śrī-bhagavān uvāca - the Supreme Lord said; cariṣye - I will execute; vadha - for the killing; nirveśam - atonement; loka - for the people in general; anugraha - compassion; kāmyayā - desiring to show; niyamaḥ - the regulative injunction; prathame - in the primary; kalpe - ritual; yāvān - as much; saḥ - that; tu - indeed; vidhīyatām - please prescribe.

The Personality of Godhead said: I will certainly perform the atonement for this killing, since I wish to show compassion to the people in general. Please, therefore, prescribe for Me whatever ritual is to be done first.