Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.53.2
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tat - cittaḥ
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My mind fixed on her
Compound: tat (her) + cittaḥ (mind). The same construction Gauḍīyas apply to the gopīs (kṛṣṇa-cittāḥ) is here inverted — Kṛṣṇa's citta is fixed on the devotee. Acintya-bhedābheda in one word: the Whole leans toward the part that loves Him.
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nidrām
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I cannot get sleep
Idiom: nidrām (sleep, accusative) + na labhe (I do not obtain). The Lord of Yoganidrā confesses insomnia. Prabhupāda underlines this as proof that Kṛṣṇa's affection is real, not mythological — bhakti pierces even Bhagavān's repose.
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udvāhaḥ
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marriage
From ud-√vah, lifting up, carrying away. The same root that will reappear when Kṛṣṇa literally lifts Rukmiṇī onto His chariot (53.56). The marriage Rukmī forbids is the one Kṛṣṇa accomplishes by lifting, not by negotiation.
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dveṣāt
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out of enmity
Ablative of dveṣa (hatred). Rukmī's envy is the catalyst of the līlā. Gauḍīyas note: even dveṣa from a kinsman becomes the occasion of Bhagavān's mercy — the rākṣasa-vivāha is born from his hatred and her love together.
I know (veda for vedmi) that Rukmi has prevented his sister’s marriage to me.
Just as her mind is fixed on me, my mind is fixed on her. I cannot even sleep (ca means even) at night what to speak of enjoyment other things. I know the cause of this problem and therefore I should resolve it.
Just as her mind is fixed on me, my mind is fixed on her. I cannot even sleep (ca means even) at night what to speak of enjoying other things. Or am I similar to her. No. My condition is more severe. I cannot even sleep, because I know Rukmī has forbidden our marriage completely. He has decided to marry her to Śiśupāla.
- Where could you let love for Kṛṣṇa actually disturb your sleep?
- What if the Lord's restlessness over you is more real than you've imagined?
Two flames reach for each other across a windless room — not one burning toward an unmoved other, but mutual leaning. Kṛṣṇa confesses sleeplessness for Rukmiṇī as openly as she has confessed it for Him. Bhagavān is not the unmoved object of bhakti; He is moved.
On the Kurukṣetra field, Kṛṣṇa had vowed not to fight, but when Bhīṣma rained arrows on Arjuna, the Lord leapt from the chariot and seized a wheel — His own word broken to honor His devotee's vow. Gauḍīyas cite SB 1.9 as the proof: Bhagavān is bound by His devotee's love.
Here too, His sleep is broken by Rukmiṇī's longing. The Lord who cannot be moved by yoga or knowledge is moved by a girl writing a letter.
My note
Source: vedabase.io