“Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī has explained that in the beginning all the residents of the palace, who were all mothers and stepmothers of Pradyumna, mistook Him to be Kṛṣṇa and were all bashful, infected by the desire for conjugal love. The explanation is that Pradyumna’s personal appearance was exactly like Kṛṣṇa’s, and he was factually Cupid himself. There was no cause of astonishment, therefore, when the mothers of Pradyumna and other women mistook him in that way. It is clear from the statement that Pradyumna’s bodily characteristics were so similar to Kṛṣṇa’s that he was mistaken to be Kṛṣṇa even by His mother.”

«Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī explica que al principio todas las residentes del palacio, que eran todas madres y madrastras de Pradyumna, lo confundieron con Kṛṣṇa y se mostraron tímidas, infectados por el deseo del amor conyugal. La explicación es que la apariencia personal de Pradyumna era exactamente igual a la de Kṛṣṇa, en realidad él mismo era Cupido. Por lo tanto, no hubo motivo de asombro cuando las madres de Pradyumna y otras mujeres lo confundieron de esa manera. De la declaración se desprende claramente que las características corporales de Pradyumna eran tan similares a las de Kṛṣṇa que incluso Su madre lo confundió con Kṛṣṇa».