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“Similarly, there is a statement in Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a describing the ritualistic function during the month of K\u0101rttika (October-November). During this month, in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana it is the regulative principle to pray daily to Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in His D\u0101modara form. The D\u0101modara form refers to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in His childhood when He was tied up with rope by His mother, Ya\u015bod\u0101. D\u0101ma means ‘ropes,’ and udara means ‘the abdomen.’ So mother Ya\u015bod\u0101, being very disturbed by naughty K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, bound Him around the abdomen with a rope, and thus K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is named D\u0101modara. During the month of K\u0101rttika, D\u0101modara is prayed to as follows: ‘My dear Lord, You are the Lord of all, the giver of all benedictions.’ There are many demigods, like Lord Brahm\u0101 and Lord \u015aiva, who sometimes offer benedictions to their respective devotees. For example, R\u0101va\u1e47a was blessed with many benedictions by Lord \u015aiva, and Hira\u1e47yaka\u015bipu was blessed by Lord Brahm\u0101. But even Lord \u015aiva and Lord Brahm\u0101 depend upon the benedictions of Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and therefore K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is addressed as the Lord of all benefactors. As such, Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a can offer His devotees anything they want, but still, the devotee’s prayer continues, ‘I do not ask You for liberation or any material facility up to the point of liberation. What I want as Your favor is that I may always think of Your form in which I see You now, as D\u0101modara. You are so beautiful and attractive that my mind does not want anything besides this wonderful form.’ In this same prayer, there is another passage, in which it is said, ‘My dear Lord D\u0101modara, once when You were playing as a naughty boy in the house of Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, You broke the box containing yogurt, and because of that, mother Ya\u015bod\u0101 considered You an offender and tied You with rope to the household grinding mortar. At that time You delivered two sons of Kuvera, Nalak\u016bvara and Ma\u1e47igr\u012bva, who were staying there as two arjuna trees in the yard of Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja. My only request is that by Your merciful pastimes You may similarly deliver me.’<\/p>\n
The story behind this verse is that the two sons of Kuvera (the treasurer of the demigods) were puffed up on account of the opulence of their father, and so once on a heavenly planet they were enjoying themselves in a lake with some naked damsels of heaven. At that time the great saint N\u0101rada Muni was passing on the road and was sorry to see the behavior of the sons of Kuvera. Seeing N\u0101rada passing by, the damsels of heaven covered their bodies with cloth, but the two sons, being drunkards, did not have this decency. N\u0101rada became angry with their behavior and cursed them thus: ‘You have no sense, so it is better if you become trees instead of the sons of Kuvera.’ Upon hearing this, the boys came to their senses and begged N\u0101rada to be pardoned for their offenses. N\u0101rada then said, ‘Yes, you shall become trees, arjuna trees, and you will stand in the courtyard of Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja. But K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself will appear in time as the foster son of Nanda, and He will deliver you.’ In other words, the curse of N\u0101rada was a benediction to the sons of Kuvera because indirectly it was foretold that they would be able to receive the favor of Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. After that, Kuvera’s two sons stood as two big arjuna trees in the courtyard of Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja until Lord D\u0101modara, in order to fulfill the desire of N\u0101rada, dragged the grinding mortar to which He was tied and struck the two trees, violently causing them to fall down. From out of these fallen trees came Nalak\u016bvara and Ma\u1e47igr\u012bva, who had by then become great devotees of the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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