Text 22] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
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vāsudevasya sānnidhyam 
    labdhvā divya-śarac-chate 
    vṛtte svarlokatām bhūyo 
    labdha-bhaktī bhaviṣyataḥ
yat—because; imau—these two young demigods; loka-pālasya—of the great demigod Kuvera; putrau—born as sons; bhūtvā—being so (they should not have become like that); tamaḥ-plutau—so absorbed in the mode of darkness; na—not; vivāsasam—without any dress, completely naked; ātmānam—their personal bodies; vijānītaḥ—could understand that they were naked; su-durmadau—because they were very much fallen due to false pride; ataḥ—therefore; arhataḥ—they deserve; sthāvaratām—immobility like that of a tree; syātām—they may become; na—not; evam—in this way; yathā—as; punaḥ—again; smṛtiḥ—remembrance; syāt—may continue; mat-prasādena—by my mercy; tatra api—over and above that; mat-anugrahāt—by my special favor; vāsudevasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sānnidhyam—the personal association, face to face; labdhvā—obtaining; divya-śarat-śate vṛtte—after the expiry of one hundred years by the measurement of the demigods; svarlokatām—the desire to live in the celestial world; bhūyaḥ—again; labdha-bhaktī—having revived their natural condition of devotional service; bhaviṣyataḥ—will become.
TRANSLATION
These two young men, Nalakūvara and Maṇigriva, are by fortune the sons of the great demigod Kuvera, but because of false prestige and madness after drinking liquor, they are so fallen that they are naked but cannot understand that they are. Therefore, because they are living like trees (for trees are naked but are not conscious), these two young men should receive the bodies of trees. This will be proper punishment. Nonetheless, after they become trees and until they are released, by my mercy they will have remembrance of their past sinful activities. Moreover, by my special favor, after the expiry of one hundred years by the measurement of the demigods, they will be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, face to face, and thus revive their real position as devotees.