ei-mata - in this way; tomāra - your; niṣṭhā - firm faith; jānibāra tare - to understand; tomāre - unto you; āgraha - persistence; āmi kailuṅ - I did; bāre bāre - again and again.

“ ‘Just to test your firm faith in your Lord, I requested you again and again to change your worship from Lord Rāmacandra to Kṛṣṇa.’