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Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
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had been demigods;  dhanada-ātmajau —the sons of Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods.
TRANSLATION
While mother Yaśodā was very busy with household affairs, the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, observed twin trees known as yamala-arjuna, which in a former millennium had been the demigod sons of Kuvera.
TEXT 23
पुरा नारदशापेन वृक्षतां प्रापितौ मदात् । नलक्र्वरमणिग्रीवाविति ख्यातौ श्रियान्वितौ ॥२३॥
purā nārada-śāpena vṛkṣatām prāpitau madāt nalakūvara-maṇigrīvāv iti khyātau śriyānvitau
purā —formerly;  nārada-śāpena —being cursed by Nārada Muni;  vṛkṣatām —the forms of trees;  prāpitau —obtained;  madāt —because of madness;  nalakūvara —one of them was Nalakūvara;  maṇigrīvau —the other was Maṇigrīva;  iti —thus;  khyātau —well known;  śriyā anvitau —very opulent.
TRANSLATION
In their former birth, these two sons, known as Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, were extremely opulent and fortunate. But because of pride and false prestige, they did not care about anyone, and thus Nārada Muni cursed them to become trees.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa.”