PLATE ELEVEN
After stealing butter one day, Krṣṇa had allowed mother Yaśodā to catch Him and bind Him to a grinding mortar. Thus, by His own arrangement, Krṣṇa was now ready to fulfill the words of His great devotee Nārada Muni. Nārada Muni had cursed the two brothers Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva to become twin  arjuna  trees in Nanda Mahārāja's courtyard, but Nārada had also promised that one day they would see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krṣṇa, face to face. Seeing the two  arjuna  trees in front of Him, Krṣṇa thought, "These two trees were formerly Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva. But although these two young men are the sons of the very rich Kuvera, I actually have nothing to do with them. Yet Nārada Muni is My very dear and affectionate devotee, and therefore, because he wanted Me to come face to face with them, I must do so for their deliverance." Having thus decided to deliver the two brothers, Krṣṇa dragged the big mortar between the two  arjuna  trees and caused it to become stuck between them. Then, with great force, Krṣṇa uprooted the two trees, which trembled severely and fell to the ground with a great crash. Thereafter, in that very place where the two  arjuna  trees had fallen, two great, perfect personalities appeared, their effulgent beauty illuminating all directions. ( pp. 198–202 )
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