya-Vijaya, jo saat deergh jeevanon tak apne prabhu se viyukt nahin reh sakte the, ne chhota maarg chuna: unke shatruon ke roop mein teen janm, taaki ve sheeghra unke paas laut sakein.

Is prakaar hua. Pratham yug mein ve daanav-bhaai Hiranyaksha aur Hiranyakashipu bankar janme, aur Vishnu ne Varaha aur Narasimha bankar unka vadh kiya. Dviteeya yug mein ve Ravan aur Kumbhakarna bankar janme, aur Vishnu ne Ram bankar unka vadh kiya. Triteeya yug mein ve Shishupal aur Dantavakra bankar janme, aur Vishnu ne Krishna bankar unka vadh kiya. Pratyek janm mein ve prabhu ke mahaanatam shatru the, kintu pratyek janm mein ve nirantar unka chintan karte the, ghrina mein jo swayam smaran ka roop thi, aur mrityu par ve mukt hue.

Jaya-Vijaya ki shatruta kabhi saadhaaran ghrina nahin thi. Hiranyakashipu bankar unhone aisi tapasya ki ki swayam Brahma ne unhein var diye; Ravan bankar unhone vedon mein paarangata paayi aur bhakti se Shiv ko prasann kiya; Shishupal bankar ve Krishna ke chachere bhaai the. Pratyek janm mein unki mahaanata vaastavik thi, aur unka patan vaastavik tha, aur unki mukti vaastavik thi, kyonki prabhu unka bhi tyaag nahin karte jo unka virodh karte hain.

Vaikuntha ke dvaar un sabhi ke liye khule hain jo prabhu ka smaran karte hain, prem mein ya shatruta mein, kyonki smaran swayam setu hai. Jaya-Vijaya un dvaaron ki aaj bhi raksha karte hain, aur unse guzarne vaala pratyek bhakt unki katha mein aashvaasan sunta hai ki koi patan antim nahin aur koi shaap premi hriday ko uske swaami se sada ke liye vilag nahin kar sakta.

Jab teen janm poorna hue, to Jaya-Vijaya Vaikuntha ke dvaaron par laute, shuddh aur kshamit, aur apne shaashvat kartavya par punah lage. Yah katha pramaan ke roop mein kahi jaati hai ki rishi ka shaap bhi prabhu ke haathon mein aashirvaad banta hai, ki Ishwar par sthir ghrina swayam moksh ka maarg hai, aur jo sevak apne swaami se prem karta hai vah kabhi sach mein khota nahin, kyonki prabhu shatruta ko bhi bhakti ginte hain jab hriday unhein bhool nahin sakta.