Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.76.13
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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pradyumnaḥ
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Pradyumna
Pra + √dyut — 'shining forth.' Kṛṣṇa's first son, an expansion of Vāsudeva according to the Pāñcarātra catur-vyūha (Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha). When Pradyumna fights, an aṁśa of Bhagavān fights.
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bhagavān
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the Lord
Applied here to Pradyumna. The Bhāgavatam reserves bhagavān for full Godhood, but extends it to Pradyumna because of his catur-vyūha status. Important Gauḍīya note: Bhagavān-hood is shareable through expansion, never through merging.
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mā bhaiṣṭa
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do not fear
Imperative + negative particle. The signature reassurance in Bhāgavata-rakṣaṇa moments — Kṛṣṇa says it to Yaśodā (10.7), to the gopas at Govardhana (10.25). In a Vraja-rasa key, mā bhaiṣṭa is Bhagavān's first kindness.
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ratha-ārūḍhaḥ
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mounted on His chariot
Contiguous join (ratha + ārūḍhaḥ). Echoes Arjuna ratha-sthaḥ in Gītā 1. In Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.3 the body is the chariot and ātmā the rider; here Pradyumna takes ratha as the warrior, but Gauḍīyas read every Bhāgavata chariot through that Upaniṣadic frame.
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mahā-yaśāḥ
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whose glory is immense
Contiguous join (mahā + yaśāḥ). Yaśas — fame that survives the fame-holder. Pradyumna's yaśas is not earned by today's deed; the verse calls him mahā-yaśas as a stable epithet — fame already established by his Śambara-killing past.
Though Balaram wanted to go out and fight, Pradumnya said, "We will kill Salva. You should remain inside comfortably." Saying this he went out with Samba and others.
Beginning to realize that his citizens were afflicted, Pradyumna said “Do not fear” since he was the third expansion in the catur-vyūha (bhagavān). In the pastimes in this world he was a warrior, and the best warrior (mahā-rathaḥ). This was most astonishing. He would have an amusing pastime with insignificant demons.
Like the eldest son who steps to the door when his Father is occupied within, Pradyumna mounts His chariot and tells the citizens 'do not fear' — the same mā bhaiṣṭa that Kṛṣṇa breathes everywhere, now spoken by His son for the first time on the battlefield of Dvārakā.
In SB 10.55, Pradyumna — Kṛṣṇa's son by Rukmiṇī — is stolen at birth by Śambara, recognized as Cupid (Kāma-deva) reborn, raised in secret, kills Śambara, and returns to Dvārakā as a full warrior. Mother Rukmiṇī recognizes him by his face, which is Kṛṣṇa's.
That backstory is the necessary ground for this verse. Pradyumna is not merely a prince but a son who has already conquered an asura before — Śambara then, Śālva's commander now. Kṛṣṇa lets His son inherit the battlefield because the son has earned the chariot.
My note
Source: vedabase.io