sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; etavat -- this much; uktva -- saying; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; atmanam -- herself; vallabham -- His beloved; iva -- as; manyamanam -- thinking; avisleshat -- because of (His) never being separated (from her); tat -- that; darpa -- of the pride; ghnah -- the destroyer; uparamat -- desisted.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Rukmini had thought herself especially beloved by the Lord because He never left her company. By saying these things to her He vanquished her pride, and then He stopped speaking.