Dvivida Gorilla

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[Text 50824 from SOCHI]

 

> Why did Dvivida gorilla behave so rudely in Krihna's pastimes ? The same

> Dvivida assisted Sri Ramachandra in defeating Ravana along with Nala,

> Nila, Sugriva, Mainda, Jambavan, Angada and Hanuman.

 

PAMHO AGTSP

 

In our SB 10.67.3 it says:

 

 

>>çré-çuka uväca

narakasya sakhä kaçcid

dvivido näma vänaraù

sugréva-sacivaù so ’tha

bhrätä maindasya véryavän

 

TRANSLATION

 

Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé said: There was an ape named Dvivida who was a

friend of Narakäsura’s. This powerful Dvivida, the brother of Mainda,

had been instructed by King Sugréva.

 

PURPORT

 

Çréla Jéva Gosvämé points out some interesting facts about the ape

Dvivida. Although Dvivida was an associate of Lord Rämacandra’s, he

later became corrupted by bad association with the demon Naraka, as

stated here: narakasya sakhä. This bad association was the reaction

for an offense Dvivida had committed when, being proud of his

strength, he disrespected Lord Rämacandra’s brother Lakñmaëa and

others. Those who worship Lord Rämacandra sometimes chant hymns

addressed to Mainda and Dvivida, who are attendant deities of the

Lord. According to Çréla Jéva Gosvämé, the Mainda and Dvivida

mentioned in this verse are empowered expansions of these deities, who

are residents of Lord Rämacandra’s Vaikuëöha domain.

 

Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura concurs with Çréla Jéva Gosvämé’s

view that Dvivida was ruined by bad association, which was a

punishment for his having disrespected Çrémän Lakñmaëa. Çréla

Viçvanätha Cakravarté states, however, that the Mainda and Dvivida

mentioned here are actually the eternally liberated devotees addressed

as attendant deities during the worship of Lord Rämacandra. The Lord

arranged their degradation, he says, to show the evil of the bad

association that results from offending great personalities. Thus

Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté compares the fall of Dvivida and Mainda to

that of Jaya and Vijaya.<<

 

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