श्रीशुक उवाच कामस्तु वासुदेवांशो दग्ध: प्राग् रुद्रमन्युना । देहोपपत्तये भूयस्तमेव प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca kāmas tu vāsudevāṁśo dagdhaḥ prāg rudra-manyunā dehopapattaye bhūyas tam eva pratyapadyata
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- kāmaḥ
- Cupid
- tu
- and
- vāsudeva
- of Lord Vāsudeva
- aṁśaḥ
- the expansion
- dagdhaḥ
- burned
- prāk
- previously
- rudra
- of Lord Śiva
- manyunā
- by the anger
- deha
- a body
- upapattaye
- in order to obtain
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- tam
- to Him, Lord Vāsudeva
- eva
- indeed
- pratyapadyat
- came back
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Kāmadeva [Cupid], an expansion of Vāsudeva, had previously been burned to ashes by Rudra’s anger. Now, to obtain a new body, he merged back into the body of Lord Vāsudeva.