Verse Text
atha lālyāḥ –
lālyāḥ kila kaniṣṭhatva-putratvādy-abhimāninaḥ |
kaniṣṭhāḥ sāraṇa-gada-subhadrā-pramukhāḥ smṛtāḥ |
pradyumna-cārudeṣṇādyāḥ sāmbādyāś ca kumārakāḥ ||148||
Translation
Those who think that they are the younger brothers or sisters or that they are his sons, are the āśrayas of this rasa. Among them Sāraṇa, Gada, Subhadrā are chief younger brothers and sisters, and Pradyumna, Cārudeṣṇa and Sāmba are his sons.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
NoD 40: Reverential Devotion of Sons and other Subordinates
True reverential devotion is exhibited by persons who think themselves subordinate to Kṛṣṇa and by persons who think themselves sons of Kṛṣṇa. The best examples of this subordination are Sāraṇa, Gada and Subhadrā. They were all members of the Yadu dynasty, and they always used to think themselves protected by Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa’s sons, such as Pradyumna, Cārudeṣṇa and Sāmba, felt the same way. Kṛṣṇa had many sons in Dvārakā. He begot ten sons by each of His 16,108 queens, and all of these sons, headed by Pradyumna, Cārudeṣṇa and Sāmba, used to think themselves always protected by Kṛṣṇa.