sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; kala-atmana -- manifesting as the force of time; bhagavata -- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sakra -- of Indra; darpa -- the pride; jighamsaya -- with a desire to destroy; proktam -- what was spoken; nisamya -- hearing; nanda-adyah -- Nanda and the other elder cowherd men; sadhu -- as excellent; agrihnanta -- they accepted; tat-vacah -- His words.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Lord Krishna, who is Himself powerful time, desired to destroy the false pride of Lord Indra. When Nanda and the other senior men of Vrindavana heard Sri Krishna's statement, they accepted His words as proper.