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KB 1970-1-10 / Deliverance of Nalakuvara and Manigriva
10 / Deliverance of Nalakuvara and Manigriva
The story of the cursing of Nalakuvara and Manigriva and their
deliverance by Krsna, under the all-blissful desire of the
great sage Narada, is here described.
The two great demigods, Nalakuvara and Manigriva, were sons of
the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, who was a great devotee
of Lord Siva. By the grace of Lord Siva, Kuvera's material
opulences had no limit. 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. Once, these two demigods,
desiring to enjoy, entered the garden of Lord Siva in the
province of Kailasa on the bank of Mandakini Ganges. There
they drank much and engaged in hearing the sweet singing of
beautiful women who accompanied them in that garden of fragrant
flowers. In an intoxicated condition, they both
entered the water of the Ganges, which was full with lotus
flowers, and there they began to enjoy the company of the young
girls exactly as the male elephant enjoys the female elephants
within the water.
While they were thus enjoying themselves in the water, all of a
sudden Narada, the great sage, happened to pass that way. He
could understand that the demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva
were too intoxicated and could not even see that he was
passing. The young girls, however, were not so intoxicated
as the demigods, and they at once became ashamed at being naked
before the great sage Narada. They began to cover themselves
with all haste. The two demigod-sons of Kuvera were so
intoxicated that they could not appreciate the presence of the
sage Narada and therefore did not cover their bodies. On seeing
the two demigods so degraded by intoxication, Narada desired
their welfare, and therefore he exhibited his causeless mercy
upon them by cursing them.
Because the great sage was compassionate upon them, he wanted
to finish their false enjoyment of intoxication and association
with young girls and wanted them to see Lord Krsna eye to eye.
He conceived of cursing them as follows. He said that the
attraction for material enjoyment is due to an increase of the
mode of passion. A person in the material world, when favored
by the material opulence of riches, generally becomes addicted
to three things -- intoxication, sex and gambling. Materially
opulent men, being puffed up with the accumulation of wealth,
also become so merciless that they indulge in killing animals
by opening slaughterhouses. And they think that they themselves
will never die. Such foolish persons, forgetting the laws of
nature, become overly infatuated with the body. They forget
that the material body, even though very much advanced in
civilization, up to the position of the demigods, will finally
be burned to ashes. And while one is living,
whatever the external condition of the body may be, within
there is only stool, urine and various kinds of worms. Thus
being engaged in jealousy and violence to other bodies,
materialists cannot understand the ultimate goal of life, and
without knowing this goal of life, they generally glide down to
a hellish condition. In their next birth, such foolish persons
commit all kinds of sinful activities on account of this
temporary body, and they are even unable to consider whether
this body actually belongs to them. Generally it is said that
the body belongs to the persons who feed the body. One might
therefore consider whether this body belongs to one personally
or to the master to whom one renders service. The master of
slaves claims full right to the bodies of the slaves because
the master feeds the slaves. It may be questioned then
whether the body belongs to the father, who is the seed-giving
master of this body, or to the mother, who develops the child's
body in her womb.
Foolish persons are engaged in committing all sorts of sins due
to the misconception of identifying the material body with the
self. But one should be intelligent enough to understand to
whom this body belongs. A foolish person indulges in killing
other animals to maintain the body, but he does not consider
whether this body belongs to him or to his father or mother or
grandfather. Sometimes a grandfather or a father gives
his daughter in charity to a person with a view of getting back
the daughter's child as a son. The body may also belong to a
stronger man who forces it to work for him. Sometimes the slave'
s body is sold to the master on the basis that the body
will belong 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 to ashes. Or the body is thrown into the street to be
eaten by the dogs and vultures.
Before committing all kinds of sins to maintain the body, one
should understand to whom the body belongs. Ultimately it is
concluded that the body is a product of material nature, and at
the end it merges into material nature; therefore, the
conclusion should be that the body belongs to material nature.
One should not wrongly think that the body belongs to him. To
maintain a false possession, why should one indulge in killing?
Why should one kill innocent animals to maintain the body?
