Slokam 8

Jaya and Vijaya being born as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu,  had lost all their knowledge of the Paramathma.

This is a very important characteristic of all demonic people. 

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the Paramathma would be endowed with adequate self control.  A demonic person would be completely unrestrained,  simply because he has no sense of values or compassion, except when it comes to his own welfare.  All the three demonic avatars of Jaya and Vijaya had the same attributes.  Ravanna was the most well known of these.

They proceeded to oppress the world mercilessly. It must be noted very clearly,  that this mess was brought upon us by ourselves and ourselves alone.  The curse of the Rishis,  had simply backfired on themselves and their fellow beings. 

Another very subtle point to be noted in this Slokam, is that the Paramathma will always abide by and respect the word of the Rishis. He always made their utterances come true,  in order that it may be clearly established that they are on the right path,  and that path must be followed by lesser beings. In this instance, respecting the curse of the Rishis, meant that He should not stop it from being untrue.

The Paramathma,  in allowing the events to unfold without interference, is giving us the chance to redeem what is a serious flaw in our nature – viz., the desire for selective, preferential treatment, and exemption from abiding by the rules of nature and society.

May we be ever blessed to be tolerant and never ever to misconstrue ourselves to be anything other than “common” men.