SB 3.1.28

TEXT 28

TEXT

कच्चिद्वरूथाधिपतिर्यदूनां प्रद्युम्न आस्ते सुखमङ्ग वीरः ।
यं रुक्मिणी भगवतो ऽभिलेभे आराध्य विप्रान्स्मरमादिसर्गे ॥ २८ ॥

kaccid varuthadhipatir yadunam

pradyumna aste sukham aṅga virah

yam rukmini bhagavato 'bhilebhe

aradhya vipran smaram adisarge

kaccit-whether; varutha-military; adhipatih-commander-in-chief; yadunam-of the Yadus; pradyumnah-the son of Krsna named Pradyumna; aste-is; sukham-happy; aṅga-O Vidura; virah-the great warrior; yam-whom; rukmini-the wife of Krsna named Rukmini; bhagavatah-from the Personality of Godhead; abhilebhe-got as a prize; aradhya-pleasing; vipran-brahmanas; smaram-Cupid (Kamadeva); adi-sarge-in 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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