When a man is infatuated with the false prestige of opulence,
he does not care for any moral instruction but indulges in wine,
women and animal killing. In such circumstances, a poverty-
stricken man is often better situated because a poor man thinks
of himself in relation to other bodies. A poor man often does
not wish to inflict injuries to other bodies because he can
understand more readily that when he himself is injured he
feels pain. As such, the great sage Narada considered
that because the demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva were so
infatuated by false prestige, they should be put into a
condition of life devoid of opulence.
A person who has a pinprick in his body does not wish others to
be pricked by pins; a considerate man in the life of poverty
does not wish others to be also put into that condition.
Generally it is seen that one who has risen from a poverty-
stricken life and becomes wealthy creates some charitable
institution at the end of his life so that other poverty-
stricken men might be benefited. In short, a compassionate poor
man may consider others' pains and pleasures with empathy. A
poor man may be seldom puffed with false pride, and he may
be freed from all kinds of infatuation. He may remain satisfied
by whatever he gets for his maintenance by the grace of the
Lord.
To remain in the poverty-stricken condition is a kind of
austerity. According to Vedic culture, therefore, the brahmanas,
as a matter of routine, keep themselves in a poverty-stricken
condition to save themselves from the false prestige of
material opulence. False prestige due to advancement of
material prosperity is a great impediment for spiritual
emancipation. 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.
When the senses are not very turbulent, he cannot become
violent.
Another advantage of poverty is that a saintly person can
easily enter a poor man's house, and thus the poor man can take
advantage of the saintly person's association. A very opulent
man does not allow anyone to enter his house; therefore, the
saintly person cannot enter. According to the Vedic system, a
saintly person takes the position of a mendicant so that on the
plea of begging something from the householder, he can enter
any house. The householder, who has usually forgotten
everything about spiritual advancement because he is busy
maintaining family affairs, can be benefited by the association
of a saintly person. There is a great chance for the poor man
to become liberated through association with a saint. 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?
The great sage Narada thereafter thought that it was his duty
to put those demigods into a condition where they could not be
falsely proud of their material opulence and prestige. Narada
was compassionate and wanted to save them from their fallen
life. They were in the mode of darkness, and being therefore
unable to control their senses, they were addicted to sex life.
It was the duty of a saintly person like Narada to save them
from their abominable condition. In animal life, the animal has
no sense to understand that he is naked. But Kuvera was the
treasurer of the demigods, a very responsible man, and
Nalakuvara and Manigriva were two of his sons. And yet they
became so animalistic and irresponsible that they could not
understand, due to intoxication, that they were naked. To cover
the lower part of the body is a principle of human civilization,
and when a man or woman forgets this principle, they become
degraded. Narada therefore thought that the
best punishment for them was to make them immovable living
entities, or trees. Trees are, by nature's laws, immovable.
Although trees are covered by the mode of ignorance, they
cannot do harm. The great sage Narada thought it fitting that,
although the brothers, by his mercy, would be punished to
become trees, they continue to keep their
memory to be able to know why they were being punished. After
changing the body, a living entity generally forgets his
previous life, but in special cases, by the grace of the Lord,
as with Nalakuvara and Manigriva, one can remember.
Sage Narada therefore contemplated that the two demigods should
remain for one hundred years, in the time of the demigods, in
the form of trees, and after that they would be fortunate
enough to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, face to face,
by His causeless mercy. And thus they would be again promoted
to the life of the demigods and great devotees of the
Lord.
After this, the great sage Narada returned to his abode known
as Narayana Asrama, and the two demigods turned into trees,
known as twin arjuna trees. The two demigods were favored by
the causeless mercy of Narada and given a chance to grow in
Nanda's courtyard and see Lord Krsna face to face.
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.
