tāḥ - them (the gopīs); tathā - thus; tapyatīḥ - lamenting; vīkṣya - seeing; sva-prasthāne - as He was leaving; yadu-uttamaḥ - the greatest of the Yadus; sāntvayām āsa - He consoled them; sa-premaiḥ - full of love; āyāsye iti - 'I will return'; dautyakaiḥ - with words sent through a messenger.

As He departed, that best of the Yadus saw how the gopīs were lamenting, and thus He consoled them by sending a messenger with this loving promise: “I will return.”