| Now Krishna began to crawl on his knees towards the twin trees standing in front of the house.
The twin trees were, in fact, the two sons of Kubera.
Their names were Nal Kuber and Manigreeva.
It was because of a curse that they had been turned to trees.
The story goes that once these two brothers, after taking wine,
were having their bath in the company of their wives. All of a sudden
Narda Muni happened to come there. Seeing him, both the ladies put on their clothes and got aside. But both the brothers,
intoxicated as they were, kept standing naked before the saint. The saint could not tolerate their impertinence and uttered a
curse on them," Go and stand as trees in Gokul for ever." Hearing
the curse, the wives of both the brothers got worried and they beseeched the
Muni to excuse their husbands, the Muni replied,
"They will be rid of this curse when Purna Purshotam appears in
Gokul as
Krishna."
Since the curse was uttered these trees had been standing in front of
Nand Baba's house. So, to keep up the word given by
Narda Muni to the wives of the two brothers, Krishna dragged
the mortar crawling in between the trees. The mortar got stuck up between them and when
Krishna exerted force; the trees got uprooted and fell down. As soon as the trees fell down, they changed into their real forms as
sons of Kubera. With folded hands, they began to praise
Krishna and after seeking his permission, they returned to their place.
Nand Baba and Yashoda Maiya
came out running. They untied their son Krishna and fondled
him time and again whereupon Krishna began to smile.
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