"Dear 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 ignorance. 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 activities are
not possible for anyone in material existence. You are that
Supreme Personality of Godhead, now appearing to cause the
birth and death as well as liberation of the living entities,
and You are full with all Your plenary expansions. You can
bestow on everyone all kinds of benediction. O Lord! O source
of all fortune and goodness, we offer our respectful obeisances
unto You. You are the all-pervading Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the source of peace and the supreme person in the
dynasty of King Yadu. O Lord, our father known as Kuvera, the
demigod, is Your servant. Similarly, the great sage
Narada is also Your servitor, and by their grace only we have
been able to see You personally. We therefore pray that we may
always be engaged in Your transcendental loving service
by speaking only about Your glories and hearing about Your
transcendental activities. May our hands and other limbs be
engaged in Your service and our minds always be concentrated at
Your lotus feet and our heads always bowed down before the all-
pervading universal form of Your Lordship."
When the demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva finished their
prayers, the child, Lord Krsna, the master and proprietor of
Gokula, bound to the wooden grinding mortar by the ropes of
Yasoda, began to smile and said, "It was already known to Me
that My great devotee-sage Narada had shown his causeless
mercy by saving you from the abominable condition of pride due
to possessing extraordinary beauty and opulence in the family
of the demigods. He has saved you from gliding down into the
lowest condition of hellish life. All these facts are already
known to Me. You are very fortunate because you were not only
cursed by him, but you had the great opportunity to
see him. If someone is able, by chance, to see a
great saintly person like Narada face to face, who is always
serene and merciful to everyone, then immediately that
conditioned soul becomes liberated. This is exactly like being
situated in the full light of the sun: there cannot be any
visionary impediment. Therefore, O Nalakuvara and Manigriva,
your lives have now become successful because you have
developed ecstatic love for Me. This is your last birth within
material existence. Now you can go back to your father's
residence in the heavenly planet, and by remaining in the
attitude of devotional service, you will be liberated in this
very life."
After this, the demigods circumambulated the Lord many times
and bowed down before Him again and again, and thus they left.
The Lord remained bound up with ropes to the grinding mortar.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Tenth Chapter of
Krsna, "Deliverance of Nalakuvara and Manigriva."
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KB 10: The Deliverance of Nalakuvara and Manigriva
CHAPTER TEN
The Deliverance of Nalakuvara and Manigriva
The story of the cursing of Nalakuvara and Manigriva and their
deliverance by Krsna, under the all-blissful desire of the
great sage Narada, is here described.
The two great demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva were sons of
the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, who was a great devotee
of Lord Siva. By the grace of Lord Siva, Kuvera's material
opulences had no limit. 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. Once, these two demigods,
desiring to enjoy, entered the garden of Lord Siva in the
province of Kailasa, on the bank of the Mandakini Ganges. There
they drank much and engaged in hearing the sweet singing of the
beautiful women who accompanied them in that garden of fragrant
flowers. In an intoxicated condition, the two demigods
entered the water of the Ganges, which was filled with lotus
flowers, and there they began to enjoy the company of the young
girls exactly as a male elephant enjoys female elephants
within the water.
While they were thus enjoying themselves in the water, all of a
sudden Narada, the great sage, happened to pass that way. He
could understand that the demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva
were too much intoxicated and could not even see that he was
passing. The young girls, however, were not so much intoxicated
as the demigods, and they at once became ashamed at being naked
before the great sage Narada. They began to cover themselves
with all haste. The two demigod sons of Kuvera were so much
intoxicated that they could not appreciate the presence of the
sage Narada and therefore did not cover their bodies. On seeing
the two demigods so degraded by intoxication, Narada desired
their welfare, and therefore he exhibited his causeless mercy
upon them by cursing them.
Because the great sage was compassionate upon them, he wanted
to finish their false enjoyment of intoxication and association
with young girls and wanted them to see Lord Krsna face to face.
