gupte - in confidence; tā-sabāke - unto all the cowherd boys; āni' - taking them; ṭhākura nityānanda - Nityānanda Ṭhākura; śikhāilā - instructed; sabākāre - all of them; kariyā prabandha - by making a reasonable story.

Calling all the boys in confidence and telling a reasonable story, Nityānanda Prabhu instructed them as follows.