iti -- such; svanam -- of His personal devotees; sah -- He; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vijnaya -- understanding; akhila-drik -- the seer of everything; svayam -- Himself; sankalpa -- of the imagined desire; siddhaye -- for the realization; tesham -- their; kripaya -- compassionately; etat -- this (as follows in the next verse); acintayat -- thought.

Because He sees everything, Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, automatically understood what the cowherd men were conjecturing. Wanting to show His compassion to them by fulfilling their desires, the Lord thought as follows.