He conceived of cursing them as follows. He said that the
attraction for material enjoyment is due to an increase of the
mode of passion. A person in the material world, when favored
by the material opulence of riches, generally becomes addicted
to three things -- intoxication, sex and gambling. Materially
opulent men, being puffed up with the accumulation of wealth,
also become so merciless that they indulge in killing animals
by opening slaughterhouses. And they think that they themselves
will never die. Such foolish persons, forgetting the laws of
nature, become overly infatuated with the body. They forget
that the material body, even though very much advanced in
civilization, up to the position of the demigods, will finally
turn into ashes or stool. And while one is living,
whatever the external condition of the body may be, within
there is only stool, urine and various kinds of worms. Thus
being engaged in jealousy and violence to other bodies,
materialists cannot understand the ultimate goal of life, and
without knowing this goal of life, they generally glide down to
a hellish condition in their next life. Such foolish persons
commit all kinds of sinful activities on account of the
temporary body, and they are even unable to consider whether
the body actually belongs to them. Generally it is said that
the body belongs to the persons who feed it. One might
therefore consider whether the body belongs to one personally
or to the master to whom one renders service. The master of
slaves claims full right to the bodies of the slaves because
the master feeds the slaves. It may also be questioned
whether the body belongs to the father, who is the seed-giving
master of the body, or to the mother, who develops the child's
body in her womb.
Foolish persons are engaged in committing all sorts of sins due
to the misconception of identifying the material body with the
self. But one should be intelligent enough to understand to
whom the body belongs. A foolish person 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 father gives
his daughter in charity to a person with a view of getting back
the daughter's child as a son. The body may also belong to a
stronger man who forces it to work for him. 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 to ashes. Or the body is thrown into the street to be
eaten by the dogs and vultures.
Before committing all kinds of sins to maintain the body, one
should understand to whom the body belongs. Ultimately it is
concluded that the body is a product of material nature, and at
the end it merges into material nature; therefore, the
conclusion should be that the body belongs to material nature.
One should not wrongly think that the body belongs to him. To
maintain a false possession, why should one indulge in killing?
Why should one kill innocent animals to maintain the body?
When a man is infatuated with the false prestige of opulence,
he does not care for any moral instruction but indulges in wine,
women and animal-killing. In such circumstances, a poverty-
stricken man is often better situated because a poor man thinks
of himself in relation to other bodies. A poor man often does
not wish to inflict injuries upon other bodies because he can
understand more readily that when he himself is injured he
feels pain. Therefore, the great sage Narada considered
that because the demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva were so
infatuated by false prestige, they should be put into a
condition of life devoid of opulence.
A person who has a pinprick in his body does not wish others to
be pricked by pins; a considerate man in the life of poverty
does not wish others to be also put into that condition.
Generally it is seen that one who has risen from a poverty-
stricken life and becomes wealthy creates some charitable
institution at the end of his life so that other poverty-
stricken men might be benefited. 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. He may remain satisfied
by whatever he gets for his maintenance by the grace of the
Lord.
To remain in the poverty-stricken condition is a kind of
austerity. According to Vedic culture, therefore, the brahmanas,
as a matter of routine, keep themselves in a poverty-stricken
condition to save themselves from the false prestige of
material opulence. False prestige due to advancement of
material prosperity is a great impediment for spiritual
emancipation. 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.
When the senses are not very turbulent, he cannot become
violent.
Another advantage of poverty is that a saintly person can
easily enter a poor man's house, and thus the poor man can take
advantage of the saintly person's association. A very opulent
man does not allow anyone to enter his house; therefore, the
saintly person cannot enter. According to the Vedic system, a
saintly person takes the position of a mendicant so that on the
plea of begging something from the householder, he can enter
any house. The householder, who has usually forgotten
everything about spiritual advancement because he is busy
maintaining family affairs, can be benefited by the association
of a saintly person. There is a great chance for the poor man
to become liberated through association with a saint. 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?
The great sage Narada thereafter thought that it was his duty
to put those demigods into a condition where they could not be
falsely proud of their material opulence and prestige. Narada
was compassionate and wanted to save them from their fallen
life. They were in the mode of darkness, and being therefore
unable to control their senses, they were addicted to sex life.
It was the duty of a saintly person like Narada to save them
from their abominable condition. In animal life, the animal has
no sense to understand that he is naked. But Kuvera was the
treasurer of the demigods, a very responsible man, and
Nalakuvara and Manigriva were two of his sons. And yet they
became so animalistic and irresponsible that they could not
understand, due to intoxication, that they were naked. To cover
the lower part of the body is a principle of human civilization,
and when men or women forget this principle, they become
no better than animals. Narada therefore thought that the
best punishment for them was to make them immovable living
entities, or trees. Trees are, by nature's laws, immovable.
