śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti - thus; abhipretya - ascertaining; nṛpateḥ - of the King; abhiprāyam - the mentality; saḥ - he; yādavaḥ - Akrūra, the descendant of King Yadu; suhṛdbhiḥ - by his well-wishers; samanujñātaḥ - given permission to leave; punaḥ - again; yadu-purīm - to the city of the Yadu dynasty; agāt - went.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus apprised himself of the King’s attitude, Akrūra, the descendant of Yadu, took permission from his well-wishing relatives and friends and returned to the capital of the Yādavas.