tah -- them (the gopis); tatha -- thus; tapyatih -- lamenting; vikshya -- seeing; sva-prasthane -- as He was leaving; yadu-uttamah -- the greatest of the Yadus; santvayam asa -- He consoled them; sa-premaih -- full of love; ayasye iti -- "I will return"; dautyakaih -- with words sent through a messenger.

As He departed, that best of the Yadus saw how the gopis, were lamenting, and thus He consoled them by sending a messenger with this loving promise: "I will return."