Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation 4]

Your form as I see You now as Damodara. You are so beautiful and
attractive that my mind does not want anything else besides this
wonderful form.” In this same prayer, there is another passage in
which it is said, “My dear Lord Damodara, once when You were
playing as a naughty boy in the house of Nanda Maharaj, You broke
the box containing yogurt, and because of that Mother Yasoda
considered You an offender and tied You with rope to the household
grinding mortar. At that time You delivered two sons of Kuvera,
Nalakivara and Manigriva, who were staying there as two arjuna
trees in the yard of Nanda Maharaj. My only request is that by
Your merciful pastimes You may similarly deliver me.”

The story behind this verse is that the two sons of Kuvera (the
treasurer of the demigods) were puffed up on account of the opu-
lence of their father, and so once on a heavenly planet they were
enjoying themselves in a lake with some naked damsels of heaven.
At that time the great saint Narada Muni was passing on the road and
was sorry to see the behavior of the sons of Kuvera. Seeing Narada
passing by, the damsels of heaven covered their bodies with cloth,
but the two sons, being drunkards, did not have this decency. Narada
became angry with their behavior and cursed them thusly: ‘You have
no sense, so it is better if you become trees instead of the sons of
Kuvera.” Upon hearing this, the boys came to their senses and begged
Narada to be pardoned for their offenses. Narada then said, “Yes,
you shall become trees, arjuna trees, and you will stand at the
courtyard of Nanda Maharaj. But Krsna Himself will appear in time
as the foster son of Nanda, and He will deliver you.” In other words,
the curse of Narada was a benediction to the sons of Kuvera because
indirectly it was foretold that they would be able to receive the
favor of Lord Krsna. After that, Kuvera’s two sons stood as two
big arjuna trees in the courtyard of Nanda Maharaj until Lord
Damodara, in order to fulfill the desire of Narada, dragged the
milling pestle to which He was tied and struck the two trees,
violently causing them to fall down. From out of these fallen trees
came Nalakivara and Manigriva, who had by then become great
devotees of the Lord.

There is a passage in the Hayasirsa Purana which states, ““My
