niśamya - hearing; vipriyam - disturbing words; kṛṣṇaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; mānuṣīm - humanlike; prakṛtim - a nature; gataḥ - having assumed; vimanaskaḥ - unhappy; ghṛṇī - compassionate; snehāt - out of love; babhāṣe - He spoke; prākṛtaḥ - an ordinary person; yathā - like.

When He heard this disturbing news, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was playing the role of a mortal man, showed sorrow and compassion, and out of love for His parents He spoke the following words like an ordinary conditioned soul.