श्रीशुक उवाच वैदर्भ्या: स तु सन्देशं निशम्य यदुनन्दन: । प्रगृह्य पाणिना पाणिं प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca vaidarbhyāḥ sa tu sandeśaṁ niśamya yadu-nandanaḥ pragṛhya pāṇinā pāṇiṁ prahasann idam abravīt
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- vaidarbhyāḥ
- of the princess of Vidarbha
- saḥ
- He
- tu
- and
- sandeśam
- the confidential message
- niśamya
- hearing
- yadu-nandanaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa, the descendant of Yadu
- pragṛhya
- taking
- pāṇinā
- by His hand
- pāṇim
- the hand (of the brāhmaṇa messenger)
- prahasan
- smiling
- idam
- this
- abravīt
- said
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus hearing the confidential message of Princess Vaidarbhī, Lord Yadunandana took the brāhmaṇa’s hand and, smiling, spoke to him as follows.