srii-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; atha -- then; gopih -- of the gopis; anujnapya -- taking permission; yasodam -- of mother Yasoda; nandam -- King Nanda; eva ca -- also; gopan -- of the cowherds; amantrya -- taking leave; dasarhah -- Uddhava, descendant of Dasarha; yasyan -- being about to leave; aruruhe -- mounted; ratham -- his chariot.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Uddhava, the descendant of Dasarha, then took permission to leave from the gopis and from mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja. He bade farewell to all the cowherd men and, about to depart, mounted his chariot.