śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; etāvat - this much; uktvā - saying; bhagavān - the Supreme Lord; ātmānam - herself; vallabhām - His beloved; iva - as; manyamānām - thinking; aviśleṣāt - because of (His) never being separated (from her); tat - that; darpa - of the pride; ghnaḥ - the destroyer; upāramat - desisted.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Rukmiṇī had thought herself especially beloved by the Lord because He never left her company. By saying these things to her He vanquished her pride, and then He stopped speaking.