The Deliverance Ofthe Yamala-Arjuna Trees

After stealing butter one day, Kṛṣṇa allowed mother Yaśodā to catch Him and bind Him to a A grinding mortar. Thus by His own arrangement He was then ready to fulfill the words of His great devotee Nārada Muni. Nārada had cursed the two brothers Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva to become twin arjuna trees in Nanda Mahārāja's courtyard, but Nārada had also promised that one day they would see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, face to face. Seeing the two arjuna trees in front of Him, Kṛṣṇa thought, "These two trees were formerly Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva. But although these two young men are the sons of the very rich Kuvera, I actually have nothing to do with them. Yet Nārada Muni is My very dear and affectionate devotee, and therefore, because he wanted Me to come face to face with them, I must do so for their deliverance." Having thus decided to deliver the two brothers, Kṛṣṇa dragged the big mortar between the two arjuna trees and caused it to become stuck between them. Then with great force He uprooted the two trees, which trembled severely and fell to the ground with a great crash. Thereafter, in that very place where the two arjuna trees had fallen, two great, perfect personalities appeared, their effulgent beauty illuminating all directions.