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ality of Godhead, could understand everything, yet in that situation He
remained silent. However, by the desire of Lord Sri Krsna, the great sage
Narada also appeared on the scene, and he began to disclose all the inci-
dences—how Pradyumna had been stolen from the maternity home and
how he had grown up and had come there with his wife Mayavati, who
formerly had been Rati, the wife of Cupid. When everyone was informed
of the mysterious disappearance of Pradyumna and how he had grown up,
they all became struck with wonder because they had gotten back their
dead son after they were almost hopeless of his return. When they under-
stood that it was Pradyumna who was present, they began to receive him
with great delight. One after another, all of the members of the family—
Devaki, Vasudeva, Lord Sri Krsna, Lord Balarama, and Rukmini and all
the women of the family—began to embrace both Pradyumna and his wife
Mayavati. When the news of Pradyumna’s return was spread all over the
city of Dvaraka, all the astonished citizens began to come with great
anxiety to see the lost Pradyumna. They began to say, “The dead son has
come back. What can be more pleasing than this?”

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami has explained that, in the beginning, all the
residents of the palace, who were all mothers and stepmothers of
Pradyumna, mistook him to be Krsna and were all bashful, infected by the
desire for conjugal love. The explanation is that Pradyumna’s personal
appearance is exactly like Krsna’s, and he was factually Cupid himself.
There was no cause of astonishment, therefore, when the mothers of
Pradyumna and other women mistook him in that way. It is clear from the
statement that Pradyumna’s bodily characteristics were so similar to
Krsna’s that he was mistaken to be Krsna even by his mother.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifty-fourth Chapter of
Krsna, “Pradyumna Born to Krsna and Rukmini.”

Thus ends Volume One of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
