तान् समेत्याह भगवानक्रूरं जगदीश्वर: । गृहीत्वा पाणिना पाणिं प्रश्रितं प्रहसन्निव ॥ ९ ॥
tān sametyāha bhagavān akrūraṁ jagad-īśvaraḥ gṛhītvā pāṇinā pāṇiṁ praśritaṁ prahasann iva
- tān
- with them
- sametya
- meeting
- āha
- said
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- akrūram
- to Akrūra
- jagat-īśvaraḥ
- the Lord of the universe
- gṛhītvā
- taking
- pāṇinā
- with His hand
- pāṇim
- his hand
- praśritam
- who was humble
- prahasan
- smiling
- iva
- indeed
After joining Nanda and the others, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the controller of the universe, took humble Akrūra’s hand in His own and, smiling, spoke as follows.