śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; gopa-vṛddhāḥ - the elderly persons among the cowherd men; mahā-utpātān - very great disturbances; anubhūya - after experiencing; bṛhadvane - in the place known as Bṛhadvana; nanda-ādayaḥ - the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja; samāgamya - assembled, came together; vraja-kāryam - the business of Vrajabhūmi; amantrayan - deliberated on how to stop the continuous disturbances in Mahāvana.

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Then one time, having seen the great disturbances in Bṛhadvana, all the elderly persons among the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, assembled and began to consider what to do to stop the continuous disturbing situations in Vraja.