Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.81.8
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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jahāra
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He took hold of, snatched
Perfect of √hṛ (to take, seize). A startlingly informal verb for Bhagavān's action toward a brāhmaṇa's offering. The poet chooses it to mark sakhya-rasa: Kṛṣṇa as friend overrides Kṛṣṇa as recipient of formal pūjā.
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cīra-baddhān
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tied up in a strip of cloth
Compound: cīra (a torn rag) + baddhān (tied). The poet records the poverty in one word — Sudāmā's only wrapping for his offering is a tatter. Gauḍīyas note: Kṛṣṇa reaches into the cīra because that is where the prema is.
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vasanāt
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from the garment
Ablative of vasana (cloth, garment). The bundle was tucked into the fold of Sudāmā's own clothing — hidden, not offered. Kṛṣṇa takes it out of hiding, not out of an offering plate; this is the love-grammar of the verse.
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dvi-janmanaḥ
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of the twice-born
Compound: dvi (twice) + janman (birth). The technical term for brāhmaṇa — sacred-thread initiation as second birth. The poet emphasizes the dignity of the bhakta even as he describes his rags.
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pṛthuka-taṇḍulān
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the grains of flat rice
Compound: pṛthuka (flat rice) + taṇḍula (rice grain). The exact substance Kṛṣṇa will exclaim over and eat. Gauḍīya temples to this day remember pṛthuka-bhoga in honor of this episode.
With his hand he took the rice which was tied up in a strip of old cloth in Sudama’s worn out cloth tied around his waist.
Thinking thoroughly in this manner, Kṛṣṇa took for himself the rice in order to perfect the brāhmaṇa’s wealth since otherwise one cannot procure what is not given (adatvam nopatiṣṭhate). Rukmiṇī will also express this in verse 11. Thinking of Sudāmā’s great bhakti, he took the rice by force, saying “What is this?” He took from the brāhmaṇa. This suggests that the rice and the cloth of Sudāmā was purifying.
A friend who knows you are hiding a present behind your back simply reaches around and takes it, laughing — sparing you the moment of formal offering. Kṛṣṇa snatches the cīra-baddha bundle from Sudāmā's garment because sakhya-rasa moves faster than lajjā.
In SB 10.13, when Brahmā stole the calves, Kṛṣṇa ate the cowherd boys' lunches from their hands without ceremony — handfuls passed from mouth to mouth in the forest. The same Bhagavān who shared sakhya-meals in Vraja now snatches Sudāmā's bundle in Dvārakā. The rasa is unbroken: sakhya does not stand on ceremony.
My note
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