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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.28
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 28
- kaccid varūthādhipatir yadūnāṁ
- pradyumna āste sukham aṅga vīraḥ
- yaṁ rukmiṇī bhagavato 'bhilebhe
- ārādhya viprān smaram ādi-sarge
kaccitwhether — whether; varūthaof the military — of the military; adhipatiḥcommander-in-chief — commander-in-chief; yadūnāmof the Yadus — of the Yadus; pradyumnaḥthe son of Kṛṣṇa named Pradyumna — the son of Kṛṣṇa named Pradyumna; āsteis — is; sukhamhappy — happy; aṅgaO Uddhava — O Uddhava; vīraḥthe great warrior — the great warrior; yamwhom — whom; rukmiṇīthe wife of Kṛṣṇa named Rukmiṇī — the wife of Kṛṣṇa named Rukmiṇī; bhagavataḥfrom the Personality of Godhead — from the Personality of Godhead; abhilebhegot as a prize — got as a prize; ārādhyapleasing — pleasing; viprānbrāhmaṇas — brāhmaṇas; smaramCupid (Kāmadeva) — Cupid (Kāmadeva); ādiin his previous life-sargein his previous life — in his previous life.
O Uddhava, please tell me how is Pradyumna, the commander-in-chief of the Yadus, who was Cupid in a former life? Rukmiṇī bore him as her son from Lord Kṛṣṇa, by the grace of brāhmaṇas whom she pleased.
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, Smara (Cupid, or Kāmadeva) is one of the eternal associates of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Jīva Gosvāmī has explained this very elaborately in his treatise Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha.