Why were Jaya/Vijaya Cursed for doing their duty

Updated on September 9, 2026 in Holy Books
3 on September 2, 2016
Namaskaram swamy, In one of your upanyasams you said that
even if you go to devaloka or other higher lokas , we will come back but if we
attain srivaikuntam, we can never come back to earth or lower lokas
Why did Jaya/Vijaya who were gatekeepers in Vaikuntam get cursed to be
born in bhulokam as Lord’s enemy?  What wrong
did they do to be reborn 3 times as Lord’s enemy ? They were only
making sure perumal rested and was not disturbed.
It looks like Jaya/Vijaya became victims of sanath kumaras impatience
and unnecessary anger.   Shouldn’t sanath kumaras be patient
enough to wait for Lord Vishnu’s Darshan?
Even otherwise, Jaya and Vijaya were already in srivaikuntam.
How can they be resent to  earth for an unfair reason that Sanath Kumaras
did not like to wait ?
Please clarify.  If you already clarified this in
one of your upanyasams, I am sorry to waste your time.
Thanks for En pani discourses.  Very useful
 
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This happened in Karya Vaikuntha, a place lower than the ultimate Sri Vaikuntham. One can be cursed as this is not the eternal world.
Knowing the greatness and devotion of Sanaka and also the affection of Perumal to meet His devotees, Jaya Vijaya must have atleast tried to inform Perumal about their visit and ask opinion. They failed to do that and so were cursed.

on September 2, 2016

Thank you so much for your reply Swami.  Please accept my sincere appreciation for your great services and En-pani discourses. I also want to thank  all the volunteers who help with En-pani.

on September 9, 2026

How many such Vaikuntas are there in the spiritual world?  What is the authentic source in which such vaikuntas are described. 

In my opinion, what Sanat Kumaras did was not commensurate with their Brahminhood position. A brahmin should never get angry even if provoked, that too, in Vaikunta (whatever be the variety). They did an act (act of anger and cursing) which is not acceptable in a saintly place llke Vaikunta. (i) The curse of Sanatkumaras and (ii) betrayal of his own servants, who were doing their duty only, by Lord Vishnu are NOT CORRECT.

Imagine how much pain and sufferings Jaya Vijaya would have undergone an IAS Officer to the post of Peon. That too, it is the price paid for doing their duty.

Imagine you are owning a palatial house.  Some unknown persons visit your house without any appointment.  On outward appearance, they look like persons who are not fit to enter such a palatial house.  What will the gate-keeper do?  Naturally, he will refuse entry for such visitors. What will the visitor do?  Visitors, if they really know the Yajaman of the palatial house, will contact the Yajaman of that palatial house and express their grievance that they are prevented at the gate.  Then, Yajaman will apprise the gate-keeper of the importance of those visitors and tell him to allow them to come inside OR would tell that he did not know such persons and not to allow those visitors.  This is the natural course of action in such a situation.  If such an amicable event had happened in Jaya-Vijaya story also, many innocent jeevas would not have undergone tortures.

Such a cruel act (of curse by Sanata Kumaras and recognition of it by Lord Vishnu) made uncountable Satva Guna Jeevaatmas suffer at the hands of HH, RK and SD.  Sanatkumaras and Lord Mahavishnu are only responsible and accountable for such sufferings.  The spiritual speakers always try to find some justification for such acts, which none can comprehend or justify; instead of accepting their ignorance that “I also don’t know; but it is a matter of belief based on our conditioned life since childhood”.  Probably, such acceptance of “I also don’t know” will make them fall from their higher position than their audience.

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