After saving mother Earth from the clutches of the cruel asura Hiranyaksha, Lord Vishnu, as Narasimha ,kills his vicious brother Hiranyakasipu and showers his grace on the great child devotee Prahlada! That was in Krutha Yuga and the first part of the boon granted to his dwarapalakas Jaya and Vijaya who attained salvation.
In their second birth as Ravana and Kumbhakarna the Lord descended as Sri Rama and saved the Devas by Killing them. That was in Tretha Yuga
The last and final birth of the dwarapalakas was that of Sisupala and Dantavaktra the personification of evil and terror!
Lord Krishna’s avatar, thus comes in Dwapara Yuga that became notorious for the evil and unrighteous acts of kings like Kamsa, Jarasandha and Sisupala. True to the saying ‘ yadayadahi dharmasya glanirbhavathi Bharatha abhyutthana madharmasya thadatmanam srujamyaham’ the Lord took avatar as Krishna in the Yadava community.
Sri Rama chose Kausalya as his mother while Krishna chose Devaki and Vasdeva as his parents. While Sri Rams totally compressed his divinity and exhibited the qualities of an ordinary mortal and suffered all the vicissitudes of royal and family life, it was not so with Krishna. Adi kavi Valmiki praises Sri Rama as “Ramo vigrahavan dhamaha”.
Krishna was born in the prison to Devaki in his original resplendent form with four hands, the conch and the disc! The parents were overwhelmed with excitement and indescribable joy. Soon the child transformed itself into an ordinary baby! From the beginning Krishna exhibited his divinity and celestial powers! The prison doors open by themselves, the Yamuna cleaves to allow Vasudeva to take the child to Gokulam and in the terrible downpour Adisesha becomes the umbrella to protect the child!
