Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /298

यमलार्जुनभञ्जनम् - THE UPROOTING OF
THE PAIR OF ARJUNA TREES
 

 
कृष्णस्तु गृहकृत्येषु व्यग्रायां मातरि प्रभुः ।
अद्राक्षीदर्जुनौ पूर्वं गुह्यकौ धनदात्मजौजो।
पुरा नारदशापेन वृक्षतां प्रापितौ मदात् ॥
When His mother was engrossed in
domestic duties, Lord Krishna beheld a
pair of Arjuna trees, which were previ
ously Guhyakas,+ † the sons of the Lord of
wealth (Kubera), who in the past had
been transformed into trees by the
curse of Narada, on account of their
haughtiness,
 
जगाम शनकैस्तत्र यत्रास्तां यमलार्जुनौ ।
आत्मनिर्वेशमात्रेण तिर्यग्गतमुलूखलम् ॥
Krishna slowly went to where stood the
pair of Arjuna trees. By this mere
 
* Terminalia Arjuna.
+t Guhyakas are a class of divine beings.