Deliverance of Nalakiivara and Manigriva 71

Although the child Krsna was bound up to the wooden mortar, He
began to proceed towards the growing trees in order to fulfill the prophecy
of His great devotee Narada. Lord Krsna knew that Narada was His great
devotee and that the trees standing before Him as twin arjuna trees were
actually the sons of Kuvera. “I must now fulfill the words of My great
devotee Narada,” He thought. Then He began to proceed through the
passage between the two trees. Although He was able to pass through the
passage, the large wooden mortar stuck horizontally between the trees.
Taking advantage of this, Lord Krsna began to pull the rope which was
tied to the mortar. As soon as He pulled, with great strength, the two
trees, with all branches and limbs, fell down immediately with a great
sound. Out of the broken, fallen trees came two great personalities, shining
like blazing fire. All sides became illuminated and beautiful by their
presence. The two purified bodies immediately came before child Krsna
and bowed down to offer their respects and prayers in the following words.
“Bear Lord Krsna, You are the original Personality of Godhead, master
of all mystic powers. Learned brahmanas know very well that this cosmic
manifestation is an expansion of Your potencies which are sometimes
manifest and sometimes unmanifest. You are the original provider of the
life, body and senses of all living entities. You are the eternal God, Lord
Visnu, who is all-pervading, the principal controller of everything. You are
the original source of the cosmic manifestation which is acting under the
spell of the three modes of material nature—goodness, passion and igno-
rance. You are living as the Supersoul in all the multi-forms of living
entities, and You know very well what is going on within their bodies and
minds. Therefore You are the supreme director of all activities of all living
entities. But although You are in the midst of everything which is under
the spell of the material modes of nature, You are not affected by such
contaminated qualities. No one under the jurisdiction of the material
modes can understand Your transcendental qualities, which existed before
the creation; therefore You are called the Supreme Brahman who is always
glorified by His personal internal potencies. In this material world You can
be known only by Your different incarnations. Although You assume
different types of bodies, these bodies are not part of the material creation.
They are always full of transcendental potencies of unlimited opulence,
strength, beauty, fame, wisdom and renunciation. In the material existence,
there is a difference between the body and the owner of the body, but
because You appear in Your original spiritual body, there is no such
difference for You. When You appear, Your uncommon activities indicate
that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such uncommon
