Sweet24
I won't argue w/ the Dwarka pundit, but that's neither what's in Mahabharata nor in Shrimad Bhagvatam. I'm quite sure Hari Vamsa doesn't have it that way either. For more discussions on it, I suggest we take it to
+* Krishna's clan *+ that I provided - it's a bit OT here.
Pradhyumna was an avatar of Kama, not Kama himself, and Rati transformed herself into an avatar, named Mayavati. So when the Yadavas were destroyed, Pradhyumna too was among those killed - in fact, he was the third to be killed after Kritavarma & Satyaki. That would have enabled his becoming Kama again, just like Krishna's passing enabled him to return to Vaikuntha as Vishnu.
You are correct about the parts about Usha abducting Anirudha & marrying him.
Varaali
If Rati had Kama to herself, why would she be in mourning after that? The names you have of Kama may be accurate, but I'm pretty sure Rati had to wait for 3 yugas b4 she got back Kama. Not to claim any authenticity for the ACKs, but in the ACK Shiva & Parvati, after the 2 married, the Devas approached them and pleaded w/ Mahadev to forgive Kama and restore him to Rati. Mahadev promised him he will, remarking that he too was Kama's slave. (Only problem w/ that account - that took place in the early Satya Yuga, whereas Kama couldn't have become Pradhyumna until the late Dwapar Yuga.)
Naah, I don't think there was any love for those 3 yugas 😆 - people just married based on what their parents determined for them, or from swayamvaras. More seriously, I think Kama's soul may have been bodyless, and he did whatever he could manage through that.
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