sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus; vijnapitah -- informed; gopaih -- by the cowherd boys; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; devaki-sutah -- the son of Devaki; bhaktayah -- His devotees; vipra-bharyayah -- the wives of the brahmanas; prasidan -- desiring to satisfy; idam -- this; abravit -- He spoke.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thus entreated by the cowherd boys, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Devaki, replied as follows, desiring to please certain of His devotees who were brahmanas' wives.