Yashoda
What did Yashoda matha tie Krishna to?
A heavy, wooden grinding mortar
Who did Krishna feed the butter to?
The monkeys and other animals!
True or False: Narada Muni cursed Nalakuvara and Manigriva out of sudden, personal anger because their offensive nudity insulted his position as a exalted sage.
FALSE!
What specific offense did Nalakuvara commit that triggered Narada Muni's curse?
Answer: Nalakuvara was drinking liquor and bathing naked with young girls in the Mandakini River. When Narada Muni passed by, the girls covered themselves, but Nalakuvara was too intoxicated and proud to show respect or cover his nakedness.
Who is the father of Manigriva?
The demigod of wealth Kubera.
Why did Yashoda matha tie Krishna , what did Krishna do?
Mother Yashoda tied Krishna to a heavy grinding mortar to punish and restrain him because he smashed a butter pot and fed the butter to monkeys.
Why did Krishna break the butter pot
Because Krishna was angry at mother Yashoda for not feeding him milk so he broke the pot.
How did Narada’s curse reflect his mercy as a pure devotee of the Lord?
Answer: Narada observed that they stood naked in the river without any shame, completely unaware of themselves like trees. He commented that a person who is proud of wealth and lacks self-control is as dead as a tree, so turning them into trees perfectly matched their consciousness at that moment.
Who was Nalakuvara's father, and what was his position?
Answer: His father was Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods and a wealthy associate of Lord Shiva.
Because Manigriva was so rich, how did he act before he was cursed?
He was very proud and forgot to respect saintly people
Who did Yashoda matha ask when she realized krishna was missing?
Yashoda matha asked the local cowherd children playing nearby.
Where did little Krishna wander off to once he was tied to the heavy grinding motar.
Krishna wandered off to two big trees that are called Arjuna Trees.
Why did Narada Muni cruse the two rich brothers Nalakuvara and Manigriva?
Narada Muni cursed Nalakuvara and Manigriva because they were heavily intoxicated and shamelessly standing naked in a sacred river, completely ignoring the great sage out of pride and wealth-blinded arrogance.
What did Nalakuvara and Manigriva do immediately after emerging from the fallen trees?
Answer: They offered beautiful prayers of gratitude to Lord Krishna, circumambulated Him, bowed down, and then returned to their celestial home.
How did Manigriva feel when Baby Krishna finally pulled down his tree trunk?
He felt incredibly happy and free because he finally saw the Supreme Lord!
Why did the measuring rope keep falling short by two fingers every time Mother Yashoda tried to tie baby Krishna?
It symbolized that the Supreme Lord can never be bound by our independent materiel efforts, but only by ropes of pure devotion!
How did Krishna manage to bring down two big trees like the two Arjuna trees?
Because Krishna is the All mighty,All knowing and mainly he is the Supreme Personality of Godhead!
What did Lord Krishna say about Narada Muni when He finally liberated the two brothers?
Answer: Krishna mentioned that He uprooted the trees specifically to fulfill the promise made by His dear devotee, Narada Muni. Krishna explicitly states that He considers the words of His pure devotees to be absolute and will always act to make them true.
While the intoxicated brothers completely ignored Narada Muni, what did the heavenly young girls (apsaras) accompanying them immediately do out of respect?
They covered themselves with their garments (or bowed down/offered respect)
Managriva is ----------.
Gandharva!
BONUS QUESTION!!!
What does Damodara mean?
Damodara means: one who has a rope tied around his belly."
What happens when lord Krishna pulled down the two big/mighty trees which were the great Arjuna trees?
Two mighty and elegant gandharvas emerged from the fallen Arjuna trees whose name was Nalakuvara and Manigriva the son of the rich demigod Kubera.
Why did Narada Muni specifically choose to turn them into trees rather than another form of life?
Answer: Narada observed that they stood naked in the river without any shame, completely unaware of themselves like trees. He commented that a person who is proud of wealth and lacks self-control is as dead as a tree, so turning them into trees perfectly matched their consciousness at that moment.
Nalakuvara and Manigriva were cursed to become trees because they were naked in which sacred celestial river?
Answer: The Mandakini River
What does Managrivas's name mean?
It means jewel-necked or one who has a neck like a jewel,and it refers to a divine son of the wealth-god Kubera in Hindu mythology.