atikāla - very late; haila - it was; loka - the people in general; chāḍiyā - giving up; nā yāya - do not go; tabe - at that time; nityānanda - Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu; gosāñi - the spiritual master; sṛjilā - invented; upāya - a means.

Seeing that it was already getting late, Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, the spiritual master, invented a means to disperse the crowd.