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TEXT 28
kaccid varuthadhipatir yadunam
pradyumna aste sukham anga virah
yam rukmini bhagavato bhilebhe
aradhya vipran smaram adi-sarge
SYNONYMS
kaccitwhether; varuthaof the military; adhipatihcommander-in-chief; yadunamof the Yadus; pradyumnahthe son of Krsna named Pradyumna; asteis; sukhamhappy; angaO Uddhava; virahthe great warrior; yamwhom; rukminithe wife of Krsna named Rukmini; bhagavatahfrom the Personality of Godhead; abhilebhegot as a prize; aradhyapleasing; vipranbrahmanas; smaramCupid (Kamadeva); adi-sargein his previous life.
TRANSLATION
O Uddhava, please tell me how is Pradyumna, the commander-in-chief of the Yadus, who was Cupid in a former life? Rukmini bore him as her son from Lord Krsna, by the grace of brahmanas whom she pleased.
PURPORT
According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, Smara (Cupid, or Kamadeva) is one of the eternal associates of Lord Krsna. Jiva Gosvami has explained this very elaborately in his treatise Krsna-sandarbha.
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