178 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 10
special mercy, desired to give them a special curse. Thus he spoke
as follows.
PURPORT

Although in the beginning Narada Muni appeared very angry and
cursed them, at the end the two demigods Nalakivara and Manigriva
were able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, face to face.
Thus the curse was ultimately auspicious and brilliant. One has to judge
what kind of curse Narada placed upon them. Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura gives herein a good example. When a father finds
his child deeply asleep but the child has to take some medicine to cure
some disease, the father pinches the child so that the child will get up
and take the medicine. In a similar way, Narada Muni cursed Nalakivara
and Manigriva in order to cure their disease of material blindness.

TEXT 8
MARE TUT
Ln ~ Us *~ 7
ATM GAA AAG SAT TAI: |
AraararareMeat Mt ITATAT: | < I
$ri-ndrada uvdca
na hy anyo jusato josyan
buddhi-bhramso rajo-gunah
$ri-maddad abhiatyddir
yatra stri dyitam dsavah

§ri-nadradah uvadca—Narada Muni said; na—there is not; hi—indeed;
anyah—another material enjoyment; jusatah—of one who is enjoying;
josyan—things very attractive in the material world (different varieties
of eating, sleeping, mating and defense); buddhi-bhramsah—such en-
joyments attract the intelligence; rajah-gunah—being controlled by the
mode of passion; sri-madat—than riches; abhijatya-ddih—among the
four material principles (attractive personal bodily features, birth in an
aristocratic family, being very learned, and being very rich); yatra—
wherein; stri—women; dyitam—gambling; dsavah—wine (wine,
women and gambling are very prominent).
