Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.53.1
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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yadu - nandanaḥ
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Lord Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of Yadu
Compound: yadu (the Yadu dynasty) + nandanaḥ (delighter, son). The same epithet by which Vraja-rasa names Him as Nanda-nandana. Here it foregrounds the social-bodily Kṛṣṇa who has a dynasty, a chariot, and human friends — preparing for the very human gesture of taking a hand.
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pragṛhya
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taking
Absolutive of pra-√grah. The same verb that recurs at 53.50 (Rukmiṇī's hand being held by a maidservant) and that the Gauḍīyas read into pāṇi-grahaṇa, the marriage hand-clasp. The chapter opens with Kṛṣṇa already symbolically completing the act before riding out.
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pāṇinā
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by His hand
Instrumental of pāṇi. The whole chapter is organized around hands — Kṛṣṇa's hand, the messenger's hand, Rukmiṇī's pāṇi-grahaṇa. Bhakti is repeatedly figured as contact, not abstraction.
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prahasan
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smiling
Present participle of pra-√has. The hāsya here is not amusement at the brāhmaṇa but the smile of a lover who knows He is loved. Gauḍīya commentators (Viśvanātha) note that Kṛṣṇa's smiles in 10.53 are part of mādhurya — the rasa is already pre-conjugal.
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niśamya
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hearing
Absolutive of ni-√śam — to listen attentively. Śravaṇa is the first limb of bhakti (SB 7.5.23); here Bhagavān Himself listens to His devotee's words. The reciprocity of bhakti runs both ways.
In the fifty third chapter, Krsna goes to Kundina city, is worshipped by Bhismaka and steals Rukmini when she leaves the city to worship Durga. Though Rukmini was disturbed internally and externally by her attachment to Krsna, Krsna, though attached to her and moved internally, did not show that and instead smiled and began to speak.
The word tu indicates a different topic: Kṛṣṇa’s reaction to the message. He took the brāhmaṇa’s hand in a remarkable way (pra—grhya)—with symptoms of prema such as hairs standing on end. He took the brāhmaṇa’s hand to establish friendship and to show affection. He smiled remarkably (pra—hasan), with slight embarrassment and with joy. He would give joy to the Yadus by marrying her (yadu-nandandaḥ).
When a beloved sends word, the lover does not weigh the messenger's clothes — he takes his hand. Kṛṣṇa, Yadunandana, grasps the brāhmaṇa's hand because that hand has just held Rukmiṇī's longing. Bhagavān handles His devotee's intermediary as if the devotee herself were already touching Him.
When the poor brāhmaṇa Sudāmā came to Dvārakā, Kṛṣṇa rose from His couch, embraced him, and washed his feet with His own tears — never noticing the worn cloth or empty hands. The Lord receives whatever His devotee brings as if it were the devotee's heart itself.
Gauḍīyas read SB 10.80–81 alongside this verse: the brāhmaṇa messenger here is honored exactly as Sudāmā is later honored. To Bhagavān, the channel of bhakti is as dear as bhakti.
My note
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