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returned to his abode, known as Nārāyaṇāśrama, and the two demigods turned into trees, known as twin arjuna

Lord Kṛṣṇa knew that Nārada was His great devotee and that the trees standing before Him as twin arjuna

After this, the demigods circumambulated the Lord many times and bowed down before Him again and again , and thus they left.

The story of the cursing of Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva and their deliverance by Kṛṣṇa, under the all-blissful

are always full of the transcendental potencies of unlimited opulence, strength, beauty, fame, wisdom and In the material existence there is a difference between the body and the owner of the body, but because entities, and You are full with all Your plenary expansions. O source of all auspiciousness and goodness, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You. May our hands and other limbs be engaged in Your service and our minds always be concentrated at Your

two demigods should remain for one hundred years, in the time of the demigods, in the form of trees, and And thus they would be again promoted to the life of the demigods and become great devotees of the Lord

put those demigods into a condition where they could not be falsely proud of their material opulence and Nārada was compassionate and wanted to save them from their fallen life. But Kuvera was the treasurer of the demigods, a very responsible man, and Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva were And yet they became so animalistic and irresponsible that they could not understand, due to intoxication To cover the lower part of the body is a principle of human civilization, and when men or women forget

He could understand that the demigods Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva were too much intoxicated and could not The young girls, however, were not so much intoxicated as the demigods, and they at once became ashamed sons of Kuvera were so much intoxicated that they could not appreciate the presence of the sage Nārada and On seeing the two demigods so degraded by intoxication, Nārada desired their welfare, and therefore he

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the tenth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Deliverance of Nalakūvara and

When the demigods Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva finished their prayers, the child, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master

The two great demigods Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva were sons of the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, who As a rich man’s sons often become addicted to wine and women, so these two sons of Kuvera were also addicted to wine and sex. There they drank much and engaged in hearing the sweet singing of the beautiful women who accompanied intoxicated condition, the two demigods entered the water of the Ganges, which was filled with lotus flowers, and

their false enjoyment of intoxication and association with young girls and wanted them to see Lord Kṛṣṇa

“Dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are the original Personality of Godhead, master of all mystic powers.

indulges in killing animals to maintain the body, but he does not consider whether the body belongs to him or to his father or mother or maternal grandfather. Sometimes a slave’s body is sold to a master, and from that day on the body belongs to the master. And at the end of life the body belongs to the fire, because the body is given to the fire and burned Or the body is thrown into the street to be eaten by the dogs and vultures.

Generally it is seen that one who has risen from a poverty-stricken life and becomes wealthy creates In short, a compassionate poor man may consider others’ pains and pleasures with empathy. A poor man is seldom puffed up with false pride, and he may be freed from all kinds of infatuation.

A poverty-stricken man cannot become unnaturally fat by eating more and more. And on account of not being able to eat more than he requires, his senses are not very turbulent.

Another advantage of poverty is that a saintly person can easily enter a poor man’s house, and thus the Of what use are persons who are puffed up with material opulence and prestige if they are bereft of the association of saintly persons and devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

false prestige of opulence, he does not care for any moral instruction but indulges in wine, women and Therefore, the great sage Nārada considered that because the demigods Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva were so

Ultimately it is concluded that the body is a product of material nature, and at the end it merges into