Text 29] Questions by Vidura 29
TEXT 28
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Taaearataazat
TIA SMA BAIR ale |
Yq atta anaashiey
amet fray aeatizet Rell
kaccid varuthadhipatir yadunam
pradyumna aste sukham anga virah
yam rukmint 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; anga—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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