Dvivida Gorilla

> 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.

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.<<