nayanānanda-bhājanam
brahmovāca
atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā
nayanānanda-bhājanam
vaikuṇṭhaṁ tad-adhiṣṭhānaṁ
vikuṇṭhaṁ ca svayaṁ-prabham
bhagavantaṁ parikramya
praṇipatyānumānya ca
pratijagmuḥ pramuditāḥ
śaṁsanto vaiṣṇavīṁ śriyam
Brahmā said: The sages, having seen the object of bliss for their eyes, the self-illuminated Lord and his abode Vaikuṇṭha, circumambulated the Lord and offered him respects, and, taking his permission, left that place with great joy, praising the greatness of the Vaiṣṇavas.
The Lord (vikuṇṭha) and his abode are self illuminating (full of knowledge), since they are śuddha-sattva. Anumānya means “taking permission.”
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bhagavān anugāv āha
yātaṁ mā bhaiṣṭam astu śam
brahma-tejaḥ samartho ’pi
hantuṁ necche mataṁ tu me
The Lord spoke to his two associates. “Go to the material world. Do not be afraid. You will have good fortune. But also, do not go that world. Though I can nullify the curse of the brāhmaṇa, I do not desire to do go against my own rules.”
Seeing that Jaya and Vijaya had just arrived, the Lord spoke. “Go to the material world!” Seeing them weeping and wailing, the Lord again spoke to them, his heart softened by compassion. “Do not fear. May you two have good fortune! Do not go there. Always remain serving me in Vaikuṇṭha.” The negative word mā can be used with both yātam and bhaiṣtām. Seeing that they were now happy, he said “Though I can nullify the curse of the bṛāhmaṇas, I do not desire to destroy my own promise.” I have made a rule to accept the inevitability of a brāhmaṇa’s curse. Just as Garuḍa sacrificed an expansion of his wing in order to maintain the inevitability of the thunderbolt’s power, you should take on the role of demons in one of your expansions, and at the same time remain in Vaikuṇṭha in your svarūpas. Later this passage is found:
ān abhidravato dṛṣṭvā ditijānīkapān nṛpa
prahasyānucarā viṣṇoḥ pratyaṣedhann udāyudhāḥ
nandaḥ sunando ’tha jayo vijayaḥ prabalo balaḥ
kumudaḥ kumudākṣaś ca viṣvaksenaḥ patattrirāṭ
jayantaḥ śrutadevaś ca puṣpadanto ’tha sātvataḥ
sarve nāgāyuta-prāṇāś camūṁ te jaghnur āsurīm
O King, when the associates of Lord Viṣṇu saw the soldiers of the demons coming forward in violence, they smiled. Taking up their weapons, they forbade the demons to continue their attempt. Nanda, Sunanda, Jaya, Vijaya, Prabala, Bala, Kumuda, Kumudākṣa, Viṣvaksena, Patattrirāṭ [Garuḍa], Jayanta, Śrutadeva, Puṣpadanta and Sātvata were all associates of Lord Viṣṇu. They were as powerful as ten thousand elephants, and now they began killing the soldiers of the demons. SB 8.21.15-17
In the narration of Vāmana and Bali, Jaya and Vijaya are mentioned among the associates of the Lord fighting. But after being born as Hiraṇyakṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu, they would later be born as Rāvaṇa and Kumbakarṇa. The explanation of their expansions must be given in order to resolve the contradiction of being simultaneously in the form of demons and associates of the Lord.
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