Although trees are covered by the mode of ignorance, they
cannot do harm. The great sage Narada thought it fitting that,
although the brothers would be punished to
become trees, by his mercy they would continue to keep their
memory and be able to know why they were being punished. After
changing the body, a living entity generally forgets his
previous life, but in special cases, by the grace of the Lord,
as with Nalakuvara and Manigriva, one can remember.
Sage Narada therefore contemplated that the two demigods should
remain for one hundred years, in the time of the demigods, in
the form of trees, and after that they would be fortunate
enough to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face,
by His causeless mercy. And thus they would be again promoted
to the life of the demigods and become great devotees of the
Lord.
After this, the great sage Narada returned to his abode, known
as Narayanasrama, and the two demigods turned into trees,
known as twin arjuna trees. The two demigods were favored by
the causeless mercy of Narada and given a chance to grow in
Nanda's courtyard and see Lord Krsna face to face.
Although child Krsna was bound up to the wooden mortar, He
began to proceed toward the twin 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 proceeded 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, with great strength Lord Krsna
began to pull the rope, which was tied to the mortar. As soon
as He pulled, the two trees, with all
their 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
personalities immediately came before child Krsna and bowed
down to offer their respects and prayers in the following words.
"Dear 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 imperishable controller of
everything, and You are eternal time. 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 ignorance. You are living as the Supersoul in all
the multiforms 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 Transcendence
. Let
us
offer our respectful obeisances
unto the lotus feet of
You,
Lord
Vasudeva, the Supreme
Brahman, who
are
always glorified
by Your
personal
internal potencies.
"In this material world You make Yourself 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 the 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 activities are not possible for anyone in material
existence. You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cause the
birth and death as well as the liberation of the living
entities, and You are full with all Your plenary expansions.
You can bestow on everyone all kinds of benedictions. O Lord! O
source of all auspiciousness and goodness, we offer our
respectful obeisances unto You. You are the all-pervading
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme source of peace and
the supreme personality in the dynasty of King Yadu. O Lord,
our father, known as Kuvera, the demigod, is Your servant.
Similarly, the great sage Narada is also Your servitor, and
only by their grace have we been able to see You personally. We
therefore pray that we may always be engaged in Your
transcendental loving service by speaking only about Your
glories and hearing about Your transcendental activities. May
our hands and other limbs be engaged in Your service and our
minds always be concentrated at Your lotus feet and our heads
always bowed down before the all-pervading universal form of
Your Lordship."
When the demigods Nalakuvara and Manigriva finished their
prayers, the child, Lord Krsna, the master and proprietor of
Gokula, bound to the wooden grinding mortar by the ropes of
Yasoda, smiled and said, "It was already known to Me
that My great devotee Narada Muni had shown his causeless
mercy by saving you from the abominable condition of pride due
to possessing extraordinary beauty and opulence in a family
of demigods. He has saved you from gliding down into the
lowest condition of hellish life. All these facts are already
known to Me. You are very fortunate because not only
were you cursed by him, but you had the great opportunity to
see him. If someone is able, by chance, to see face to face a
great saintly person like Narada, who is always
serene and merciful to everyone, then immediately that
conditioned soul becomes liberated. This is exactly like being
situated in the full light of the sun: there cannot be any
visionary impediment. Therefore, O Nalakuvara and Manigriva,
your lives have now become successful because you have
developed ecstatic love for Me. This is your last birth within
material existence. Now you can go back to your father's
residence in the heavenly planets, and by remaining in the
attitude of devotional service, you will be liberated in this
very life."
After this, the demigods circumambulated the Lord many times
and bowed down before Him again and again, and thus they left.
The Lord remained bound up with ropes to the grinding mortar.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Tenth Chapter of
Krsna, "The Deliverance of Nalakuvara and Manigriva."
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