Shloka 1
Pradyumna’s Abduction, Mahā-māyā, and the Slaying of Śambara
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
舒迦提婆·高斯瓦弥说：爱神迦摩乃是婆苏提婆的分身，先前曾被鲁陀罗的忿怒焚为灰烬。如今为得新身，他又复归并融入婆苏提婆自身。
In his Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha ( Anuccheda 87), Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī cites the following verse of the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad (2.40) to prove that the Pradyumna who is the son of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī is the same Pradyumna who is a member of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal fourfold plenary expansion, the catur-vyūha:
FAQs
This verse shows that even Kāma, after being burned by Rudra’s anger, regains hope by taking refuge in the Lord (Vāsudeva), teaching that divine shelter restores what is lost.
He recalls the well-known episode to explain Kāma’s bodiless condition and why he again approaches the Supreme Lord for regaining a body within the narrative flow of Canto 10, Chapter 55.
When setbacks feel like “burning” losses, the practical takeaway is to return to sincere spiritual refuge—prayer, remembrance, and devotion—rather than despair, trusting the Lord’s power to restore and guide.