यदिमौ लोकपालस्य पुत्रौ भूत्वा तम:प्लुतौ । न विवाससमात्मानं विजानीत: सुदुर्मदौ ॥ २० ॥ अतोऽर्हत: स्थावरतां स्यातां नैवं यथा पुन: । स्मृति: स्यान्मत्प्रसादेन तत्रापि मदनुग्रहात् ॥ २१ ॥ वासुदेवस्य सान्निध्यं लब्ध्वा दिव्यशरच्छते । वृत्ते स्वर्लोकतां भूयो लब्धभक्ती भविष्यत: ॥ २२ ॥
yad imau loka-pālasya putrau bhūtvā tamaḥ-plutau na vivāsasam ātmānaṁ vijānītaḥ sudurmadau ato ’rhataḥ sthāvaratāṁ syātāṁ naivaṁ yathā punaḥ smṛtiḥ syān mat-prasādena tatrāpi mad-anugrahāt vāsudevasya sānnidhyaṁ labdhvā divya-śarac-chate vṛtte svarlokatāṁ bhūyo labdha-bhaktī bhaviṣyataḥ
- yat
- because
- imau
- these two young demigods
- loka-pālasya
- of the great demigod Kuvera
- putrau
- born as sons
- bhūtvā
- being so (they should not have become like that)
- tamaḥ-plutau
- so absorbed in the mode of darkness
- na
- not
- vivāsasam
- without any dress, completely naked
- ātmānam
- their personal bodies
- vijānītaḥ
- could understand that they were naked
- su-durmadau
- because they were very much fallen due to false pride
- ataḥ
- therefore
- arhataḥ
- they deserve
- sthāvaratām
- immobility like that of a tree
- syātām
- they may become
- na
- not
- evam
- in this way
- yathā
- as
- punaḥ
- again
- smṛtiḥ
- remembrance
- syāt
- may continue
- mat-prasādena
- by my mercy
- tatra api
- over and above that
- mat-anugrahāt
- by my special favor
- vāsudevasya
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sānnidhyam
- the personal association, face to face
- labdhvā
- obtaining
- divya-śarat-śate vṛtte
- after the expiry of one hundred years by the measurement of the demigods
- svarlokatām
- the desire to live in the celestial world
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- labdha-bhaktī
- having revived their natural condition of devotional service
- bhaviṣyataḥ
- will become
These two young men, Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, are by fortune 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 become 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, Vāsudeva, face to face, and thus revive their real position as devotees.