कच्चिद्वरूथाधिपतिर्यदूनां प्रद्युम्न आस्ते सुखमङ्ग वीर: । यं रुक्मिणी भगवतोऽभिलेभे आराध्य विप्रान् स्मरमादिसर्गे ॥ २८ ॥
kaccid varuthadhipatir yadunam pradyumna aste sukham anga virah yam rukmini bhagavato ’bhilebhe aradhya vipran smaram adi-sarge
- kaccit
- whether
- varutha
- of the military
- adhipatih
- commander in chief
- yadunam
- of the Yadus
- pradyumnah
- the son of Krsna named Pradyumna
- aste
- is
- sukham
- happy
- anga
- O Uddhava
- 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
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.