śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; atha - then; uddhavaḥ - Uddhava; niśamya - having heard; evam - thus; kṛṣṇa-darśana - after the sight of Kṛṣṇa; lālasāḥ - who were hankering; sāntvayan - pacifying; priya - of their beloved; sandeśaiḥ - with the messages; gopīḥ - to the cowherd girls; idam - this; abhāṣata - he said.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having heard this, Uddhava then tried to pacify the gopīs, who were most eager to see Lord Kṛṣṇa. He thus began relating to them the message of their beloved.