Text 22] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees 195

vdsudevasya sdnnidhyam
labdhva divya-sarac-chate

urtte svarlokatam bhiiyo
labdha-bhakti bhavisyatah

yat—because; imau—these two young demigods; loka-pdlasya—of
the great demigod Kuvera; putrau—born as sons; bhitvad—being so
(they should not have become like that); tamah-plutau—so absorbed in
the mode of darkness; na—not; vivaésasam—without any dress, com-
pletely naked; atmanam—their personal bodies; vijanitah—could
understand that they were naked; su-durmadau—because they were
very much fallen due to false pride; atah—therefore; arhatah—they
deserve; sthdvaratam—immobility like that of a tree; syétam—they
may become; na—not; evam—in this way; yatha—as; punah—again;
smrtih—remembrance; sydt—may continue; mat-prasddena—by my
mercy; tatra api—over and above that; mat-anugrahat—by my special
favor; vdsudevasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
sannidhyam—the personal association, face to face; labdhvd—obtain-
ing; divya-Sarat-sate vrtte—after the expiry of one hundred years by the
measurement of the demigods; svarlokatam—the desire to live in the
celestial world; bhiiyah—again; labdha-bhakti—having revived their
natural condition of devotional service; bhavisyatah—will become.

TRANSLATION

These two young men, Nalakivara and Manigriva, are by for-
tune 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 be-
come 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, Vasudeva, face to face, and thus
revive their real position as devotees.
